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The Opportunity

Are you an experienced luxury hotel General Manager with a passion for delivering exceptional guest experiences? Conrad Riyadh Laysen Valley is seeking a highly motivated and talented Hotel General Manager to lead our team and ensure the smooth operation and success of our property.

The Property

The 185-key Conrad Riyadh Laysen Valley will bring the brand’s bold design, impactful experiences, and curated contemporary art to inspire travellers throughout their stay. Featuring world-class amenities, purposeful service and guest facilities, the modern, luxury hotel is expected to open in 2025 opposite the city’s diplomatic quarter at the heart of the Laysen Valley development, one of Riyadh’s most prominent high-end, mixed-use real estate projects.

The Role

This exciting General Manager position will be responsible for managing the Pre-opening phase of the hotel, Hotel Management team, and once open hotel targets to deliver an excellent Guest and Team Member experience while managing profitability and meeting our Owners expectations.

What will you be doing?

Specifically, you will be responsible for performing the following tasks to the highest standards:

• Manage and lead the pre-opening phase of the hotel opening and the ongoing operation of the hotel operation

• As the second Conrad in country, you and your team, will continue to build the reputation and activation of Hilton.

• Manage ongoing profitability of the hotel, ensuring revenue, guest satisfaction and Team Member engagement goals are met and exceeded

• Lead in all key property issues including capital projects, customer service, and refurbishment

• Ensure all decisions are made in the best interest of the hotel and Hilton

• Deliver achievable hotel budgets, and set other short- and long- term strategic goals for the property

• Provide exceptional leadership to hotel Team Members focusing on Hilton culture and values

• Lead in all aspects of business planning

• Comply with and exceed Hilton Brand Service Standards

• Ensure costs are controlled

• Manage and develop the Hotel Executive team to ensure career progression and effective succession planning within Hilton

• Hold regular briefings and communication meetings with the HOD team

• Respond to audits to ensure continual improvement is achieved

What are we looking for?

The ideal candidate will possess excellent leadership skills with a strong focus on Owner relations, Commercial and Operations, guest experience and Team Member engagement. Enthusiastic and passionate, you will have current or previous experience as a Hotel Manager or General Manager within a similar quality hotel and ideally with hotel openings experience in a Luxury Brand.

A General Manager serving Hilton brands is always working on behalf of our Guests and working with other Team Members. To successfully fill this role, you should maintain the attitude, behaviours, skills, and values that follow:

• An Established Hotel Manager or General Manager with Hilton experience ideally

• Tier one City experience and multi market experience

• Deep understanding of GCC commercial environment

• Deliver innovative commercial opportunities with experience in increasing profitability

• Meticulous attention will be crucial.

• Strong ability to collaborate and foster networks and relationships, with owners, contractors and corporates – must be highly visible.

• Capability to assume responsibility and confidently lead hotel owners

• Strong operational knowledge from a people/leadership perspective - the GM needs to be "present" and lead from the front

• Deliver innovative commercial opportunities with experience in increasing profitability

• Exceptional people leadership and retention of talent with the ability to bring a team together on a journey and instilling the Hilton culture and values

• Ability to show resilience, judgement and leadership

• Experience managing budgets, revenue proposals, and forecasting results in a similar sized property

• In-depth knowledge of the hotel/leisure/service sector

• Degree or diploma in Hotel Management or equivalent

• English and Arabic language mandatory

What is it like working for Hilton?

The future of hospitality is bright at Hilton: a leading global hospitality company with a diverse portfolio of world-class brands. Dedicated to filling the earth with the light and warmth of hospitality, we have welcomed more than 3 billion guests in our more than 100-year history. Hilton is proud to have an award-winning workplace culture, and we are consistently named among one of the World’s Best Workplaces.

We support the mental and physical well-being of all Team Members, so they can Thrive, thanks to innovative programs and benefits such as workplace flexibility, career growth and development, and our Go Hilton travel discount program. Hilton prioritizes understanding and integrating our Team Members’ unique perspectives and voices—along with those of our Guests, Owners, Suppliers, and Partners—to cultivate a diverse and inclusive environment for all. Check out the Hilton Careers blog and Instagram to learn more about what it’s like to be on Team Hilton!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We will ensure that qualified individuals with protected disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions of his or her role, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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Job: General Manager/Hotel Manager

Title: General Manager - Conrad Riyadh Laysen Valley

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Requisition ID: HOT0AJQ8

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