Website:
ascentis.build
Job details:
Strategic Leadership
- Serve as the primary Ascentis lead for a large client hospitality program (greenfield projects only).
- Partner directly with client leadership (CEO, CFO) to define development goals, brand alignment, and performance benchmarks.
- Lead internal cross-functional teams and external partners, including designers, contractors, and vendors.
- Translate client vision into actionable project and design briefs, ensuring clear articulation of brand standards and guest experience strategy.
Development & Design Advisory
- Lead preparation of Project Execution Plans, including scheduling, budgeting, phasing strategy, and procurement planning.
- Advise client on hotel operator brand standards and ensure alignment with brand technical guidelines.
- Drive value engineering and design optimization efforts in collaboration with in-house and third-party experts.
- Provide hands-on leadership during feasibility, concept design, and consultant selection stages.
Timeline and Budget Control
- Ensure tight control of project timelines through rigorous program management, proactive risk analysis, and timely decision-making.
- Own the project budgeting process end-to-end — from initial feasibility assessments to final reconciliation — with clear cost control mechanisms at every phase.
- Drive accountability on cost and schedule across consultants, contractors, and internal teams.
- Champion disciplined execution to deliver projects on time and within agreed budgets, without compromising design integrity or operational performance.
Delivery Oversight
- Lead project delivery from concept design through procurement and construction.
- Ensure compliance with international quality standards, regulatory requirements, safety standards, and sustainability objectives.
- Lead project review meetings, site inspections, and high-level reporting.
- Steer the change management process, cost reviews, and risk mitigation strategies.
Team Leadership
- Mentor and lead a multi-disciplinary team of project managers, design managers, planners, commercial managers, and construction professionals.
- Foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, and excellence across all levels of the project team.
- Ensure continuous alignment between client's expectations and internal delivery standards.
Requirements
- 20+ years of international experience in project management, including proven track record of delivering complex hospitality assets on schedule and within budget.
- Strong background in hotel development lifecycle: from design through procurement and construction.
- Demonstrated experience with operator-led design and technical standards (e.g., Marriott, IHG, Hyatt).
- Deep understanding of procurement, cost control, construction logistics, and design coordination.
- Confident communicator with executive presence and high emotional intelligence.
- Prior experience leading multi-asset hospitality portfolios preferred.
- Experience managing projects in developing countries is preferred.
Benefits
Job open to both expatriates and Indian nationals:
If Indian national:
- Monthly gross salary- Annual performance incentive up to 30% of gross salary
- EPF
If expatriate:
- Monthly salary, net of local income tax
- Annual performance incentive up to 30% of gross salary
- EPF
- Family accommodation
- Car with driver
- R&R
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