Senior Manager – Development
IHG Hotels & Resorts
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Dubai • United Arab Emirates
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About the role
- Work closely with the Senior Director of North Africa to support IHG’s growth agenda
- Actively seeking out development opportunities including new builds, conversions, portfolio deals, and strategic brand rollouts
- Build a strong market network, stay updated with industry news, develop relationships with owners, developers, consultants, investment groups, and government stakeholders
- Assess and analyse opportunities quickly and independently, identifying site suitability, brand fit and commercial viability
- Working closely with the Senior team supporting negotiations end-to-end, partnering with Investment Analysis and senior development leadership
- Manage RFP responses, feasibility inputs, and internal approval processes, creating informative decks for presentation to the business
- Collaborate across IHG functions (design & engineering, operations, legal, finance) to move deals from concept to close
- Stay ahead of market intelligence, track competitor activity, supply pipelines, and capital appetite across North Africa
Requirements
- Significant experience in hotel development, hospitality consulting, or real estate advisory
- Knowledge of franchise and managed agreements
- Strong understanding of hotel project economics, return metrics and investment logic
- Familiarity with MEA markets, preferably with experience in Egypt or North Africa
- Able to assess feasibility, analyse opportunities, and identify suitable prospects
- Client facing skills and strong presentation capability
- Language skills – written and spoken Arabic and English, French would be an advantage
- Energetic, resilient and consultative; essential when working with institutional owners and evolving markets
- Entrepreneurial mindset: proactive, opportunity led and commercially sharp
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, while remaining highly collaborative
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Hospitality, Real Estate or Business.
- Significant travel across Egypt and North Africa
Benefits
- Impressive room discounts across our many properties
- Recharge days
- Volunteering days throughout the year
- myWellbeing framework supporting wellbeing in health, lifestyle, and workplace
- Unique and inclusive culture
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
hotel developmenthospitality consultingreal estate advisoryfranchise agreementsmanaged agreementshotel project economicsreturn metricsinvestment logicfeasibility analysismarket intelligence
Soft Skills
client facing skillspresentation capabilityenergeticresilientconsultativeentrepreneurial mindsetproactivecollaborativeindependent workcommercially sharp
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in HospitalityBachelor’s degree in Real EstateBachelor’s degree in BusinessMaster’s degree in HospitalityMaster’s degree in Real EstateMaster’s degree in Business