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Role Purpose

Manage New Hotels Openings is based in Dubai will work together with the owning company as the project moves through the pre- opening process. This includes an orientation to the owning company on IHG ways of working, project kick-off meetings, development of the pre-opening budget and regular catchups to ensure the project is moving at pace.

Key Accountabilities

• Be the main point of contact with project team and ownership

• Work closely with Design and Engineering team on project updates and progress, support in escalating any potential risks to ownership.

• Liaise with core team and key functions to ensure all pre-opening tasks are completed in timely manner toward opening date.

• Ensure all pre-opening milestones are completed according to agreed timeline.

• Ensure HOM and one force systems are up to date.

• Communicate on regular basis projects updates,progress and accomplished points

• Ensure all governance, licenses and insurances are fully compliant before opening inline with HMA.

Key Skills & Experiences

Education Qualifications –

• Bachelors or Master’s degree in Hotel Management

Experience –

• 3-5 years’ hotel opening experience or similar

• Experience of managing teams, preferably cross-functional/discipline teams as well as with and without direct hierarchical authority (i.e. external teams or teams from other functions with no direct line management authority)

• Project management experience in a matrix organization overseeing multiple business units.

• Previously worked within an international or global organization

Required Skills

• Project management and delivery

• Excellent communication skills

• Excellent inter-personal skills, with strong negotiation, impact and influence and problem solving skills

• Able to work under pressure and prepared to travel extensively within Europe

• People- and task-oriented

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