Vice President, Gdap Project Management, Apec

**Additional Information**
**Job Number**24168615
**Job Category**Global Design
**Location**Singapore Regional Office, 2 Harbourfront Place #06-08, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, 098499
**Schedule**Full Time
**Located Remotely?**N
**Position Type** Management

**JOB SUMMARY**

As a key member of the Asia Pacific Excluding China (APEC) Global Design teams, the Vice President, GDAP Project Management, APEC will play a pivotal role in overseeing the APEC Global Design team. This role is integral to the successful execution of the architecture and design, project and construction management, and procurement activities across all Marriott International brands within APEC.

The role is responsible for developing and implementing strategies to address the evolving development and business needs of Marriott International brands in the APEC region. This position serves as a strategic partner, providing counsel to leadership and their teams on brand-related matters, development strategies, and new corporate initiatives within the discipline. She/he must therefore partner effectively with the appropriate continent resources, as well as those positioned at Corporate, to maximize returns and mitigate risk. She/ he must also be adept at tapping diverse sources of information, identifying profitable opportunities, and anticipating challenges, thereby strengthening Marriott’s competitive advantage through excellence in design and project management.

This Vice President, Global Design, APEC will work in the Singapore office reporting to the Chief Lodging Product Officer, APEC.

**CANDIDATE PROFILE**

**Education**
- Baccalaureate degree in Architecture, Design, Project Management, or related areas strongly preferred.
- Fifteen plus years’ experience in hospitality designs

**Experience Preferred**
- Excellent business judgment and creative problem-solving attributes and working experience and knowledge of International Construction, Design and Procurement practices.
- Ability to evaluate business trends and develop and successfully implement new business programs and strategies that enhance business performance.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills; role requires considerable liaison with multiple stakeholders and maintenance of considerable internal and external relationships.
- Skillful negotiator in tough situations; sells ideas persuasively; settles differences and wins concessions without damaging relationships; can be both direct and forceful while remaining diplomatic.
- Strong leader of people - influential, demonstrates flexibility in approach, and motivates others (who may, oftentimes, not be direct reports) to achieve desired results; ability to work in a matrix organization and make things happen without having to own all of the resources; leverages shared resources to achieve results.
- Broad experience and knowledge of International contracting legalities and procedures and an understanding of multiple cultural variances and their impact on the development/design/construction process.
- Ability to consistently make decisions in a timely manner sometimes with incomplete information and under tight deadlines and pressure; comfortable challenging organizational norms and accepted thinking to improve effectiveness.
- Results oriented; delivers results under difficult conditions and demonstrates balanced judgment under pressure.
- Ability to integrate and balance priorities, work activities and resources for the benefit of multiple key stakeholders.
- Ability to assess, plan and get "the right priorities" done, on time and budget, at high quality levels.
- Regional/continent language capability desired but not essential.

**CORE WORK ACTIVITIES**
- The primary responsibilities of this role will be:_
- Develops programs that focus on delivery of cost-effective projects that meet budget, schedule and brand distinction and quality level. Develops overall approaches for project management including Feasibility /Design (Architectural and Interior Design), Procurement, and Accounting control and reporting processes.
- Manages and coordinates design and construction related activities on all Marriott International branded projects, including the CDR process as required. Prepares the materials for the Global Design portion of the CDR, submission and attend and comment in CDR efforts as required.
- Develops and manages integrated project schedules. Establishes deliverables from contractors and internal Global Design services and ensures that milestones are met.
- Is responsible for the development of continent specific new products and prototypes and the development and maintenance of product line criteria and standards.
- Manages the change process over prototypical design development so that impacts on project cost and schedule are minimized.
- Adapts Marriott International business and brand requirements/ practices, as required, to reflect the regional location customs, laws, needs and capabilities.
- Maint