Ramp Manager

Job Summary

The Ramp Manager is responsible for engaging with hotels during the pre-opening ramp timeframe, ensuring activation of commercial levers to drive faster, better ramp performance from the start. This role oversees the ramp process for new construction and conversion openings, executing a comprehensive pre-opening playbook, monitoring progress, and ensuring a seamless transition to the Franchise Performance team post-opening. The position serves as a point of contact for Area Directors and collaborates with internal and external stakeholders to achieve ramp KPIs.

• Execute pre-opening plans/playbooks, ensuring hotels activate commercial levers aligned with opening timelines.
• Partner with hotel stakeholders and internal teams to drive ramp readiness and performance strategies.
• Monitor progress and utilize reporting tools to influence engagement and adoption of ramp activities.
• Establish post-opening performance expectations and collaborate with commercial teams to support ramp targets.
• Ensure timely and seamless handoff to Area Directors post-opening.
• Provide ramp-specific support to Area Directors across broader portfolios.

• 6–8 years of relevant experience, including major hotel company experience, with demonstrated involvement in sales, revenue management, and/or marketing functions.
• Bachelor’s degree in Hospitality, Hotel Management, Business Management, or related field or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Proven success in hotel pre-opening/ramping activities and achieving financial and operational outcomes.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Excellent communication skills across stakeholder groups.
• Ability to travel up to 30%.

• Results-oriented, motivated self-starter.
• Consultative approach with holistic business view.
• Ability to lead change management initiatives in a matrix organization.
• Strong collaboration and influencing skills.
• Demonstrates Choice’s Values:
  Be Bold, Be Quick, Listen, Be Curious, Show Integrity.

The salary range for this position is $85,294 – $100,200 annually.

• Competitive compensation and benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Leave and paid time-off for holidays, vacation, personal, family, volunteer, sick, jury duty, bereavement, military, and religious observance.
• Financial benefits for retirement and health savings.
• Employee recognition programs.
• Discounts at Choice hotels worldwide.

Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH) is one of the largest lodging franchisors in the world. With 7,500 hotels in 45+ countries and territories, we offer a range of high-quality lodging options in the upper upscale, upper midscale, midscale, extended stay, and economy segments. We’re the hotel company for those who choose to bet on themselves — the striver, the dreamer, the entrepreneur — because that’s who we are, too.

At Choice, we are united by the belief that tomorrow will be even better than today—for associates, our company, and our franchisees. At our worldwide corporate headquarters in North Bethesda, Maryland, at our technology center in Scottsdale, Arizona, and through our associates around the globe, every voice is heard and every idea is listened to, no matter what area of the company they come from.

We are united in supporting the entrepreneurial dreams of our thousands of franchise owners, which propels us forward — giving our work at Choice a purpose larger than our business.

Choice Hotels is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.