Vice President, Global Spa & Wellness
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About the Role
Marriott International seeks a visionary Vice President to lead global spa and wellness strategy across luxury brands. This executive will define holistic wellness programs, drive innovation, and manage financial performance.
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Responsibilities
- Define and implement brand specific global spa and wellness visions for luxury portfolio
- Own the long range strategic plan for wellness and spa portfolio
- Champion continuous innovation by researching and translating global trends into actionable strategies
- Identify, vet, and pursue new business opportunities and strategic partnerships
- Serve as executive brand ambassador articulating value proposition of wellness to stakeholders
- Partner with senior leadership to embed wellness into broader luxury guest journey
- Set global vision for comprehensive, guest centric wellness offerings
- Direct design, development, and roll out of new wellness and spa programs
- Define global standards and specifications for all wellness, fitness and spa facilities and services
- Oversee overall direction for spa retail portfolio by brand
- Support spa and wellness operations across global portfolio ensuring consistency, profitability, and service excellence
- Establish operating standards, KPIs, and performance metrics
Requirements
- 4 year bachelor’s degree from an accredited university in a related field
- Direct and extensive experience in spa and wellness disciplines for luxury hotel brands
- 15+ years of progressive leadership experience in wellness hospitality
- Proven experience in a senior leadership role with global or enterprise wide accountability
- Demonstrated success in developing and implementing comprehensive, holistic wellness programs
- Proven track record of creating and executing innovative spa and wellness concepts
- Experience managing large, complex projects from ideation to implementation
- Strong background in leading a global team across multiple geographies
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Job Summary
- The Vice President, Global Spa & Wellness serves as the visionary leader and chief strategist responsible for creating and executing the holistic wellness strategy across each of Marriott International's luxury brands.
- This senior executive is responsible for defining a global vision and long range strategic plan for all wellness offerings, encompassing traditional spa services as well as integrated, holistic programs in nutrition, sleep, mindfulness, movement/fitness, sustainability, and cutting edge therapies.
- The ideal candidate will possess extensive hands on experience in luxury spa and wellness operations, have their finger on the pulse of evolving global wellness trends, and the ability to manage by influence for C suite executives, General Managers, property owners/asset managers, and other key stak
- This position requires a significant amount of global travel. This role reports to the SVP Global Operations.
Education and Experience
- Required: A 4 year bachelor’s degree from an accredited university in a related field.
- Required: Direct and extensive experience in the spa and wellness disciplines for luxury hotel brands.
- Required: 15+ years of progressive leadership experience in wellness hospitality, with a significant portion in multi property or multi brand operations.
- Required: Proven experience in a senior leadership role with global or enterprise wide accountability.
- Required: Demonstrated success in developing and implementing comprehensive, holistic wellness programs.
- Required: Proven track record of creating and executing innovative spa and wellness concepts that drive both guest satisfaction and commercial success.
- Required: Experience managing large, complex projects from ideation to implementation.
- Required: A strong background in leading a global team, with experience managing diverse, cross cultural teams across multiple geographies.
- Preferred: A master’s degree in Business Administration, Health Administration, or a related field.
- Preferred: Experience leading large scale organizational transformations and change management initiatives.
- Preferred: Exposure to/participation in brand and 'go to market' strategy development within the luxury environment.
- Preferred: An extensive network of relationships with leading wellness brands, industry experts, and third party vendors.
Core Work Activities & Key Responsibilities
- Strategic Leadership & Business Development: Defines and implements brand specific global spa and wellness visions that differentiate each of the brands in the luxury portfolio and positions the brands as innovators in holistic wellbeing.
- Strategic Leadership & Business Development: Owns the long range strategic plan for the wellness and spa portfolio, ensuring alignment with company goals and brand standards.
- Strategic Leadership & Business Development: Champions a culture of continuous innovation by researching and translating global trends into actionable strategies.
- Strategic Leadership & Business Development: Identifies, vets, and pursues new business opportunities and strategic partnerships that drive revenue and enhance brand positioning.
- Strategic Leadership & Business Development: Serves as the executive brand ambassador, articulating the value proposition of wellness and spa to all stakeholders.
- Strategic Leadership & Business Development: Partners with senior leadership to embed wellness into the broader luxury guest journey, from design and development through operations and brand marketing.
- Program Development & Execution: Sets the global vision for comprehensive, guest centric wellness offerings, including personalized and culturally relevant wellness journeys.
- Program Development & Execution: Partners with continent spa/wellness lead to ensure pull through.
- Program Development & Execution: Directs the design, development, and roll out of new wellness and spa programs, ensuring scalability, profitability, and flawless execution.
- Program Development & Execution: Curates and evolves signature spa concepts, rituals, and brand defining wellness experiences.
- Program Development & Execution: Defines global standards and specifications for all wellness, fitness and spa facilities and services.
- Program Development & Execution: Oversees the overall direction for the spa retail portfolio by brand, guiding product selection and merchandising.
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