Project & Program Communications Lead - AI & Marketing (contract)

McLean, VA (Hybrid)

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Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive program management for Hilton's enterprise AI pilots, coordinating cross-functional workstreams and executive-ready updates.

  • Own the operating cadence across AI pilot workstreams, including timelines, actions, dependencies, and logs.
  • Must-have: 4+ years in program management or equivalent with executive communication experience.
  • Standout: Experience translating pilot learnings into scalable insights for senior leadership.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain a clear operating cadence across multiple AI pilot workstreams, including timelines, actions, dependencies, and decision logs
  • Amalgamate updates from workstream owners and convert them into concise weekly summaries, executive-ready readouts, and clear next-step recommendations
  • Develop presentations, status updates, talking points, and narrative materials that help leaders understand progress, risks, learnings, and opportunities
  • Track pilot objectives, milestones, success measures, issues, and emerging trends to ensure the broader program story is grounded in evidence
  • Identify themes across pilots and convert fragmented information into structured insights, patterns, and implications for scale
  • Draft communications for stakeholders across marketing, technology, operations, and other business functions to maintain alignment and momentum
  • Prepare for key forums by creating agendas, pre-reads, meeting notes, action trackers, and follow-up materials
  • Step into ambiguous situations, create order quickly, and move work forward without requiring heavy direction
  • Create executive-quality slides, dashboards, and briefing materials that synthesize updates, trends, business impact, and recommendations
  • Conduct cross-workstream trend synthesis, including themes, blockers, dependencies, and signals that can inform future scaling decisions

Requirements

  • 4 years experience in program or project management, communications, chief-of-staff-style support, marketing operations, consulting, or a similar role that required structured execution and executive communication
  • 3 years experience supporting enterprise AI initiatives, digital transformation programs, innovation portfolios, or complex cross-functional marketing work

Preferred

  • Experience in hospitality, travel, loyalty, customer experience, or global consumer brands is beneficial
  • Experience supporting senior executives with steering committees, or transformation office outputs is a plus
  • Working knowledge of enterprise AI use cases, pilot lifecycle management, change management, and responsible AI considerations is advantageous
  • Familiarity with data visualization, simple dashboarding, or lightweight analysis to support decision-making is useful
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Hilton

Hilton (NYSE: HLT) is a leading global hospitality company with a portfolio of 24 world-class brands comprising more than 8,400 properties and over 1.25 million rooms, in 140 countries and territories. Dedicated to fulfilling its founding vision to fill the earth with the light and warmth of hospitality, Hilton has welcomed over 3 billion guests in its more than 100-year history, was named the No. 1 World’s Best Workplace by Great Place to Work and Fortune and has been recognized as a global leader on the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices. Hilton has introduced industry-leading technology enhancements to improve the guest experience, including Digital Key Share, automated complimentary room upgrades and the ability to book confirmed connecting rooms. Through the award-winning guest loyalty program Hilton Honors, the more than 210 million Hilton Honors members who book directly with Hilton can earn Points for hotel stays and experiences money can't buy. With the free Hilton Honors app, guests can book their stay, select their room, check in, unlock their door with a Digital Key and check out, all from their smartphone. Visit stories.hilton.com for more information, and connect with Hilton on Facebook, X, LinkedIn, Instagram and YouTube.

Founded in 1919
McLean, VA, US
142K employees (2,597 in marketing)

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$5.7M
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46.3%
Referral
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Social
0.3%
Paid
2.1%

Headcount Trend

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
1,675 (1% of company)
Median Career Experience
15 years
Median Tenure
4.2 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
12

Funding

Total Funding
$10.5B
Last Raise
$1B
Post IPO Debt, 4 months ago

Funding History

  • Dec 2025
    Post IPO Debt • $1B
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    Post IPO Debt • $1B
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