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Royal Caribbean Group’s Global Marine Operations Team has an exciting career opportunity for a full-time Lead, Marine Strategic Initiatives reporting to the Director, Marine Program Strategy.

This position will work onsite in Miami, Florida.

Position Summary:

Royal Caribbean Group is seeking a strategic and data-driven Strategy Lead to join our Global Marine Strategy team. This role supports cross-functional initiatives that improve operational performance, drive strategic planning, and enable long-term growth across the Marine organization. 

As a key contributor to the Marine Strategy team, you would analyze complex data, lead high- impact projects, and effectively collaborate across departments—including branded operations, technical teams, newbuild, supply chain, and other corporate functions. You would help shape strategic direction, streamline reporting, and support executive decision-making through dashboards, presentations, and white papers.

Projects assigned are typically top priority, high profile, and multi-departmental initiatives for the organization. You should be comfortable independently executing high-impact research and analysis, managing all aspects of project planning, tracking and status reporting, and have experience partnering with diverse stakeholder groups to identify collaborative and pragmatic business solutions to critical needs.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Identify and develop strategic initiatives aligned with short- and long-term goals for the Global Marine Operations organization.
• Analyze operational, financial, and performance data to identify improvement opportunities, and translate these into actionable priorities and project plans.
• Develop and maintain strategic and annual operating plans for the Global Marine organization.
• Build dashboards and automate reporting tools to enable data-driven decision making.
• Prepare compelling executive / board level presentations and materials.
• Lead special projects to support delivery of Marine strategy and represent Marine in enterprise-wide strategic initiatives.
• Facilitate collaborative working sessions with varied stakeholders to develop cross-functional solutions that improve operational performance, alignment, and efficiency.
• Perform additional duties to support evolving business needs. 

Qualifications, Knowledge and Skills:

• Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science Degree in business, hospitality, finance, engineering or a related analytical field; Master’s Degree in a related field preferred.
• 4-6 years of relevant analytical work experience required. Experience in a management consulting firm or relevant strategic function at a corporation is preferred. Experience in the travel and leisure industry is also a plus.
• Strong business acumen and analytical skills with a proven ability to break down complex business challenges and develop strategic solutions.
• Possess an understanding of financial principles and experience building complex financial models.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel (including financial modeling), SQL, Power BI, PowerPoint, and Word; experience with Essbase, Tableau, Visio, or similar tools is a plus.

We know there's a lot to consider. As you go through the application process, our recruiters will be glad to provide guidance, and more relevant details to answer any additional questions. Thank you again for your interest in Royal Caribbean Group. We'll hope to see you onboard soon!

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