Manager, Strategy + Integration

About Four Seasons:

Four Seasons is powered by our people. We are a collective of individuals who crave to become better, to push ourselves to new heights and to treat each other as we wish to be treated in return. Our team members around the world create amazing experiences for our guests, residents, and partners through a commitment to luxury with genuine heart. We know that the best way to enable our people to deliver these exceptional guest experiences is through a world-class employee experience and company culture

At Four Seasons, we believe in recognizing a familiar face, welcoming a new one and treating everyone we meet the way we would want to be treated ourselves. Whether you work with us, stay with us, live with us or discover with us, we believe our purpose is to create impressions that will stay with you for a lifetime. It comes from our belief that life is richer when we truly connect to the people and the world around us.

About the location:

Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts is a global, luxury hotel management company. We manage over 120 hotels and resorts and 50 private residences in 47 countries around the world and growing. Central to Four Seasons employee experience and social impact programming is the company's commitment to supporting cancer research, and the advancement of diversity, inclusion, equality and belonging at Four Seasons corporate offices and properties worldwide. At Four Seasons, we are powered by people and our culture enables everything we do.

Manager, Strategy + Integration

We have an exciting Manager, Strategy + Integration opportunity to provide support to the Senior Director, Strategy + Integration, Design Services, and associated Design Services team. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing departmental initiatives, providing project support, assisting with divisional communications, and other special or ad hoc projects as delegated. This position requires a productive self-starter, capable of working with little supervision. The duties and responsibilities span a wide range of activities requiring an individual who is flexible, co-operative, and organized.

What You'll Be Doing:

Initiatives (70%)

• Manage cross-functional strategic initiatives (i.e., Design Standards, Sustainability, Consultant Library, etc.), from development through to successful execution.
• Coordinate inquiries, develop action plans, and assist with preparation and dissemination of communications to clearly relay ideas.
• Support teams with decision-making, program management, and other initiative planning or implementation activities.
• Undertake special projects as required per direction of SVP, Design Services.

Project Support (30%)

• Provide project support to VPs and Regional Project Leads.
• Assist Project Leads in coordinating with internal stakeholders.
• Support preparation of project area programs (Area Summary).
• Assemble, with guidance of Project Lead, Recommended Consultant List.
• Coordinate design review from concept through construction document phases to ensure compliance with Four Seasons Design Standards.
• Review shop drawings and material samples and all relevant key project documentation.
• Manage project updates and contribute to internal reports.
• Participate and contribute to development and maintenance of various brand standard documents.
• Travel as required based on project status.
• Other job-related duties as requested.

What You Bring:

• Licensed/Regulated Professional status beneficial (i.e., Licensed Architect, P. Eng., etc).
• LEED accreditation preferred.
• Bachelor's Degree in Architecture, Interior Design, Engineering, or a related field required.
• Master's Degree in Business or related field beneficial.
• Minimum 5 years post-graduate project experience.  
• Ideal candidate will have knowledge and experience in hospitality design.
• Luxury hospitality operator experience preferred.
• Strong knowledge of construction and design process within the luxury segment of hospitality.
• Ability to coordinate and cross-reference design drawings from multiple disciplines.
• Solid understanding of hotel planning principles.
• Advanced understanding of Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, and Word to develop Executive-level presentations and working documents.
• Advanced design software skills including CAD/other drafting software, Bluebeam, and Adobe Creative Suite.
• Fluent with design and construction industry terminology and practices.

Key Skills/Who You Are:

• High degree of interpersonal skills to deal effectively with all business contacts.
• Productive self-starter, with excellent critical thinking ability and capable of working with limited supervision.
• Ability to work effectively and handle several projects/deadlines.
• Great team player, but able to work independently with some degree of ambiguity.
• Possess creative problem-solving and technical skills including a good grasp of design and construction principles.
• Excellent communication skills to convey concepts in a clear and understandable fashion. Ability to effectively communicate in English, in both oral and written forms.
• Disciplined adherence to schedules and consistent performance on deliverables.
• Good documentation and customer service skills.

Travel:

• Travel as required, expected 10% of time.

This role will be a Hybrid working model, which will require 3 days per week in the Four Seasons Corporate Office located at 1165 Leslie Street, Toronto, Ontario #LI-Hybrid

Four Seasons is committed to providing employment accommodation in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. If contacted for an employment opportunity, please advise Human Resources if you require accommodation.

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