FLEX Event, Project Manager

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Salary Description: Competetive Salary Offered

Job Description For FLEX Event, Project Manager

This is a temporary position.

Meetings and Events: Project Manager 1 (~32 hours/week) Begins August 7,2025

The purpose of this role is to provide project management support to the Meetings and Events team. This individual is responsible for detailed project plans that are comprehensive to the entire scope of meeting planning and able to flex plans down based upon event scope. This position is currently scoped as project work for 6 months and could be extended to oversee large scale events in late 2026 and early 2027.

CORE WORK ACTIVITIES
• Develop overall project management plan for conferences/meetings that can flex based upon size and scope.
• Create detailed project plans in collaboration with event planning team to ensure all areas of responsibility are comprehensive and can be adapted/ adjusted as needed.
• Identify efficiencies where possible to optimize synergies and callout potential risks to mitigate.
• Use AI where appropriate and advise event planning team on how to use as it relates to areas of responsibility.
• Identify and/or create a staffing capacity tool that can track by percentages of work based upon project plans and in progress or planned events.
• Create a program that analyzes post conference success metrics and team feedback.
• Consolidate all budget documents into one comprehensive comparable format.
• Identify templates that can be standardized for efficiencies and develop models to be used.
• Uses Microsoft Office and other relevant tools to present relevant event information.

Additional Responsibilities
• Informs, updates, and provides information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person in a timely manner
• Attends and participates in all relevant meetings
• Presents ideas, expectations and information in a concise, organized manner
• Uses problem solving methodology for decision making and follow up
• Maintains positive working relations with internal customers and department managers
• Manages time effectively and conducts activities in an organized manner
• Performs other reasonable duties as assigned by the Event and/or Brand Leaders

CANDIDATE PROFILE

Education and Experience
• Associate's Degree; 3 years' experience in the business, sales and marketing, management operations, project management, or related professional area.

OR
• Bachelor's Degree, preferably in a hospitality discipline or management information systems; 2 years' experience in the business, sales and marketing, management operations, project management, meetings & events, or related professional area.
• Demonstrated leadership leading complex projects and initiatives with multiple stakeholders
• Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
• Strategic, operational, technical and management skills
• Rapidly adapt and respond to changes in environment and priorities
• Excellent communication, leadership, problem solving, and analytical skills
• Ability to elicit cooperation across stakeholders

MANAGEMENT COMPETENCIES

Leadership
• Adaptability - Maintains performance level under pressure or when experiencing changes or challenges in the workplace.
• Communication - Conveys information and ideas to others in a convincing and engaging manner through a variety of methods.
• Problem Solving and Decision Making - Identifies and understands issues, problems, and opportunities; obtains and compares information from different sources to draw conclusions, develops and evaluates alternatives and solutions, solves problems, and chooses a course of action.
• Professional Demeanor - Exhibits behavioral styles that convey confidence and command respect from others; makes a good first impression and represents the company in alignment with its values.

Managing Execution
• Building and Contributing to Teams - Participates as a member of a team to move toward the completion of common goals while fostering cohesion and collaboration among team members.
• Driving for Results - Sets high standards of performance for self and/or others; assumes responsibility for work objectives; initiates, focuses, and monitors the efforts of self and/or others toward the accomplishment goals; proactively takes action and goes beyond what is required.
• Planning and Organizing - Gathers information and resources required to set a plan of action for self and/or others; prioritizes and arranges work requirements to accomplish goals and ensure work is completed.

Building Relationships
• Co-worker Relationships - Interacts with others in a way that builds openness, trust, and confidence in the pursuit of organizational goals and lasting relationships.
• Customer Relationships - Develops and sustains relationships based on an understanding of customer/stakeholder needs and actions consistent with the company's service standards.
• Global Mindset - Supports employees and business partners with diverse styles, abilities, motivations, and/or cultural perspectives; utilizes differences to drive innovation, engagement and enhance business results; and ensures employees are given the opportunity to contribute to their full potential.

Generating Talent and Organizational Capability
• Talent Management - Provides support and feedback to help individuals develop and strengthen skills and abilities needed to accomplish work objectives.
• Learning and Applying Professional Expertise
• Applied Learning - Seeks and makes the most of learning opportunities to improve performance of self and/or others.
• Business Acumen - Understands and utilizes business information to manage everyday operations and generate innovative solutions to approach business and administrative challenges.
• Technical Acumen - Understands and utilizes professional skills and knowledge in a specific functional area to conduct and manage everyday business operations and generate innovative solutions to approach function-specific work challenges.
• Strong data analysis skills, including querying and manipulation of large quantities of data using advanced skills in Access and Excel (database formulas, pivot tables, modeling, querying, etc.)
• Strong organizational skills to effectively manage tracking and resolution of account and strategy issues
• Expertise with Microsoft Office tools for data analysis, memos, documents, and presentations
• Attention to detail when building and validating spreadsheets, models and presentations
• Analytical approach to problem solving including organized, logical method
• Basic Competencies - Fundamental competencies required for accomplishing basic work activities.
• Basic Computer Skills - Uses basic computer hardware and software (e.g., personal computers, word processing software, Internet browsers, etc.).
• Mathematical Reasoning - Adds, subtracts, multiplies, or divides quickly, correctly, and in a way that allows one to solve work-related issues.
• Oral Comprehension - Listens to and understands information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Reading Comprehension - Understands written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
• Writing - Communicates effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.

The pay range for this position is $44.85 to $63.37 per hour.

FLEX opportunities offer coverage for medical, dental, vision, health care flexible spending account, dependent care flexible spending account, life insurance, disability insurance, accident insurance, adoption expense reimbursements, paid parental leave, 401(k) plan, stock purchase plan, discounts at Marriott properties, commuter benefits, employee assistance plan, and childcare discounts. Benefits are subject to terms and conditions, which may include rules regarding eligibility, enrolment, waiting period, contribution, benefit limits, election changes, benefit exclusions, and others.

Marriott HQ is committed to a hybrid work environment that enables associates to Be connected. Headquarters-based positions are considered hybrid, for candidates within a commuting distance to Bethesda, MD.

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