FLEX Manager, Product Analyst

This is a temporary position.

The assignment duration is through June 30, 2027.

JOB SUMMARY

The FLEX Manager, Product Analyst, Unified Experience Layer (UXL), supports the delivery and continuous improvement of a shared platform that enables seamless customer experiences across Digital and Enterprise products and channels. This role partners closely with Product Owners, Engineering, and Business teams to provide insights, support UXL product discovery, and help drive data-informed decisions.

This role contributes across the product lifecycle, including customer and product discovery, backlog refinement, feature validation, and post-launch analysis. The FLEX Manager, Product Analyst will focus on understanding customer needs, analyzing platform usage and adoption trends, and identifying opportunities to enhance product experiences and platform performance.

Working in a collaborative, cross-functional environment, the FLEX Manager, Product Analyst will help bridge business context, customer experience, and product execution. This role will also support market and competitive research to identify opportunities for innovation, including AI-driven workflows, integration opportunities, and optimizations across products and applications.

The ideal candidate is curious, analytical, and customer-focused, with a strong ability to translate insights into actionable recommendations that improve both user experience and business outcomes.

CANDIDATE PROFILE Education and Experience

Required

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience with 0-3 years of experience in product analysis, business analysis, or a related role.

• Experience supporting Agile product teams, including backlog refinement, acceptance criteria, issue tracking, and use of tools such as JIRA.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and prioritization skills, with the ability to translate business questions into clear insights and recommendations.

Preferred

• Experience with digital products, shared services, API-driven capabilities, customer journey mapping, user experience flows, or digital analytics.

• Familiarity with product performance metrics, dashboarding, reporting, or visualization tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or similar.

• Exposure to product discovery, user research, experimentation, market research, or emerging technologies including AI and automation.

CORE WORK ACTIVITIES

• Supports product discovery by gathering and analyzing customer feedback, user behavior, business needs, and experience gaps across digital journeys.

• Partners with Product Owners to define user problems, use cases, hypotheses, and solution options that inform UXL product enhancements.

• Documents customer journeys, experience flows, adoption patterns, and stakeholder feedback to support product decisions and continuous improvement.

• Analyzes product and UXL capability usage data to identify trends, risks, opportunities, and areas for improvement.

• Supports definition, tracking, and interpretation of key performance indicators aligned to product goals, adoption, and customer outcomes.

• Develops and maintains basic dashboards, reports, and ad hoc analyses to support planning, prioritization, and performance discussions.

• Evaluates consumer onboarding, adoption, contributor engagement, and usage patterns to identify friction points and enablement opportunities.

• Provides insights and recommendations to improve adoption strategies, consumer experience, data quality, and reporting processes.

• Supports backlog refinement by contributing analytical context, acceptance criteria, validation approach, and measurable success indicators.

• Assists with testing, feature validation, post-launch analysis, and outcome measurement for product enhancements.

• Identifies risks, gaps, dependencies, and decision points through data analysis, stakeholder input, and product delivery context.

• Conducts market, competitive, and emerging technology research to identify opportunities for innovation, including AI, automation, integrations, and optimization.

• Translates findings, trends, and recommendations into clear materials for product reviews, planning sessions, and leadership discussions.

• Builds collaborative relationships across product, engineering, business, and channel teams to align needs, insights, and execution priorities.

• Demonstrates and applies product lifecycle, customer experience, UXL capability, and data-driven decision-making knowledge while continuously developing skills.

At Marriott International, we are dedicated to being an equal opportunity employer, welcoming all and providing access to opportunity. We actively foster an environment where the unique backgrounds of our associates are valued and celebrated. Our greatest strength lies in the rich blend of culture, talent, and experiences of our associates.  We are committed to non-discrimination on any protected basis, including disability, veteran status, or other basis protected by applicable law.

All locations offer 401(k) plan, stock purchase plan, discounts at Marriott properties, commuter benefits, employee assistance plan, and childcare discounts. Benefits are subject to terms and conditions, which may include rules regarding eligibility, enrollment, waiting period, contribution, benefit limits, election changes, benefit exclusions, and others. Click here to learn more.

Full-time positions also offer coverage for medical, dental, vision, health care flexible spending account, dependent care flexible spending account, life insurance, disability insurance, accident insurance, adoption expense reimbursements, and paid parental leave.

Washington Applicants Only: Employees will accrue paid sick leave, 0.0384 PTO balance for every hour worked and be eligible to receive minimum of 9 holidays annually.

Marriott HQ is committed to a hybrid work environment that enables associates to Be connected. Headquarters-based positions are considered hybrid, for candidates within a commuting distance to Bethesda, MD; candidates outside of commuting distance to Bethesda, MD will be considered for Remote positions.

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