Hotel Integration Manager, Food and Beverage
Job Summary:
The Hotel Integration Manager, for Food and Beverage is a strategic leader within the Hotel Strategy team, responsible for advancing cross-functional priorities across The Hotels of Disneyland Resort. This role leads integration efforts for assigned lines of business while maintaining a broad enterprise view of hotel operations, Guest experience, Cast experience, and long-term business performance. With a forward-thinking approach, the Hotel Integration Manager anticipates business needs, identifies emerging opportunities, and influences scalable solutions that support operational excellence and future growth. This role partners closely with Hotel Operations, Hotel Strategy leadership, Food & Beverage Experience Optimization, Walt Disney World, Operations Training, and other key stakeholders to design, implement, and evaluate strategies that strengthen consistency, service, training, and overall execution across all three hotels.
Candidates should be able to work a flexible schedule based on business needs, training audiences, days of the week, and times of day.
Responsibilities:
- Drive alignment within the Hotel Strategy team to advance shared priorities and develop scalable support for trainers, leaders, and Cast Members
- Partner across all three hotels to assess performance, identify opportunities, and elevate the Guest experience through consistent Service Excellence standards
- Lead cross-functional integration projects for assigned lines of business, ensuring priorities are executed consistently across The Hotels of Disneyland Resort
- Monitor industry trends, competitor benchmarks, and emerging best practices to inform future-focused recommendations
- Align line-of-business priorities with short- and long-term hotel strategies, balancing operational needs with future growth opportunities
- Leverage market insights, best practices, analytics, and lessons learned to strengthen strategy, execution, and Guest experience outcomes
- Analyze and present performance data, competitive insights, and strategic recommendations to inform leadership decision-making
- Identify and champion process improvements that simplify work, improve consistency, and support sustainable operational excellence
- Partner with project leaders on large-scale initiatives from concept through launch, sustainment, and post-launch evaluation, including hotel renovation efforts
- Provide General Managers and Operations Leadership with timely insights on performance, trends, risks, and recommended actions
- Basic Qualifications
- Food and Beverage Manager experience, or experience as a manager
- Proven ability to lead teams, stakeholders, and cross-functional partners through change
- Ability to influence at all levels, both directly and indirectly
- Strong written, verbal, facilitation, and executive presentation skills
- Strong collaboration, integration, and relationship-building skills
- Proficiency with Word, PowerPoint, Visio, Excel, and related business tools
- Strong understanding of resort priorities, hotel operations, and Disney service standards
- Strong planning, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
- Ability to apply operational experience and business insight to prioritize and execute work
- Strategic, forward-thinking mindset with the ability to anticipate needs and recommend future-focused solutions
- Ability to gather, interpret, and communicate data to inform decisions
- Ability to understand the Disney audience and deliver a best-in-class Guest experience
- Executive presence with the ability to build trust and influence stakeholders
- Experience with quality assurance, training development, and operational sustainment
- Experience across multiple hotel lines of business preferred
Required Qualifications
· 3+ years of leadership experience
· 3+ years of hotel or resort experience
Preferred Qualifications
· A bachelor’s degree in Hospitality, Hotel Administration, Business Administration, Human Resources, a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience
· Experience in Training, Hotel Operations, or another related field
· Subject matter expertise preferred in one or more hotel lines of business, such as Recreation, Food & Beverage, Guest Services, Hotel Experience, Housekeeping, or Bell Services
The hiring range for this position in California is $93,200.00-$128,000.00. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.
About Disneyland Resort:
When Walt Disney opened Disneyland on July 17, 1955, he said he hoped it would be “a source of joy and inspiration to all the world.” Since then, the Disneyland Resort has welcomed more than 800 million guests, expanding to become an approximately 500-acre, multifaceted, world-class family resort destination, complete with two renowned Disney theme parks, three hotels and the exciting shopping, dining and entertainment area known as Downtown Disney District. Through a combination of creativity, technology and innovation, the resort brings storytelling to new heights, and Disneyland Resort cast members play an integral part in bringing that Disney magic to life for thousands of guests every day.
About The Walt Disney Company:
The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney’s stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.
This position is with Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S., Inc., which is part of a business we call Disneyland Resort.
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