Courtyard by Marriott

Director of Operations Strategy

Courtyard by Marriott

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Own the overall inventory strategy across Courtyard’s categories, balancing liquidity, velocity, margin, and customer experience while guiding buying decisions across categories and price tiers.
  • Partner with Finance and executive leadership to set inventory budgets, category-level buying targets, and risk parameters tied to capital allocation and marketplace demand.
  • Build and maintain forecasting models that inform buying strategy, inventory exposure, and redemption behavior, continuously refining them using marketplace data and post-buy performance.
  • Monitor inventory health across aging, redemption exposure, liquidity, and price-band coverage, surfacing risks and recommending corrective actions.
  • Lead the strategic evaluation and prioritization of new categories and vertical expansion opportunities, including pilots, feasibility assessments, and scaling plans.
  • Develop decision frameworks that enable fast, disciplined tradeoffs across buying strategy, inventory exposure, and capital risk.
  • Define and oversee liquidation and de-risking strategies, partnering with Finance and Operations to ensure efficient execution and incorporating insights into future buying strategy.
  • Serve as a central connector across Inventory, Finance, Product, Operations, and GTM to align planning, supply strategy, and marketplace initiatives.
  • Partner with Finance on Operations budgeting and financial planning, translating category and inventory strategy into cost assumptions, forecasts, and investment priorities.
  • Provide executive-level reporting and insights on inventory performance, category growth, capital exposure, and strategic opportunities.
  • Mentor and support team members while helping design the structure, processes, and tooling needed to scale the inventory strategy function over time.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in operations strategy, marketplace operations, supply chain, or analytics roles
  • Experience developing inventory strategy, forecasting models, and data-driven decision frameworks
  • Proven ability to partner with Finance on capital allocation, budgeting, and risk management
  • Experience launching or expanding product categories, marketplaces, or new business lines
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into clear strategic recommendations
  • Track record of leading cross-functional initiatives across Product, Operations, and Finance
  • Experience managing inventory health metrics (liquidity, velocity, aging, margin)
  • Strong communication skills with experience presenting insights to senior leadership
Benefits
  • Comprehensive health insurance packages with dependent coverage
  • 401(k) plan with a 4% employer match to help you plan for the future
  • $100 monthly dogfooding stipend to support trying out our products firsthand
  • Access to employee wellness programs designed to support your overall well-being
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
inventory strategyforecasting modelsdata-driven decision frameworkscapital allocationbudgetingrisk managementinventory health metricsmarketplace operationssupply chainanalytics
Soft Skills
analytical skillscommunication skillsleadershipmentoringcross-functional collaborationstrategic thinkingproblem-solvingdecision-makingpresentation skillsteam support