Manager Design, West Europe

**Additional Information**
**Job Number**25145243
**Job Category**Global Design
**Location**Paris Cluster, 1-7 Cours Valmy, Paris La Defense, Paris, France, 92800
**Schedule**Full Time
**Located Remotely?**N
**Position Type** Management

**Position Summary**
The Manager Design, West Europe & North Africa will report to the Director Project Management, West Europe & North Africa. This role manages design on projects, which include managed, franchised, and company-owned hotels, to ensure quality control, brand compliance, and operational acceptability.

**Scope**
The Manager Design provides support in design analysis and evaluation and is responsible for projects of appropriate scope and complexity.
- **Language requirements**: High proficiency (speaking, reading, and writing) in English and French is required. An additional North African language (Moroccan, Tunisian, or Arabic) is preferred.
- **Travel requirements**: Up to 40% business travel.

**Expected Contributions**
**Design and Project Management**
- Manage services and scheduled deliverables.
- Manage design consultants, their proposals, contracts, and invoicing to project objectives.
- Provide project design quality assurance services for projects of appropriate scope and complexity, including HDC approval, TSA contracts, plan review, construction observation, and turnover.
- Actively contribute to documenting, maintaining, administering, and improving processes for delivering services.
- Ensure the selection and development of building products relevant to brand specifications.
- Maintain working knowledge of brand design, standards, and evolving design direction.
- Compile and provide continent input/expertise on brand initiatives, working closely with CLS and Global Design Strategies.
- Provide design reviews and solutions for feasibility projects, working closely with Development, Feasibility, and CLS.
- Coordinate Criteria/Facilities programs for assigned projects.
- Responsible for ongoing support, tracking, and reporting of feasibility project pipeline.
- Manage selling the brand and design and negotiation of projects with external customers.
- Provide information, interpretation, and guidance daily to outside owners/franchisees as well as internal design/construction staff for adapting brand standards to specific projects.
- Manage project communication to owners, franchisees, internal project stakeholders, and disciplines.
- Participate in site visits to develop better understanding of site/market demands.
- Assist with development and implementation of a customized, efficient process for roll-out of prototype-based brands.

**Financial and Accounting Management**
- Work closely with Global Design Accounting to manage projects within approved budgets.

**Owner Relations**
- Develop and maintain strong, mutually beneficial, trust-based business relationships with owners and franchisees to assure customer satisfaction and promote repeat business.

**Other**
- Perform other duties as appropriate and assigned by supervisor or department head.
- Comply with Marriott Hotel Holding GmbH & Marriott International Hotels Limited Regional Office policies and procedures.

**Required**:

- Minimum 3 years of experience, preferably in hospitality.
- High proficiency in English and French; a North African language (Moroccan, Tunisian, or Arabic) is preferred.

**Preferred Skills and Knowledge**:

- Knowledgeable about innovation and trends both in
- and outside of industry.
- Good business acumen.
- Problem-solving and creative solution skills.
- Ability to build strong working relationships across the organization.
- Customer service skills.
- Ability to negotiate and be flexible when appropriate.
- Strong organizational and time management skills.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to read and interpret architectural, engineering, and mechanical drawings.
- Multiple project management skills.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office and comfortable using architectural software (e.g., viewing dwgs, Bluebeam, Adobe).

**Education and Professional Certification**:

- 4-year undergraduate degree in Architecture or related design discipline.
- Architectural license preferred.

**Why Join Marriott International?**
At Marriott, you’ll be part of a global hospitality leader where innovation, collaboration, and inclusion drive success. Bring your design expertise and passion to help shape the future of our brands across West Europe and North Africa.
- Marriott International is an equal opportunity employer. We believe in hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive, people-first culture. We are committed to non-discrimination on any protected basis, such as disability and veteran status, or any other basis covered under applicable law._

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