Managing Vice President, Food & Beverage

Location: 7750 Wisconsin Ave, Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20814

Schedule: Full Time

About the Role

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, this role will shape the future of Food & Beverage across Marriott’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. This leader influences through others, engaging senior stakeholders to translate enterprise F&B priorities into action and represents Marriott on the global stage.

Travel required up to 30% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Strategy & Growth
  • Sets the enterprise Food & Beverage vision, strategic roadmap, and investment priorities in partnership with key stakeholders, balancing guest relevance with owner economics and enterprise performance.
  • Sponsors research and trend analysis to identify emerging opportunities and surface big ideas.
  • Provides executive leadership for the Food & Beverage platform, including technology, standards, data, partnerships, and operating capabilities, ensuring solutions scale across ~22,000 outlets while enabling local relevance.
  • Oversees collaborative concept, product, and service development, ensuring alignment with brand strategy and design integrity.
• 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 by defining the enterprise scoreboard, monitoring outcomes, and using data to accelerate adoption and address performance gaps.
  • 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 brand and continent needs, delivering on consumer preferences, efficient operating models, and brand economics.
  • Ensures scalability and localization for Global F&B programs.
  • Defines the enterprise strategy and governance framework for third-party F&B models and partnerships.
  • Provides executive oversight for the F&B food safety agenda, ensuring standards support guest safety, brand trust, and regulatory compliance.
• Leadership & Stakeholder Alignment
  • Leads a high-performing team of discipline leaders responsible for advancing best-in-class products, tools, and capabilities.
  • Sets team priorities, aligns resources, builds organizational capability, and ensures talent development.
  • Partners with Brands, Continents, and other disciplines to align on F&B talent needs and address performance gaps.
  • Maintains strategic relationships with F&B industry leaders, external boards, organizations, and suppliers.
  • Represents Marriott Global F&B at key internal and external forums.

Requirements

• 4-year bachelor's degree from an accredited university in Business Administration, Hotel and Restaurant Management, Culinary Arts, or related major OR comparable experience.
• 12+ years of business management leadership experience in the Food & Beverage discipline, demonstrating progressive career growth and 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, build alignment, and convert strategy into execution.
• Recognized Food & Beverage industry leader with credibility, network, and executive presence to represent Marriott globally.
• Demonstrated success leading a large-scale, global Food & Beverage business—ideally across managed, franchised, and third-party operating models.

Pay

Pay Range: $216,000–$390,000 annually

Bonus Eligible: Yes

Stock Package: Yes

Benefits

• 401(k) plan
• Stock purchase plan
• Discounts at Marriott properties
• Commuter benefits
• Employee assistance plan
• Childcare discounts
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts
• Life insurance, disability insurance, and accident insurance
• Adoption expense reimbursements
• Paid parental leave
• Educational assistance

Washington Applicants Only: Employees will accrue paid sick leave (0.077 PTO balance for every hour worked) and be eligible for a minimum of 9 holidays annually.