Unique Opportunity Has Arisen: Brand New Managing Director Job Lead - Prestigious 5* Ultra-Luxury Hotel Complex (1,350 Keys) - Best-in-Class Ultra-Luxury Hotel Group - MEA, Prime location
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Managing Director – Multi-Brand Luxury Development – Premier Middle East Destination
Exceptional Hospitality Starts with You
A leading global hospitality company is seeking a distinguished leader and brand ambassador to serve as Managing Director of one of the region's most significant mixed-use developments. This executive will be entrusted with leading and elevating three iconic brands within a single integrated destination: a flagship luxury hotel, a premium full-service hotel, and a lifestyle hotel. Inspiring with authenticity and leading with intention, the Managing Director is responsible for the overall strategic, operational, and commercial performance of all three properties, while shaping a curated luxury guest journey at the flagship luxury hotel and ensuring each brand delivers a distinctive and market-leading experience. Through personalised, thoughtful service, strong commercial leadership, and a culture of excellence, the Managing Director creates exceptional outcomes for guests, team members, and owners across the entire development.
About the Luxury Brand
Live unforgettably. In landmark destinations around the world, this luxury brand reflects the culture and history of their extraordinary locations. With a fresh, modern expression of its rich, authentic legacy, the brand provides guests with an exceptional environment and the personalised attention of signature service that creates unforgettable experiences for discerning travellers.
About the Development
This mixed-use development represents one of the most ambitious projects in the region and is set to become a defining destination. Located at a prestigious intersection in the capital city, the development spans more than 390,000 square metres and brings together world-class retail, hospitality, entertainment, lifestyle, and residential experiences in a single integrated destination. At the heart of the project is the company's luxury and lifestyle portfolio, featuring three iconic hotels: the flagship luxury hotel, the premium full-service hotel, and the lifestyle hotel. Together, these properties offer more than 1,200 guestrooms, extensive dining and leisure facilities, meeting and event spaces, wellness offerings, and the potential addition of branded residences.
The development's landmark towers will redefine the city's skyline. The luxury brand will occupy a striking tower featuring luxury accommodations, signature dining venues, grand ballroom facilities, a world-class spa, and rooftop experiences overlooking the city. The premium and lifestyle brands will be housed within interconnected towers designed to deliver distinctive luxury and lifestyle experiences while benefiting from shared infrastructure and integrated guest amenities. As one of the company's most significant luxury developments globally, this project offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of hospitality in one of the world's fastest-growing markets, creating an unparalleled destination for residents, visitors, and international travellers alike.
How You'll Make an Impact
As a Managing Director, you're not just leading the strategic hotel operations – you're spreading the light and warmth of hospitality by delivering memorable experiences that make the stay for every guest.
Your responsibilities will include:
Lead the overall performance of the development: Provide strategic, operational, and commercial leadership across all three properties, ensuring each brand delivers exceptional guest experiences, strong financial performance, and distinctive brand positioning while contributing to a cohesive market presence across the development.
Shape and execute the long-term vision for the development: Define and deliver short- and long-term business strategies, oversee pre-opening, launch, and stabilisation activities, and ensure decisions support the interests of the hotels, their respective brands, the ownership group, and the company's long-term vision.
Drive commercial performance and owner returns: Oversee revenue generation, profitability, budgets, forecasts, and capital investments across the portfolio, maximising GOP, EBITDA, and long-term asset value while balancing operational excellence with exceptional guest experiences.
Act as the primary owner and stakeholder relationship holder: Build and maintain trusted partnerships with ownership, company stakeholders, and regional teams, providing strategic recommendations, transparent communication, and performance reporting to ensure alignment on priorities, investment objectives, and future growth.
Lead the flagship luxury hotel as General Manager: Directly oversee the operations, guest experience, commercial performance, and team culture of the luxury property, supported by a Hotel Manager, while ensuring the highest standards of luxury hospitality and brand excellence.
Guide and inspire hotel leadership teams: Provide leadership, direction, and governance to the General Managers of the other properties, fostering accountability, collaboration, and performance while preserving the distinct identity, guest proposition, and positioning of each brand.
Drive commercial and revenue excellence: Oversee cluster sales, marketing, and revenue management strategies across the development, maximizing performance across all business segments and ensuring the optimal utilisation of guestrooms, meeting and event spaces, and food and beverage venues.
Ensure operational excellence across the portfolio: Maintain brand compliance and operational integrity across all properties, drive continuous improvement initiatives, and identify opportunities to enhance efficiencies, scalability, and service delivery across shared functions and resources.
Build a culture of high performance and inclusion: Develop exceptional leadership teams, strengthen succession pipelines, support localisation objectives, and foster a culture that is unified in purpose while reflecting the unique character and service ethos of each brand.
Partner on development and pre-opening initiatives: Work closely with regional Operations, Openings & Transitions, and Architecture, Design & Construction teams to ensure successful project delivery, brand compliance, talent readiness, and seamless hotel openings.
What It Takes to Make the Stay
At this leading global hospitality company, core values define what it takes to succeed and guide the qualities they look for in every team member:
A passion for spreading the light and warmth of hospitality. Acting with Integrity and always doing the right thing. Inspiring others through Leadership. A belief that Teamwork drives the best outcomes. A sense of Ownership and accountability. And a focus on the Now, bringing urgency and discipline to every moment, knowing it can make a lasting impact.
The company's Managing Directors lead with presence and purpose, represent the brand with distinction, inspire teams, and elevate the guest journey through thoughtful, intentional leadership. The ideal candidate is a strategic and polished leader with a strong focus on owner relations, commercial performance, and operational excellence. To successfully fill this role, you should maintain the attitude, behaviours, skills, and values that follow:
Proven experience as a General Manager, Managing Director, Area Vice President, or equivalent senior leader within luxury and lifestyle hospitality, with a track record of leading complex operations and delivering sustained business performance.
Extensive multi-property, cluster, or regional leadership experience, with the ability to balance the needs of multiple brands while creating alignment around a shared strategic vision.
Demonstrated success operating within mixed-brand environments, with a strong understanding of how to preserve distinct brand identities while maximizing synergies across a wider development or portfolio.
Strong commercial, financial, and asset management acumen, including experience overseeing large-scale budgets, capital investments, forecasting, profitability, and long-term value creation for owners and stakeholders.
Proven pre-opening, opening, and stabilisation experience, with the ability to lead complex projects, build high-performing teams, and successfully launch new hospitality concepts.
Exceptional owner relations and stakeholder management skills, with a track record of building trusted partnerships, influencing senior stakeholders, and aligning diverse interests to achieve strategic objectives.
Degree in Hotel Management or equivalent.
GCC experience highly preferred.
Fluency in English (spoken and written).
How the Company Helps You Thrive
At this leading global hospitality company, the hospitality they're known for doesn't end with their guests. They proudly invest in their team members' wellbeing, supporting you through all of life's moments. When you join, their exceptional care extends to you with unmatched perks and benefits, including*:
Incredible travel perks – Enjoy deeply discounted travel rates at their world-class hotels through their generous travel program.
Paid parental leave – Because family matters. They offer paid leave for eligible team members, including partners and adoptive parents.
Crisis concierge – In times of loss, their Crisis Concierge offers a single, compassionate point of contact for both practical support and emotional care.
Mental health resources – Your wellbeing comes first. They provide resources to help team members care for themselves and their loved ones. In many countries, eligible team members receive free counselling and support through their Employee Assistance Program.
Benefits availability may vary depending on team member's location as well as terms and conditions of employment and are subject to the terms and conditions of each specific program/plan.
What Is Offered
Leadership of a landmark multi-brand development within a globally respected hospitality portfolio.
Competitive executive compensation and benefits package.
The opportunity to shape the guest experience and commercial success of one of the region's most prestigious developments.
Career development and growth potential within an international hospitality group.
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