.About usBringing True Hospitality to the world.| We want to welcome you to a world of bringing True Hospitality to everyone. When you join us at IHG®, you become part of our global family. A welcoming culture of warmth, honesty, and a passion for providing True Hospitality.| We pride ourselves on letting your personality and passions shine, recognizing the individual contribution you make and supporting your ambition to learn and create your own career path. In making a difference to our guests and owners, colleagues and communities, every day is a chance to create great and unique experiences, in your own way.| With over 370,000 colleagues in nearly 100 countries sharing our values, there's countless opportunities at your fingertips.| We're growing; grow with us.Your day to dayServe as a liaison between multiple brand teams, operations, procurement, outside vendors and hotels to develop go-to market initiatives, innovation, and brand programs. This role requires strategic thinking, the ability to transform data and insights into actionable business initiatives, and leading cross-functional teams. The Associate Manager will track business performance, identify opportunities/gaps, present recommendations and work together with a cross-functional teams to execute brand initiatives.|**Essential Duties and Responsibilities - (Key Activities)**- Assist the department head, directors and managers to develop compelling product launch plans and materials including the development of program specifications and collateral materials for the brand and hotels.- Complete and/or manage assigned special projects. Work with internal and external resources to establish and/or communicate project timetables, action steps and status updates. Follow up, as appropriate, to ensure timely execution to meet established deadlines.- Manage coordination of upkeep and enhancements to brand experience space and additional brand experience by leading consumer insights, pilots in hotels and/or building out experiences within a test environment.- Prepare a variety of departmental reporting/presentation materials, gathering and summarizing information from various sources as requested. Format reports and presentation materials utilizing various spreadsheet graphics, and/or software.- Research and compile a variety of moderately complex data to include creating spreadsheets or databases for maintaining and reporting management information; may require some analysis of marketing data, programs, or trends.- Monitor departmental budgets to include vendor billing, estimates, invoice coding and tracking, end of month reconciliation, etc. Report discrepancies or budgetary issues to Manager or VP.- Manage and process brand standard waivers for the department and support quality & brand standard processes- Serve as the assigned brand liaison with stakeholders on matters on brand development