If you're looking for a career with Hyatt, we seek an enthusiastic Director Feasibility Americas to join our Feasibility department. In this role, you will be collaborating closely with the Americas Finance team, Americas Development team, and Americas Design team, where you’ll be instrumental in continuing to make Hyatt a leading hospitality company. You will be part of a team passionate about diversity, equity, and inclusion, committed to nurturing curiosity and new skills and building connections with stakeholders, colleagues, and guests across the organization.
Who We Are
At Hyatt, we believe in the power of belonging and creating a culture of care, where our colleagues become family. Since 1957, our colleagues and guests have been at the heart of our business and helped Hyatt become one of the world's best and fastest-growing hospitality brands. Our transformative growth and the addition of new hotels, brands, and business lines can open the door for exciting career and growth opportunities for our colleagues.
The Role
The Director Feasibility Americas will provide support to the Americas Development team and other key departments by researching and analyzing regional demographic and economic trends, lodging supply-demand patterns, and preparing and presenting proforma analyses for all Hyatt-related investment & development activity. This leadership position will also focus on efficiently managing and developing team members. The position will report to the RVP, Feasibility & Development Finance – Americas.
- Provide support and underwriting of transactions pursued by the Americas Development Team, Corporate Transactions Group, Asset Management, and Capital Strategy teams.
- Provide support to Development, Design, and Brands teams as it relates to market-based facility and positioning recommendations for new Development projects, redevelopments, and renovation projects.
- Prepare relevant Development Committee memo analyses and other development-related presentations.
- Support efforts to create, maintain, and evolve models, methodologies, guidelines, and policies to support Development efforts.
- Assist developers in evaluating, structuring, and negotiating transactions involving various forms of HHC participation with multiple partners.
- Participate in and provide the analysis and recommendations for major capital projects at any Hyatt-owned asset.
- Prepare market-level lodging forecasts for key markets across the Americas region.
- Maintain, enhance, and develop complex analytical tools – excel worksheets, databases, and SharePoint custom utilities.
- Prepare impact reports for potential future Hyatt hotels to determine their impact on existing Hyatt hotels in the same market.
- Supervise, train, and mentor Managers, Analysts/Senior Analysts on the team.
Qualifications
Experience Required:
- 7+ years of analytic and financial experience in Finance and Hospitality.
- 5+ years of underwriting experience for both Full Service and Select Service hotel assets.
- BA / BS in Finance or Hospitality, or a related field.
- Strong Excel, Word, and PowerPoint skills.
- Self-motivated, highly collaborative, and the ability to build strong relationships at all levels.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills with a strong attention to detail.
- Ability to manage multiple high-priority items simultaneously.
- Ability to travel 20% of the time.
- The position will be based out of Chicago.
Experience Preferred:
- MBA in Hospitality.
- Experience with SharePoint.
- Experience with Oracle / Hyperion.
The position responsibilities outlined above are in no way to be construed as all-encompassing. Other duties, responsibilities, and qualifications may be required and/or assigned as necessary.
We welcome you:
Research shows that women, people of color, and other historically excluded groups, tend to apply to jobs, only if they meet all the listed job qualifications. Unsure if you check every box, but feeling inspired to enhance your career? Apply. We’d love to consider your unique experiences and how you could make Hyatt even better.
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