Director of Pre-opening, Southeast Asia

Job Purpose: 

To lead and oversee all greenfield and conversion hotel projects - from project inception to pre-opening and post-opening stabilization. The role ensures operational readiness, adherence to brand standards, and seamless coordination with Technical Services, external consultants, and the Operations team, delivering successful openings across luxury, midscale, and lifestyle brands.

Key Result Areas:

- Lead overall project management for all assigned hotel openings and conversions from feasibility through opening and stabilization.
- Develop, monitor, and execute pre-opening critical paths, budgets, timelines, and operational deliverables.
- Act as the primary liaison with owners, consultants, Technical Services, Design & Construction, Brand, Finance, IT, and all corporate support departments.
- Review and validate design layouts, BOH flow, and operating functionalities to ensure ali...