**Description:**
Marriott International offers you the opportunity to find the hospitality job and career journey that s right for you\. With more than 5700 properties and 30 brands you ll find us in your neighborhood and in more than 110 countries across the globe\. Find Your World at Marriott\.
**Qualifications**
**JOB SUMMARY**
Works with a team of I/O professionals to conduct critical research and analytics projects along with designing and performing project evaluation and learning evaluation studies\. Provides consulting services to internal clients, working to understand client needs and deliver solutions\. Manages several large\-scale data sets and databases, designs research studies to address critical business questions, conducts descriptive and inferential analysis to address critical business questions, generates custom reports as requested by the business, and prepares reports and presentations to communicate key findings to non\-technical audiences\. Works to resolve technical issues, learn new quantitative methods, and solve problems\. Performs business as usual \(BAU\) processing in support of research initiatives by processing large data files and preparing key internal reports\. Provides thought leadership in the areas of organizational research design as well as analytics for projects and programs falling under the team s responsibility\. The scope of this work crosses all Marriott brands and locations in over 100 countries around the globe\.
**CANDIDATE PROFILE**
**Education and Experience**
PhD degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology or closely related field with an emphasis on field research design, data modeling, and analytics\.
Balanced interest in quantitative methodology and I/O Psychology, including areas such as research design, human capital management, and data modeling\.
Skilled with advanced statistical software packages including SPSS and MPlus\.
**CORE WORK ACTIVITIES**
**Research Design and Analysis**
+ Consult with internal business partners to design research paradigms that address specific business questions\.
+ Identify additional opportunities for insights and analysis above and beyond stated project goals and plans\.
+ Perform advanced descriptive and inferential analyses of various data elements such as turnover, candidate flow, financials, and performance metrics\. Provide substantive interpretation of research results\.
+ Apply methods of multivariate statistics \(e\.g\., ANOVA, multiple regression, structural equation modeling, trend analyses\) to address business questions\.
+ Manage large\-scale data sets for system integration and statistical analysis using a variety of spreadsheet or database software \(e\.g\., SPSS, SQL, R\)\.
+ Contribute to the development of content for Marriott s workforce analytic and reporting systems\.
+ Develop and validate workforce intelligence metrics \(e\.g\., turnover percentages, promotion rates, and human performance and productivity measures\)\.
+ Manage relationships with internal partners and external vendors to ensure compliance with program/project requirements as outlined in project plans, contracts, and timelines\.
+ Work with internal business partners to develop custom surveys and performs data analysis on resulting data; works with business partners to summarize and present results\.
+ Identify new research questions of interest based on comprehensive knowledge of existing datasets and theoretical models\.
+ Explain and present research findings in a way that is understandable by and impactful for general business audiences\.
**Supporting Talent Management Programs**
+ Evaluate and quantify the effectiveness of talent management programs \(e\.g\., assessments, learning\)\.
+ Evaluate performance management data to identify key drivers of individual performance and career growth\.
+ Conduct research into the antecedents and outcomes of human performance measures\.
+ Conduct utility and business impact analyses for selection systems and other HR\-sponsored programs\.
+ Support the ongoing development and implementation of Global Talent Management programs\.
+ Provide direction for the development and execution of robust communication, change management and sustainability plans spanning the full project life cycle to support the effective deployment of new initiatives, processes and tools and ensure organizational endorsement, user adoption and optimization throughout the organization\.
**Sustaining Talent Analytics Systems**
+ Perform business as usual processing \(BAU\) in support of research initiatives by processing large data files, managing data in the Human Capital Analytics \(HCA\) tool, and preparing key internal reports\.
+ Develop and validate workforce intelligence metrics \(e\.g\., turnover percentages, promotion rates, and human performance and productivity measures\)\.
+ Audit existing data structures and develop enhanced processes to improve those structures\.
+ Work closely with external vendors and internal clients to develop and implement human capital analytic and program evaluation tools that protect and enhance Marriott s brand equity and enable the achievement of the company s key success factors\.
+ Provide thought leadership, communication development, and training design in support of the change management efforts associated with the rollout of Marriott s Human Capital Analytic Tools\.
+ Manage relationships with internal partners and external vendors to ensure compliance with program/project requirements as outlined in project plans, contracts, and timelines\.
**Contributing to Continuous Process and Tool Improvement**
+ Use HR systems and tools \(e\.g\., web applications, software, surveys\) in accordance with company standards and policies as well as industry best practices\.
+ Identify and implement ways to improve work processes and outputs\.
+ Participate in all technology development, testing, and system evaluation\.
**Contributing to the Success of the Team**
+ Work autonomously to develop study proposals\.
+ Seek out new analytic methods as appropriate to address study needs\.
+ Use advanced problem solving skills to resolve issues and challenges when working with data or performing analytics\.
+ Perform other duties as assigned\.
**MANAGEMENT COMPETENCIES**
**Leadership**
+ Adaptability Maintains performance level under pressure or when experiencing changes or challenges in the workplace\.
+ Communication Conveys information and ideas to others in a convincing and engaging manner through a variety of methods\.
+ Problem Solving and Decision Making \- Identifies and understands issues, problems, and opportunities; obtains and compares information from different sources to draw conclusions, develops and evaluates alternatives and solutions, solves problems, and chooses a course of action\.
+ Professional Demeanor \- Exhibits behavioral styles that convey confidence and command respect from others; makes a good first impression and represents the company in alignment with its values\.
+ Strategy Development \- Develops business plans by exploring and systematically evaluating opportunities with the greatest potential for producing positive results; ensures successful preparation and execution of business plans through effective planning, organizing, and on\-going evaluation processes\.
**Managing Execution**
+ Building and Contributing to Teams \- Participates as a member of a team to move toward the completion of common goals while fostering cohesion and collaboration among team members\.
+ Strategy Execution Ensures successful execution across of business plans designed to maximize customer satisfaction, profitability, and market share through effective planning, organizing, and on\-going evaluation processes\.
+ Driving for Results \- Sets high standards of performance for self and/or others; assumes responsibility for work objectives; initiates, focuses, and monitors the efforts of self and/or others toward the accomplishment goals; proactively takes action and goes beyond what is required\.
+ Planning and Organizing \- Gathers information and resources required to set a plan of action for self and/or others; prioritizes and arranges work requirements to accomplish goals and ensure work is completed\.
**Building Relationships**
+ Customer Relationships \- Develops and sustains relationships based on an understanding of customer/stakeholder needs and actions consistent with the company s service standards\.
+ Coworker Relationships \- Interacts with others in a way that builds openness, trust, and confidence in the pursuit of organizational goals and lasting relationships\.
+ Global Mindset \- Supports employees and business partners with diverse styles, abilities, motivations, and/or cultural perspectives; utilizes differences to drive innovation, engagement and enhance business results; and ensures employees are given the opportunity to contribute to their full potential\.
**Generating Talent and Organizational Capability**
+ Organizational Capability \- Evaluates and adapts the structure of assignments and work processes to best fit the needs and/or support the goals of an organizational unit\.
+ Talent Management \- Provides support and feedback to help individuals develop and strengthen skills and abilities needed to accomplish work objectives\.
**Learning and Applying Professional Expertise**
+ Applied Learning \- Seeks and makes the most of learning opportunities to improve performance of self and/or others\.
+ Business Acumen \- Understands and utilizes business information to manage everyday operations and generate innovative solutions to approach business and administrative challenges\.
+ Technical Acumen \- Understands and utilizes professional skills and knowledge in a specific functional area to conduct and manage everyday business operations and generate innovative solutions to approach function\-specific work challenges\.
+ Industrial/Organizational Psychology \- Applies knowledge of the principles, standards, codes of conduct, and application of Industrial/Organizational to workforce effectiveness through the design of processes and tools that help organizations hire, develop, manage, and engage employees\.
+ Human Resources Reporting and Analytics \- Uses Human Resources systems and data to generate reports and analyses that inform, evaluate or otherwise provide value to the business\.
+ Organizational Capability \- Creates and executes a strategy to evaluate and adapt the structure of organizational units or jobs, as well as business processes that best fit the needs and/or support the goals of an organizational unit\.
+ Personnel and Human Resources \- Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training and development, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems\.
+ Human Resources Systems and Tools \- Uses Human Resources systems and tools \(e\.g\., web applications, software, surveys\) in accordance with company standards and policies as well as industry best practices\.
+ Basic Competencies \- Fundamental competencies required for accomplishing basic work activities\.
+ Basic Computer Skills \- Uses basic computer hardware and software \(e\.g\., personal computers, word processing software, Internet browsers, etc\.\)\.
+ Mathematical Reasoning \- Adds, subtracts, multiplies, or divides quickly, correctly, and in a way that allows one to solve work\-related issues\.
+ Oral Comprehension \- Listens to and understands information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences\.
+ Reading Comprehension Understands written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents\.
+ Writing \- Communicates effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience\.
_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\._
**Job:** _Human Resources_
**Organization:** _Corporate_
**Location:** _MD\-Bethesda_
**Requisition ID:** _17000BVF_