Purpose of the Role The purpose of the Director, Residential Operations Management at IHG is to define and lead the global vision for IHG's luxury branded residences, ensuring each property delivers exceptional homeowner experiences, lifestyle integration, and brand-defining services. This role bridges hospitality and real estate by shaping development and design planning, overseeing pre-opening and launch phases, and embedding IHG's luxury DNA into operating models and resident services. By elevating the homeowner journey through tailored engagement, wellness and sustainability initiatives, digital innovations, and signature lifestyle offerings. Your day to day: - Strategic Leadership: Ability to define and execute a global operational vision that positions IHG Branded Residences as a cornerstone of IHG's luxury portfolio. - Global Portfolio Oversight: Proven experience managing a diverse, multi-region portfolio while balancing global brand consistency with local market relevance. - Operational Excellence: Strong capability to establish and lead operating standards that drive service excellence, resident satisfaction, and efficient, scalable operations. - Cross-Functional Collaboration: Expertise in partnering with marketing, development, hotel operations, architecture, design, finance, and IT teams to seamlessly integrate residential and hospitality services. - Resident Experience Leadership: Passion for delivering highly personalized, luxury[1]driven resident experiences that reflect IHG's service culture and brand promise. - Innovation & Technology: Experience leading digital and service innovation, including smart-living solutions, resident platforms, and operational automation. - Project & Pre-Opening Expertise: Ability to oversee pre-opening, onboarding, and launch phases, ensuring smooth transitions from development to full operational readiness. - Design & Development Integration: Strong understanding of how design, service models, and operational planning come together to create world-class branded residences. - Sustainability & Wellness Focus: Commitment to embedding sustainability, wellness-driven amenities, and future-ready living concepts into residential environments. - Owner & Stakeholder Management: Proven ability to act as a trusted partner to owners, developers, and investors, building long-term relationships and driving portfolio growth. - Brand & Compliance Stewardship: Track record of protecting brand integrity through operational audits, regulatory compliance, and consistent service delivery. - Lifestyle & Community Creation: Skill in shaping luxury residential lifestyles through curated services, wellness, cultural programming, and community-building experiences. - Digital Lifestyle Enablement: Experience deploying smart-home technologies, resident apps, and digital concierge platforms to enhance personalization and engagement. - Product & Brand Differentiation: Ability to collaborate with design and development teams to create distinctive, market-leading branded residential products that embody IHG's luxury DNA. What we're looking for in you: Leadership & Stakeholder Management: - Demonstrated success in owner and stakeholder engagement, building long-term partnerships - Strong communication and negotiation skills with owners, developers, and investors - Experience in international business development across diverse cultural and regulatory environments Operational & Brand Excellence: - Expertise in defining and delivering global service standards and operational excellence - Ability to translate brand DNA into residential experiences and ensure operational readiness - Capability to safeguard brand integrity while balancing global consistency with local relevance Innovation, Wellness & Sustainability: - Knowledge of wellness-focused amenities, sustainability practices, and community-building initiatives - Familiarity with sustainability certifications such as LEED and WELL and relevant regulatory frameworks Technology & Digital Living: - Proficiency in smart-home technologies, resident apps, digital concierge platforms, and operational automation Cross-Functional Leadership: - Skilled in collaborating across hotel operations, marketing, IT, legal, and design teams to deliver integrated, high-performance residential experiences Required Education, Experience, Technical Skills and Knowledge Bachelor's degree in Hospitality Management, Business Administration, Real Estate, or related field? Master's degree (MBA or equivalent) preferred, with focus on international business, property management, or luxury hospitality? 5 years in luxury hospitality, branded residential operations, or property management? Proven track record in luxury branded residences, hotels, resorts, or mixed-use developments? Experience in development and design planning, collaborating with architects and developers? Demonstrated success in owner and stakeholder engagement, building long-term partnerships? Background in international business development and strategic planning across diverse cultural and regulatory environments? Expertise in defining and delivering global service standards and operational excellence? Ability to integrate brand DNA into residential projects and ensure operational readiness? Knowledge of wellness-focused amenities, sustainability practices, and community-building initiatives? Proficiency in smart-home technologies, resident apps, digital concierge platforms, and operational automation? Strong communication and negotiation skills with owners, developers, and investors? Capability to safeguard brand integrity while balancing global consistency with local adaptation? Familiarity with sustainability certifications (LEED, WELL) and regulatory frameworks? Skilled in cross-functional leadership, collaborating with hotel operations, marketing, IT, legal, and design teams At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we work together to deliver True Hospitality for Good on a global scale. With corporate offices and over 6,000 hotel destinations worldwide, a career at IHG is the perfect way to broaden your horizons. You'll experience our unique culture and brilliant colleagues who will support and inspire you. With a host of corporate opportunities to choose from, wherever you are on your career journey, and whatever you want to achieve there's Room for You at IHG. Over recent years, we've transformed our company. We have bold ambitions to drive performance and maintain our relentless focus on growth in order to be the hotel company of choice that guests & owners love. We are a hospitality business at our core and value connections and being together helps us foster a unique sense of belonging that also supports productivity. That's why here at IHG, we give our colleagues flexibility and balance - working in a hybrid way, blending office and remote working collectively. We recognise that every role is different, that's why leaders work with teams to determine how and when they collaborate. We provide a wide range of benefits designed to help you live your best work life. These include impressive room discounts across our many properties, recharge days and volunteering days throughout the year. Through our myWellbeing framework, we are committed to supporting wellbeing in your health, lifestyle, and workplace. We offer a unique and inclusive culture, where there is always Room for You to belong, grow and make a difference. Our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams where we celebrate difference and encourage colleagues to bring their whole selves to work. IHG Hotels & Resorts provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other category protected by applicable laws. We promote a culture of trust, support, and acceptance. Always welcoming different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. Don't quite meet every single requirement, but still believe you'd be a great fit for the job? We'll never know unless you hit the 'Apply' button. Start your journey with us today. At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We firmly believe that all our colleagues deserve to be treated equally and have the same opportunities to develop and grow their skills within our business and provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and colleagues without regard to an individual's, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or familial status, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.