This role will support the implementation and long-term sustainability of UKG Pro Workforce Management across IHG’s U.S. hotel portfolio. Drive operational alignment, adoption, and continuous optimization of workforce management practices to deliver measurable improvements in labor productivity, service delivery, and colleague experience.

Your day to day

• Support final system configuration, validation, and readiness for UKG Pro WFM
• Participate in UAT; identify defects, gaps, and operational risks
• Act as liaison between implementation teams and hotel operations
• Engage hotel leadership to validate workflows and ensure operational fit
• Translate system functionality into actionable operating practices
• Build alignment and adoption across hotel and regional leadership
• Influence stakeholders without direct authority
• Support change management, training, and readiness activities
• Identify and mitigate adoption risks and resistance
• Enable workforce strategies balancing productivity, service, and experience
• Improve forecasting, scheduling, and staffing practices
• Promote data-driven decision making across hotel team

What we need from you

• Hotel operations leadership experience (e.g., Hotel Manager, Director of Operations)
• Strong knowledge of labor management, scheduling, and service delivery
• Experience balancing productivity with guest and employee outcomes
• Ability to influence in a matrixed organization
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Workforce management systems (e.g., UKG or similar)
• Operational expertise in hotel environments
• Strategic thinking with execution focus
• Stakeholder engagement and influencing without authority
• Problem solving in complex environments
• Change leadership and adaptability
• Experience with large-scale implementation or transformation programs

Location - this role can be based in any metropolitan US city.

Travel - 25% required

The salary range for this role is $120,000 to $150,000. This role is also eligible for bonus pay. We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, 401K and other benefits to employees.

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Important information:

• The salary range listed is the lowest to highest pay scale we, in good faith, believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future. An employee’s pay position within the pay range will be based on several factors, including relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, and business or organizational needs.
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