This is a temporary position.
The Senior Manager, Music Partnerships, supports the end-to-end execution of Marriott’s Global Music Initiatives, with a focus on developing buzz‑worthy, culturally relevant partnerships and brand activation programs that drive affinity, engagement, and business results.
Key responsibilities include partner management, project management, activation planning, marketing rights and asset identification, contract negotiation and management, agency and vendor oversight / management, activation playbooks, program management/execution, and post-event reporting/analysis.
This role serves as a point of contact between internal teams and external partners, agencies, and vendors; partnering closely with internal stakeholders across Global and Continent Teams including Marketing, Marriott Bonvoy Moments, Brand, Loyalty, Boutiques, Sales, Creative, Content, PR, Legal and Finance.
This role reports to the Director of Experience Partnerships, Music and is responsible for ensuring all partnership deliverables are executed on time, on budget, and to brand and quality standards.
Education and Experience
Required
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university in Business Administration, Hospitality Management, Marketing, or a related field.
- 6+ years of progressive experience with a strong background in brand and partnership marketing strategy and activation, with hands-on experience bringing programs from concept through execution.
- Proven ability to deliver results in complex, matrixed, fast‑paced environments, particularly when navigating ambiguity, competing priorities, and evolving conditions.
- Demonstrated ability to think strategically and creatively, balancing big‑picture thinking with executional rigor while managing the interests of multiple stakeholders.
Preferred
- Experience working with global marketing and/or experiential agencies
CORE WORK ACTIVITIES
Activation Strategy & Planning
- Support the development of buzz‑worthy partnership activation strategies, leveraging brand, business, partner, audience, cultural, market, and competitive insights to shape the overarching partnership approach.
- Manage day-to-day partner relationships, ensuring alignment, collaboration, and delivery against shared objectives.
- Develop and manage the activation framework to:
- Tie initiatives directly to strategic objectives and KPIs
- Enable 360° integrated marketing pull‑through
- Fully realize the partner value proposition
- Maximize investment in support of brand and business goals
- Deliver activation planning tools, playbooks, and resources, partnering with cross‑functional teams to drive operating efficiencies from project kickoff through implementation.
Activation Management & Execution
- Forecast, track, and manage partnership activation budgets, ensuring disciplined financial stewardship.
- Create comprehensive implementation plans for partners, identifying required resources, timelines, and incremental budget needs.
- Develop and maintain an annual activation roadmap, tracking key initiatives and milestones across the calendar year.
- Partner with cross‑functional teams to ensure KPIs and revenue‑generating opportunities within partnerships are fully activated and reported.
- Build and evolve a partnership activation playbook, identifying new and innovative ways to activate partners across properties, products, experiences, and marketing channels.
- Collaborate with internal teams on the development, execution, and amplification of in‑market events.
- Oversee end‑to‑end project management of activations, including cross‑functional coordination and agency management.
- Work collaboratively across the MI ecosystem to amplify activations, from delivering one‑of‑a‑kind experiences for Marriott Bonvoy members to creating breakthrough content and buzz‑worthy in‑market executions.
- Be on-site for activations to ensure smooth delivery and partnership management
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All locations offer 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, enrollment, waiting period, contribution, benefit limits, election changes, benefit exclusions, and others. Click here to learn more.
Full-time positions also 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, and paid parental leave.
Washington Applicants Only: Employees will accrue paid sick leave, 0.0384 PTO balance for every hour worked and be eligible to receive minimum of 9 holidays annually.
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