Manager, Brand Food & Beverage Programs

Exceptional Hospitality Starts with You This role is based at our corporate office in McLean, VA This role offers the opportunity to play a key part in managing enterprise-level Full Service Brand F&B projects across the Americas. The work spans scalable development initiatives—such as new concepts and prototypes—as well as core programs including retail, breakfast, bars, and restaurants. As Manager, Full Service Brand F&B Programs, you will support the full service brand teams with a clear focus on strengthening and growing the Hilton portfolio. Reporting to the Senior Director of Full Service Brand F&B, you will contribute to initiatives such as our Future of Full Service programming. What you'll do during a typical day: Create and rollout brand level F&B programming, guidance and best practices working directly with multiple stakeholders. Maintain beverage and retail programs, LTO's (limited time offers), and enhancements to core F&B programming. Provide feedback and guidance to both internal and hotel teams on brand requirements, food service plans, brand standards and waivers. Track effectiveness of program testing and rollouts using internal metrics and on-property research to develop Return on investment stories, business cases and cost models for rollout. Develop regular cadence of internal reporting and announcements, and develop strategy and tools to deploy and promote enterprise resources to hotels, owners, and internal audiences. How you'll collaborate with others: Work directly within a matrixed organization, brand teams, brand F&B leads and hotel teams to develop programming and resources for our Full Service brands. You'll take ownership of: Development of resources, collateral, program guides and communications for retail and beverage program limited time offers. Brand specific waiver responses and guidance for on property teams. What It Takes to Make the Stay You have these minimum qualifications: Five (5) years of professional work experience Two (2) years of work experience in project and team leadership, in hospitality or related consumer-facing product sector. Experience in hotel, cruise or restaurant F&B operations Hybrid Schedule in McLean, VA Travel up to 30%. It would be useful if you have: Degree or academic study in Hotel Management, Culinary, Business Administration, Marketing/Branding, Analytics Experience with Adobe Creative Cloud / InDesign Familiarity with Food Service diagrams, blue prints or technical drawings