Overview
Head of Luxury & Lifestyle Brands – EMEAA
UK-based | Windsor HQ
This is a role for a brand leader who believes that luxury only matters when it feels relevant, alive and deeply human, everywhere it shows up. We are seeking a Head of Luxury & Lifestyle Brands for EMEAA to shape how IHG’s celebrated brands come to life across one of the world’s most diverse, dynamic and opportunity rich regions.
Reporting to the VP Global Luxury Brands, this role is entrusted with a simple but demanding mandate - to ensure our global brand promises are translated into powerful, locally resonant brand experiences - market by market, hotel by hotel, guest by guest.
What You Will Lead
Bringing global brands to life locally
* Shape and lead regional brand strategies that honour global intent while embracing local culture, guest expectations and operating realities
* Ensure our brands are clearly differentiated and compelling across markets at very different stages of growth
Driving performance through brand
* Translate brand strategy into commercial outcomes, driving topline growth, guest satisfaction, brand equity and owner returns
* Use insight, data and instinct to continuously sharpen positioning and performance
Embedding brands in the field
* Partner deeply with Operations, Commercial, Development and New Hotel Openings to ensure brand strategies are executable, adopted and lived
* Champion quality and consistency, ensuring brands are felt in the guest experience, not just expressed in guidelines
Innovation with impact
* Lead the regional innovation agenda: localising, piloting and rolling out brand hallmarks, products and service experiences
* Measure what matters, tracking the real commercial and experiential impact of innovation
A powerful global partnership
* Act as a trusted EMEAA counterpart to Global Brand Heads, feeding regional insight into global strategy and ensuring global priorities land with clarity and conviction in the region
* Help shape the evolution of our brands by bringing the voice of EMEAA to the table
Leading people, not just plans
* Build and inspire a high performing regional brand team
* Create a culture where ambition, creativity and accountability coexist
* Develop future brand leaders who know how to balance craft with commerciality
What You Bring
* Senior leadership experience in brand, operations or commercial roles, within luxury and lifestyle hospitality or an adjacent customer experience led sector
* A proven ability to turn brand strategy into real-world delivery across multiple markets
* Strong commercial and financial acumen, with credibility with owners and senior stakeholders
* Deep understanding of brand equity, how it is built, protected and measured over time
* Experience thriving in complex, matrixed organisations, balancing global consistency with regional relevance
* International leadership experience, ideally having lived and worked across multiple geographies
* A leadership style that is confident, inclusive and inspiring, with the presence to influence at the highest levels
The opportunity
The brands you help lead are experienced by millions of guests across EMEAA every year. The strategies you shape will influence how those brands grow, perform and remain meaningful for years to come.
If you are energised by brand truth, disciplined localisation and leadership at scale, this is a rare opportunity to leave a lasting mark on some of the world’s most admired hospitality brands.
Ready to shape how global luxury truly lives in local markets? We’d love to hear from you.
Closing date for applications Friday 10th April 2026
Our commitment to you
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.
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