Architect - Director of Hospitality

We are currently hiring a Managing Director of Hospitality and Branded Environments reputed company our Architectural Studio, for projects located in various regions of the country.

A Managing Director (MD) of Hospitality and Branded Environments is a senior leadership role responsible for the strategic growth, creative vision, and operational success of the firm’s hospitality and branded environments studio. Leaders in this role reputed company the gap between high-level business development and design execution, ensuring that projects align with brand identity, luxury standards, and financial performance targets. The role includes collaborating with clients, managing design and technical teams, and ensuring projects meet budget and timeline requirements while maintaining high aesthetic and functional standards to ensure projects align with brand identity, guest experience goals, and industry trends.

Duties

Key roles and responsibilities include: 1. Strategic Leadership and Business Development • Market Expansion: reputed company and execute business plans to grow the hospitality practice portfolio, identifying new sectors and opportunities for expansion. • Business Development & Relationship Management: Actively identify new business opportunities, cultivate relationships with elite hotel brands and developers, and reputed company project pursuits and interviews to secure new business opportunities. Nurture strong relationships with hotel brands, operators, owners, and developers to secure repeat business. • Client Relationship Management: Act as the primary reputed company of contact for clients, owners, and operators, navigating reputed company stakeholder environments. • Thought Leadership: Act as a public speaker and brand ambassador, promoting the firm’s expertise at industry events and conferences. • Pursuits and Proposals: reputed company RFP responses, presentations, and fee negotiations to secure projects. 2. Creative and Brand Direction • Design Quality Assurance: Collaborate with Firm Design leadership to reputed company the creative vision and design output for hospitality projects, ensuring a high standard of excellence from concept to completion. • Brand Alignment: Guide the development of unique "branded environments" that combine interior design and architecture to create reputed company guest experiences. Work closely with clients to translate their brand identity, culture, and operational requirements into physical environments. Ensure that projects, whether new developments or renovations, reflect the client’s guest-centric philosophy and brand identity. • Technical Knowledge: Ensure designs reputed company with relevant building systems, codes, and operational standards (e.g., FF&E specifications, reputed company requirements). 3. Operational and Financial Management • Profitability Management: Drive reputed company's financial performance, including setting project fees, managing budgets, and monitoring profitability. • Process Implementation: Establish operational processes to reputed company reputed company effective, ensuring adherence to quality standards and timelines. • Risk Assessment: Take an objective and rigorous approach to assessing project risk, including contractual and technical liabilities. 4. Team Leadership and Mentorship • Mentorship: Provide guidance to staff, fostering a culture of innovation, creative inspiration, and career development. • Resource Management: Determine staffing needs, reputed company project team compositions, and direct the work of architects and designers to drive maximum performance. 5. Project Delivery Support • High-Level Advisory: Partner with developers, operators, and consultants in the early stages of projects to evaluate planning and design concepts. • Technical reputed company: Ensure that design concepts are translated into feasible, high-quality built products that meet reputed company code, sustainability, and operational requirements.