FLEX Director, Business Process

Flex Director, Business Process This is a temporary position. The Flex Director, Business Process is a key member of the Associate Experience + Business Process (AX+ BP) team within the Business Transformation Office (BTO), reporting to the Senior Director of AX + BP. The position is primarily responsible for supporting transformation initiatives engaging the BTO's support. The BTO has been established to enable and accelerate transformation through unique approaches to strategic planning, program management, change management, associate experience and business process design, continent coordination, and deployment. This role, as part of the BTO, will support the central orchestration and guidance on how business process design is approached and executed within transformation efforts to drive consistency, integration and value. Success in this role requires strong critical thinking skills, attention to detail, comfort with ambiguity, a proven ability to manage multiple work efforts at the same time, as well as the ability to work and collaborate across teams and disciplines. Responsibilities include providing expertise, central orchestration, and frameworks for business process work across the organization. Expertise: For the enterprise, the Business Process team shares industry best practices, their deep understanding of business process methodologies, the latest tools and methods, and perspectives on how to leverage the business process mindset for meaningful growth and improvement. The team manages process transformation projects and stewards the enterprise business process hierarchy. The BP team coaches process owners and process modelers to build enterprise business process proficiency, and ensures quality and consistency across modeling efforts. Orchestration: The Business Process team orchestrates end-to-end business process analysis, design, and continuous improvements that cross discipline / functional boundaries. The team leads expansive process discovery and design workshops to break down silos and drive an enterprise mindset. A deep focus on the associate experience drives global process design and sustainable process routines. Frameworks: The Business Process team partners with disciplines to document current and future business processes, define where and how those processes fit into the enterprise business process hierarchy, uncover and illuminate opportunities for improvement, and create a foundation for innovation. The team ensures these processes and hierarchies align with enterprise governance for standardization and quality commitments. Candidate Profile Education and Experience Required 4-year degree from an accredited university in Business Administration, Computer Science, Engineering or related discipline 8+ years of related working experience Experience in business process design Experience working with or in a Finance discipline Preferred Experience working with business process mapping tools Consulting experience is desired Hospitality experience is desired Preferred Attributes, Skills, and Experience Leading + Execution: Proven track record of planning and executing strategic projects and initiatives in operations; deep project management skillset Change + Ambiguity: Able to lead the organization and team in working through unclear situations, challenges, and opportunities through strong situation analysis and framing, rapid stakeholder assessments, critical decision making, solution brainstorming, and making data-driven way forward recommendations. Problem Solving: Prior consulting experience focused on diagnosis and development of recommendations to solve complex business problems. Advanced Facilitation Skills: Lead the design, development, and delivery of complex stakeholder experiences, using design thinking, creativity, and expert communication skills, to deliver powerful, results-oriented meetings and workshops. Core Work Activities End-To-End Business Process Design Lead the development of Marriott's cross-discipline business process architecture Establish foundational end-to-end business processes focused first on areas most impacted by DTT Conduct cross-discipline process discovery and design workshops to document current and future state business processes Process Improvement Design, develop and maintain business process documentations that will be used as reference for preparing test cases, change management, training, process outlines, flowcharts, and implementation procedures Conduct interna