JOB SUMMARY
The Senior Director, B2B Marketing – US & Canada is the senior enterprise leader responsible for owning, directing, and executing Marriott Bonvoy’s Business to Business (B2B) marketing strategy across all hotels in the United States and Canada. This role sets direction, establishes goals, end-to-end strategy development, execution oversight, budget ownership, and performance measurement, while expanding the remit to include enterprise leadership, Convention & Resort Network (CRN portfolio ownership, and innovation at scale. The Senior Director ensures B2B marketing enables Sales teams to drive profitable group, meetings, intermediary, consortia, travel agent, and business transient demand across the entire US & Canada system.
In this position, the Senior Director sets the B2B portfolio messaging strategy and activation approach, oversees integrated program delivery across paid, owned, earned, digital, direct, experiential, and field-enabled channels, and partners with Analytics and Finance to define, track, and optimize performance outcomes. As a key member of the US & Canada Continent Marketing leadership team, the Senior Director serves as the senior B2B marketing stakeholder for Sales, Brand, Digital, Distribution, and Global Marketing partners and represents B2B marketing in senior stakeholder forums and leadership engagements.
CANDIDATE PROFILE
Education and Experience
· Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Marketing, Business, or a related field.
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· 12+ years of progressive experience in B2B marketing, demand generation, or sales-enabled marketing, demonstrating enterprise-scale strategy development, integrated execution leadership, and a track record of measurable business impact.
Preferred:
- MBA or advanced degree.
- Experience in hospitality, travel, or services-based industries.
- Experience supporting group, meetings, and intermediary-driven business models.
- Demonstrated experience leading enterprise-scale marketing strategy and execution in a complex, matrixed organization, with strong executive presence and the ability to influence senior stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to deliver results under difficult conditions, particularly when faced with complexity and ambiguity.
CORE WORK ACTIVITIES
Enterprise B2B Marketing Strategy & Execution
- Owns the development, execution, and optimization of the US & Canada B2B marketing plan, including objectives, strategies, messaging, channel mix, and activation calendar.
- Sets and maintains the B2B portfolio messaging strategy and voice, ensuring consistent pull-through across all B2B customer touchpoints.
- Oversees execution of B2B marketing programs across paid, owned, earned, digital, direct, experiential, and field-enabled channels; ensures clear briefs, prioritization, and operational discipline to deliver on business outcomes.
- Directs the B2B innovation and learning agenda across the portfolio and CRN, leveraging test-and-learn pilots and scaling successful programs systemwide.
- Serves as the senior B2B marketing stakeholder for Sales, Brand, Digital, Distribution, and Global Marketing teams; leads cross-discipline collaboration across Paid Media, Creative & Content, Brand Marketing, and field teams.
- Partners with Analytics and Finance to define, track, and report performance metrics (e.g., RFP generation, revenue, profit contribution, awareness and perception, and digital performance) and to drive continuous optimization.
- Maintains accountability for delivering measurable business outcomes and optimizing investment effectiveness; establishes governance, prioritization, and decision frameworks for B2B marketing performance management.
Sales Enablement & Cross-Functional Integration
- Acts as the primary B2B marketing partner to US & Canada Sales leadership, ensuring marketing directly enables sales priorities across group, meetings, intermediary, and business transient segments.
- Translates sales needs into actionable marketing strategies, tools, and programs; provides scalable frameworks, guidance, and enablement resources for field and regional teams.
- Owns the B2B marketing strategy for the Marriott Bonvoy Convention & Resort Network (CRN) and ensures alignment to enterprise B2B priorities.
- Champions CRN through strong connectivity with CRN leadership, representation in key stakeholder forums and conferences, and ongoing guidance and development of CRN marketing talent.
- Leverages CRN hotels as a test-and-learn environment for B2B marketing innovation, scaling successful pilots and best practices across the US & Canada system.
- Directly manages and develops the Director, CRN Marketing, providing clear strategic direction, coaching, and performance accountability.
- Establishes governance, prioritization, and decision frameworks for B2B marketing, including annual planning, resource allocation, and performance management rhythms.
Delivering on the Needs of Key Stakeholders
- Understands and meets the needs of key stakeholders.
- Communicates concepts in a clear and persuasive manner that is easy to understand.
- Demonstrates an understanding of business priorities.
- Supports achievement of performance goals, budget goals, team goals, etc.
Providing Technical Support and Consultation
- Provides technical expertise and technical leadership within own and other teams.
- Provides recommendations to improve the effectiveness of processes and programs.
- Demonstrates advanced knowledge of job-relevant issues, products, systems, and processes.
- Demonstrates advanced knowledge of function-specific procedures.
- Applies knowledge/judgment to achieve business goals.
- Foresees, identifies and resolves problems.
- Keeps up-to-date technically and applies new knowledge to job.
- Performs other reasonable duties as required for this position.
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 UsSkills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, or related field
- 12+ years of experience in B2B marketing or sales-enabled marketing
- MBA or advanced degree
- Experience in hospitality or services industries
- Experience leading marketing strategy in a complex organization
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a 401(k) with a company match and related financial wellness resources seen as competitive. This support is complemented by savings tools that reinforce long-term financial security.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage offers flexible medical plans, disability and life insurance, and access to mental health and wellness resources. Short-term disability and basic life coverage are described as included for many full-time hourly roles.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Travel and lifestyle perks include substantial hotel, food and beverage, spa, retail, and golf discounts for employees and families. Additional programs like tuition assistance and wellness initiatives reinforce non-cash value.
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What We Do
Marriott International, Inc. is based in Bethesda, Maryland, USA, and encompasses a portfolio of more than 7,500 properties in 30 leading hotel brands spanning 132 countries and territories. Its heritage can be traced to a root beer stand opened in Washington, D.C., in 1927 by J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott. Marriott International is an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive culture. Marriott International does not discriminate on the basis of disability, veteran status or any other basis protected under federal, state or local laws. Community Guidelines: We reserve the right to remove without any notice content that we determine in our sole discretion is offensive or illegal, contains personally identifiable information, trademarks or copyrights belonging to a third party, advertises a third party’s products or services, or is otherwise inappropriate. Application Tips: We encourage job seekers to protect themselves from email and recruiting scams. Please note: 1) We do not accept applications via email or fax; 2) We never ask for money as part of the application process; 3) We only contact job applicants from approved email domains. Please find more information about Marriott International’s job application process and approved email address domains here: http://www.careers.marriott.com/tips-for-applying/








