Deer Valley Resort
hospitality
OperationsPlanningManager
“Operations Planning Manager at Deer Valley Resort. Skills: operations planning, operational readiness, cross-functional coordination, stakeholder management, long-range planning, project execution. Translating strategic priorities into clear, coordinated operational plans and implemented initiatives. Leading operations planning and operational readiness”
What You'll Achieve.
Ensuring that operational needs are identified early, aligned across functions, and executed in a way that supports both day-to-day resort performance and long-term growth; Ensuring the resort is prepared to operate effectively across varying demand conditions; Ensuring operational requirements, guest experience, access plans, staffing, and supporting resources are fully aligned before initiatives are delivered; Ensuring these areas function cohesively across the resort; Ensuring that facilities, programs, and operational approaches function as intended once implemented; Ensuring that physical infrastructure, staff and back-of-house support functions, access plans, and guest-facing operations are prepared to perform under real operating conditions from day one; Advancing decisions and resolving misalignment across operations, capital planning, and development before impacts reach day-to-day operations; Moving initiatives from concept to implementation; Delivering initiatives on time and aligned with strategic intent; Ensuring that operational plans are effectively executed; Transitioning initiatives from planning into implementation in alignment with the resort’s long-term vision and operational objectives; Ensuring alignment with business growth, guest experience, operational performance, resort culture, and community context; Supporting implementation of transportation initiatives through planning, phasing, rollout, and coordination with operations and external partners
Industry & Context.
Resolving misalignment across operations, capital planning, and development
Available to work weekends, holidays, and evenings as needed
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Bachelor’s Degree required, preferably in Urban Planning, Engineering, Operations Management, or related field, 3-5+ years of experience leading complex, cross-functional projects, Experience in operations planning or operational readiness, preferably in a complex operational or resort environment, Experience developing or implementing long-range operational or programmatic plans including change management practices, Ability to integrate operational considerations across departments, Experience coordinating with internal stakeholders and external partners, including municipalities, agencies, and consultants, written, presentation, and verbal communication comfortable presenting to leadership, external partners, and public forums, Highly organized, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, Flexibility in work schedule must be available to work weekends, holidays, and evenings as needed
What You'll Do.
Translating strategic priorities into clear
coordinated operational plans and implemented initiatives
Leading operations planning and operational readiness
Ensuring operational needs are identified early
aligned across functions
Short- and long-range planning across core operational areas such as transportation and parking
wayfinding and signage ecosystem
facilities capacity and redistribution
back-of-house support functions
and cross-resort coordination
Driving operational readiness from planning through implementation
Managing select strategic initiatives across Resort Planning
Lead operational planning for critical operational areas
including transportation
wayfinding and signage ecosystem
and resort-wide coordination
Support the Director of Program Development in aligning organizational growth assumptions and Industrial Engineering analysis with the real-world needs of operating teams
Own operational readiness efforts
ensuring that physical infrastructure
staff and back-of-house support functions
and guest-facing operations are prepared to perform under real operating conditions from day one
Provide clear ownership in planning areas that fall between teams
advancing decisions and resolving misalignment across operations
and development before impacts reach day-to-day operations
Manage select high-impact or cross-functional initiatives that require both disciplined planning and hands-on execution to move from concept to implementation
Develop operational scopes
and implementation plans in coordination with cross-functional teams
Coordinate internal stakeholders and external partners to deliver initiatives on time and aligned with strategic intent
Ensure that operational plans are effectively executed
transitioning initiatives from planning into implementation in alignment with the resort’s long-term vision and operational objectives
Lead long-range transportation and parking planning
ensuring alignment with business growth
operational performance
and community context
and implement transportation and parking strategies and programs
including Transportation Demand Management (TDM) initiatives
in coordination with Operations and external partners
Coordinate planning for staff and guest transportation
on-site and off-site parking operations
and transit integration with external partners
Support implementation of transportation initiatives through planning
and coordination with operations and external partners
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional coordination; Coordinating with internal stakeholders and external partners; Aligning organizational growth assumptions and Industrial Engineering analysis with the real-world needs of operating teams; Providing clear ownership in planning areas that fall between teams, advancing decisions and resolving misalignment across operations, capital planning, and development; Developing operational scopes, schedules, and implementation plans in coordination with cross-functional teams; Coordinating internal stakeholders and external partners to deliver initiatives on time and aligned with strategic intent; Coordinating planning for staff and guest transportation, on-site and off-site parking operations, and transit integration with external partners; Coordinating with Operations and external partners on transportation and parking strategies and programs
Communication Scope
written communication; presentation skills; verbal communication; comfortable presenting to leadership, external partners, and public forums
Process & Methodology
Leading complex, cross-functional projects, Developing or implementing long-range operational or programmatic plans, Managing select strategic initiatives, Managing select high-impact or cross-functional initiatives, Developing operational scopes, schedules, and implementation plans, Ensuring initiatives are delivered on time and aligned with strategic intent, Ensuring that operational plans are effectively executed, Transitioning initiatives from planning into implementation
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