Job Number 24050062

Job Category Information Technology

Location Shanghai Operations, 9/F Tower B One ITC, Shanghai, Shanghai, China

Schedule Full-Time

Located Remotely? N

Relocation? N

Position Type Management

JOB SUMMARY

Manages compliance and controls for all new build and pre-opening processes including system installations

CANDIDATE PROFILE

Education, Experience and Skills

• Technology related education or Bachelor’s degree level or equivalent.

• 3 years’ project management experience.

• 2 years’ in an Associate Supervisory role.

• 2 years’ experience in hotel operation, preferably been in Rooms department head posITion or Systems Manager posITion.

• 2 years’ experience of working wITh people of different cultures and values in the Asia Pacific Continent.

• Proven negotiation skills.

• Excellent oral / wrITten communication and presentation skills; English and Mandarin Chinese language skills for add-on.

• Application product knowledge of OPERA PMS, OPERA Sales and Catering, MARSHA, SGI, SFA/OneSource Interface, Rewards program etc.

Key Stakeholders

• Senior Director, IT Design & Openings APAC

• IT Design Managers APAC

• IT Openings Managers APAC

• IT Peer group including Area Directors of IT

• IT Managers and Cluster Leaders

• IT PMO, APAC

• Regional/Area Teams

• General Managers and their Teams

• Senior Director IT, Continent Technology, APAC

• IT Consultants

• IT Business Partners

• Continent IT Tech Support & Governance team

• Compliance and Control peers of other disciplines

CORE WORK ACTIVITIES

Managing Projects and PriorITies

• Responsible for service delivery compliance checks, training and audIT at new build/conversion and acquisITion hotels.

• Responsible for remote checking the key ITems of system configuration before opening, ensure the activation/testing are done properly.

• Accountable for spot-check on-sITe hotel opening processes for final sign-off of application and system installation, more detailed governance and alleviate completely all post opening related issues for PMS,Marsha, Finance and related interface etc

• Responsible for governance of training delivery qualITy for PMS, S&C and other related system.

• Accountable for attend the HALO and Luxury Project’s countdown on request, perform as a key IT leader through the process.

• Accountable for on-demand HALO and Luxury projects’ property application installations and refresh training, including but not limITed to OPERA PMS wITh MARSHA 2Way, SGI 2Way, GXP 2Way and OPERA Sales & Catering wITh SFA/OneSource Interface and Systems review.

• Responsible for making sure business partners completion qualITy control reports are available and reviewed on a timely basis, ensure the crITique is fair and thorough.

• Responsible for recertification of vetted and approved IT consultants, Business Partners’ installers.

• Responsible for governance of ATZ process and reporting out of ATZ wITh IT Opening team.

• Accountable for conducting project kick-off call meeting remotely for pre-opening hotels.

• Accountable for governance and follow ups of the Compliance & Quality Controls documents submission timeline and qualITy from the field.

• Accountable for maintaining the on-line tool effectively for pre-opening IT openings database.

• Responsible for reporting key opening ITems such as UAT planning/scheduling, GPNS certification, and all in scope systems installed etc.

• Accountable for process compliance related to pre-opening implementation.

• Accountable for maintaining handover, compliance and process related documents to IT pre-opening field teams and champions.

• Assessing and reporting on business partner qualITy on-property.

• Responsible for developing and maintaining pre-opening pool of talent wITh IT Openings team.

• Responsible for conduct key induction company shell and enhancement training for the 3rd party company ensuring they are current wITh Marriott requirements.

• Responsible for maintaining application documentation that Corporate requires for each continent.

• Responsible for maintaining a strong relationship wITh Marriott International IT groups, Continent operational groups to ensure the Business Application Standards suITable for an Asia Pacific deployment and can be implemented on projects.

• Responsible for review and maintain documentation for issue to business partners for use at properties.

Managing Key Stakeholder Expectation

• Responsible to for providing feedback to continent IT leadership about qualITy of consultants or business partner’s services.

• Responsible for providing feedback to continent IT leadership about process improvement.

• Accountable for generating performance rating for IT consultants & systems integrators

• Responsible for managing relationships and expectations wITh IT Regional Directors, IT Area Directors and IT Cluster leaders for pre-opening resource planning.

Key Reports Out

• Responsible for opening Compliance & Quality Controls reports and templates

• Responsible for handover checklist submissions to Opening managers.

• Responsible for compliance and controls executive report, ATZ reports.

• Responsible for monthly flash report to executives.

• Responsible for monthly field opening issues summary to Senior Director, IT Design & Openings

• Responsible for maintaining and reporting of Countdown checklist execution

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