General Manager
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About the Role
Responsible for leading hotel pre-opening strategy, managing operations, building teams, and ensuring exceptional guest experiences in leisure hospitality.
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Main responsibilities
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As General Manager, you will be responsible for:
Leading the full pre-opening strategy of the hotel, ensuring that all operational, commercial, financial, people and brand milestones are delivered successfully ahead of the opening in Q2 2027.
Building and developing the leadership team and hotel team from scratch, creating a strong culture of service, collaboration, accountability and passion for hospitality.
Driving the operational set-up of the hotel across rooms, F&B, serviced apartments, guest experience, entertainment, family facilities and all key hotel services.
Ensuring the successful positioning of Sol Qiddiya within the destination, bringing the Meli Sol brand to life through a vibrant, warm and memorable guest experience.
Managing key relationships with regional leadership, ownership, project stakeholders and local partners, ensuring alignment during the pre-opening phase and after the hotel launch.
What we are looking for
We are looking for a senior hotel leader with:
Proven experience as General Manager or senior Hotel Manager in leisure hotels, resorts or lifestyle hospitality environments.
Previous experience in hotel openings, pre-openings or post-opening phases.
Strong operational background and the ability to lead complex projects from planning to execution.
Experience
managing large teams, building leadership structures and developing talent in multicultural environments.
Strong understanding of leisure hospitality, family-oriented guest experiences, F&B operations and destination-driven hotels.
Excellent business vision, financial acumen and commercial mindset.
Previous experience in the GCC market is a must.
Experience
in Saudi Arabia will be considered a strong plus.
Arabic speaker will be highly valued.
A hands-on, people-oriented and highly adaptable leadership style, with the ability to inspire teams, create structure and bring energy to a new project.
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