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JOB SUMMARY
The Managing Vice President, Food & Beverage is part of the Global Operations (GO) organization, where we work to enrich the experience of the stay - creating value for guests and owners while advancing authentic hospitality As Marriott International approaches its centennial, we are not simply celebrating a remarkable legacy - we are building boldly for the next 100 years. Guided by its Growing Forward strategy, Marriott is harnessing the strength of its brands, global scale, loyal customer base, and people-first culture to accelerate growth, embrace innovation, and create exceptional experiences for guests, owners, associates, and communities around the world. This is a defining moment for Marriott: an opportunity to help shape the next century of hospitality and translate extraordinary momentum into enduring impact.
The Managing Vice President, Food & Beverage will be a critically important executive for the company, shaping the future of Food & Beverage across Marriott International's global portfolio, setting the enterprise vision and strategic roadmap for approximately 22,000 outlets spanning managed, franchised, and third-party operating models. The role leads Food & Beverage as an enterprise platform - connecting strategy, standards, technology, partnerships, and operating capabilities to create distinctive guest experiences, strengthen owner economics, and deliver measurable business performance across brands, segments, and continents. Leading a team of discipline leaders, the MVP, FR&B turns insight and ambition into scalable solutions that can be adopted, localized, and sustained across Marriott's diverse global system.
In partnership with Marriott's continent teams, the Managing Vice President creates impact by setting a compelling direction, building enterprise alignment, and enabling leaders across the system to execute with excellence. Rather than relying on direct intervention in individual markets, this leader influences through others - engaging senior continent, brand, owner, franchise, and functional stakeholders to translate enterprise F&B priorities into action. As Marriott's most senior Food & Beverage leader, the Managing Vice President brings industry gravitas, cultivates strategic relationships with leading external organizations and partners, and represents Marriott on the global stage. The role requires a leader who can navigate a complex enterprise, mobilize stakeholders, remove barriers, and deliver results at scale.
CANDIDATE PROFILE
Education and Experience
Required

• 4-year bachelor's degree from an accredited university in Business Administration, Hotel and Restaurant Management, Culinary Arts, or related major OR comparable experience from which the same knowledge could be gained.
• 12+ years of business management leadership experience in the Food & Beverage discipline, demonstrating progressive career growth and pattern of exceptional performance.
• Track record of creating profitable, operational, and cutting-edge Food & Beverage solutions
• Proven ability to navigate a complex global enterprise, engage senior stakeholders across continents and disciplines, build alignment around shared priorities, and convert strategy into sustained execution.
• Recognized Food & Beverage industry leader with the credibility, network, and executive presence to represent Marriott across brands, segments, and global industry forums.
• Demonstrated success leading a large-scale, global Food & Beverage business - ideally across a complex portfolio to include managed, franchised, and third-party operating models - with the ability to create impact through a decentralized organization.

CORE WORK ACTIVITIES
Strategy & Growth

• Sets the enterprise Food & Beverage vision, strategic roadmap, and investment priorities in partnership with key stakeholders and partners within the Luxury Group, brands and continents balancing guest relevance with owner economics and enterprise performance outcomes.
• Sponsors research and trend analysis to identify emerging opportunities and surface big ideas.
• Provides executive leadership for the Food & Beverage platform and supporting roadmap - including technology, standards, data, partnerships, and operating capabilities - ensuring solutions can scale across approximately 22,000 managed, franchised, and third-party outlets while enabling local relevance, adoption, and continuous improvement.
• Oversees collaborative concept, product, and service development, ensuring alignment with brand strategy and design integrity while strengthening enterprise operating capability.

Operational Excellence & Business Performance

• Improves operational excellence and maintains high standards across restaurant, culinary, meetings and events, service, programming, and bar operations.
• Drives disciplined performance excellence across the Food & Beverage platform by defining the enterprise scoreboard, monitoring the outcomes that support both owner economics and enterprise priorities, and using stakeholder insight and operating data to accelerate adoption, address performance gaps, and improve business results across customers, owners, franchisees, associates, and partners.
• Creates distinction and brand relevance through effective execution of strategies and programs.
• Leads strategies that elevate the visibility and impact of Global F&B through restaurant and bar experiences.

Programs & Governance

• Accountable for establishing F&B programs that meet the needs of each brand and/or Continent by delivering on consumer preferences, an efficient operating model, and brand economics.
• Ensures the appropriate level of scalability and localization for Global F&B programs.
• Defines the enterprise strategy and governance framework for third-party Food & Beverage models and partnerships, enabling Marriott to elevate experiences, expand capabilities, and create value for owners while protecting brand integrity and performance standards.
• Provides executive oversight for the F&B food safety agenda, ensuring standards, governance, and operational practices support guest safety, brand trust, regulatory expectations, and scalable execution across the enterprise.

Leadership & Stakeholder Alignment

• Leads a high-performing team of discipline leaders responsible for advancing best-in-class products, tools, resources, and capabilities for their discipline.
• Sets team priorities, aligns resources, builds organizational capability, and ensures continued talent development.
• Partners with Brands, Continents, and other disciplines to ensure alignment on necessary skills and expertise of F&B talent. Identifies performance gaps or opportunities and partners with stakeholders to create strategies to address.
• Maintains strategic professional relationships with F&B industry leaders, external boards, organizations, and suppliers.
• Represents Marriott Global F&B at key internal and external forums and venues.

Note: Travel required up to 30% of the time.
At Marriott International, we are dedicated to being an equal opportunity employer, welcoming all and providing access to opportunity. We actively foster an environment where the unique backgrounds of our associates are valued and celebrated. Our greatest strength lies in the rich blend of culture, talent, and experiences of our associates. We are committed to non-discrimination on any protected basis, including disability, veteran status, or other basis protected by applicable law.
About Us
All positions offer a 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, paid parental leave and educational assistance.
Washington Applicants Only: Employees will accrue paid sick leave, 0.077 PTO balance for every hour worked and be eligible to receive a minimum of 9 holidays annually.
Marriott HQ is committed to a hybrid work environment that enables associates to Be connected. Headquarters-based positions are considered hybrid, for candidates within a commuting distance to Bethesda, MD; candidates outside of commuting distance to Bethesda, MD will be considered for Remote positions.
About the Team
Marriott International is the world's largest hotel company, with more brands, more hotels and more opportunities for associates to grow and succeed. Be where you can do your best work, begin your purpose, belong to an amazing global team, and become the best version of you.