Program Growth Manager
Location: United States, Georgia, Atlanta
Address: 1 - Corp Atlanta Ravinia, Three Ravinia Drive, Suite 100, 30346
Job number: 165735
Hiring Salary: USD 83,000.00 - 100,000.00 YEARLY
Role Purpose
Dedicated commercial engine for selling and converting IHG hotels into new service levels (Core, Plus and Signature). Proactively prospects, qualifies and closes service-level opportunities across AMER, translates service strategy into owner-facing value propositions, manages a measurable sales pipeline, and partners with Operations for seamless handoff and value realization.
Key Accountabilities
Service-Level Sales Strategy & Targeting:
Maintain segmentation and prioritization criteria for Core, Plus and Signature opportunities; maintain pursuit calendar and account-plan framework.
Business Development Execution:
Lead outbound prospecting, consultative outreach, owner-facing discovery, value presentations, objection navigation and service-level commitment closure.
Pipeline Management & Conversion Tracking:
Build and manage pipelines in Salesforce or designated CRM; track volume, velocity and conversion rate by service tier; report pipeline health and risks.
Event-Driven Activation & Owner Engagement:
Leverage owner events and forums to showcase services; capture leads; build proposals, case studies, ROI models and negotiation tactics.
Cross-Functional Alignment & Operational Handoff:
Partner with RM, Sales, Business Operations, Operations and Regional Collective Leads. Ensure clean sales-to-activation-to-operations handoff.
Value Proposition & Continuous Improvement:
Translate each service level into owner value; provide structured insights on conversion drivers, blockers and acceleration opportunities; recommend offering and packaging refinements.
Key Metrics
Service-level adoption growth; tier migration / upgrade conversion; incremental revenue contribution
Pipeline health: volume, velocity and conversion rate; post-activation stability; owner confidence and retention scores
Required Education, Experience and Technical Skills
Educational Requirements: Bachelor's degree in business, Hospitality or related field.
Experience: 5+ years in commercial services, revenue management or hospitality sales; 3+ years client-/owner-facing consultative selling; program activation/service transitions; pipeline ownership and target attainment.
Technical Skills: CRM/pipeline tools; pricing platforms; BI dashboards and performance reporting.
Competencies:
Advanced: consultative selling, owner relationship management, pipeline discipline.
Advanced Expert: service-level positioning, objection handling and negotiation.
Expert: business development, conversion mindset and commercial storytelling.
Capabilities:
Owner-Facing Value Creation: Translate Core, Plus and Signature strategy into clear commercial and operational value.
Pipeline and Conversion Management: Operate with urgency and measurable outcomes from prospecting through close.
Cross-Functional Activation: Coordinate clean handoffs from sales to activation to operations.
Feedback Loop and Continuous Improvement: Convert field insight into positioning, packaging and acceleration recommendations.
Location -This role is remote USA
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Important information:
- The salary range listed is the lowest to highest pay scale we, in good faith, believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future. An employee’s pay position within the pay range will be based on several factors, including relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, and business or organizational needs.
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Hiring Salary: USD 83,000.00 - 100,000.00 YEARLY