Manager, Enterprise Strategy & Business Relations

We’re People People. Are you? We’re Sonesta International Hotels—the 8th largest hotel company in the U.S. (and growing fast ). With a dynamic mix of full-service and focused hotels across major cities, our diverse portfolio of owned, managed, and franchised properties means we’re everywhere our guests need us to be. But here’s the thing—we’re not just in the business of hotels, we’re in the business of people.

We bring service with passion, loyalty with purpose, and create experiences that genuinely connect—delivering quality, value, and memorable stays across 1,000+ properties in eight countries (and counting).

The Manager, Enterprise Strategy & Relations serves as a strategic integrator and relationship steward across Sonesta’s corporate functions, providing visibility, structure, and clarity to how enterprise priorities are planned, tracked, and executed. The role also supports data-driven evaluation of hospitality systems, commercial opportunities, and strategic vendor and partner relationships. Reporting to the Vice President of Strategic Planning, this position plays a critical role in maintaining the integrity of Sonesta’s enterprise alignment framework, ensuring that all strategic initiatives, financial priorities, and executive communications advance through a disciplined, data-informed process.

This role is entrusted with access to ownership-level data, ELT materials, and cross-functional insights and operates as a direct liaison between the Strategic Planning Office, the Executive Leadership Team, and departmental leadership. The position requires the ability to work independently, represent enterprise priorities at senior levels, and surface escalation items to the Vice President of Strategic Planning for alignment or executive intervention.

This role is 3 days at our Orlando, FL or Newton, MA Headquarters and 2 days remote.

Maintain visibility into all enterprise initiatives and strategic priorities, ensuring consistent alignment to ELT directives. Engage directly with department and functional leaders to capture updates, resolve blockers, and ensure leadership direction is translated into measurable execution. Serve as a trusted liaison between the Vice President of Strategic Planning, ELT, and departmental stakeholders, ensuring that information flows accurately, respectfully, and efficiently. Identify and elevate risks, dependencies, or conflicts to the Vice President of Strategic Planning for prioritization, mitigation, or executive review.

Represent the Strategic Planning Office in ELT or governance discussions as needed, maintaining discretion and professionalism with highly sensitive information.

Manage the operational cadence of Sonesta’s enterprise planning cycles, including initiative intake, quarterly reviews, and KPI reporting. Ensure all initiatives are properly documented, funded, and aligned to corporate priorities and leadership expectations. Oversee the preparation of executive-level materials for ELT, Board, and Ownership meetings in coordination with the Vice President of Strategic Planning and Finance. Reinforce consistent use of enterprise templates, dashboards, and governance frameworks across departments.

Partner with Finance, IT, and Operations to ensure strategic planning aligns with capital, technology, and operational readiness.

Access and manage enterprise-level data sets tied to performance, transformation, and ownership reporting. Validate the accuracy and consistency of information presented to the CEO, CIO, and CFO, ensuring a single source of truth across all executive communications. Using innovation and competitive intelligence, integrate intelligence, performance, and innovation data into unified data. Drive discipline in reporting quality, ensuring transparency and clarity across the organization.

Gather, normalize, and aggregate data from operational, financial, market, and vendor sources, with emphasis on hospitality systems,…