Senior Project Manager / Project Director – Hotels
Location: Central London
Package: Excellent Salary + Bonus + Benefits
PSD Group has been retained to appoint an experienced Senior Project Manager / Project Director for a leading international lifestyle hospitality brand.
This is a newly created position within a design-led, rapidly expanding hotel business backed by a major global investor. The organisation has an ambitious pipeline of hotel refurbishments, repositioning projects and new acquisitions across the UK and Europe, making this a pivotal appointment within its Development team.
The Opportunity
Reporting to the Head of Construction, you will take ownership of multiple high-value capital projects across an operational hotel portfolio, leading projects from feasibility and concept design through to completion and operational handover.
This is a highly autonomous role requiring an experienced project professional who can manage complex refurbishment programmes while working closely with internal stakeholders, hotel operations, consultants and contractors.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the delivery of multiple hotel refurbishment and capital projects across the UK and Europe.
- Manage projects through every stage, from feasibility, design and procurement to construction, handover and defects.
- Control project budgets, programmes, risk registers and financial reporting.
- Appoint and manage architects, designers, consultants, contractors and suppliers.
- Lead FF&E procurement and contract administration.
- Work closely with hotel operational teams to minimise disruption during live trading environments.
- Ensure projects are delivered safely, on programme, within budget and to the highest brand standards.
- Support acquisition due diligence, feasibility studies and early-stage project planning where required.
Essential Requirements
Applicants must have demonstrable experience delivering refurbishment and capital projects within the UK / Europe hotel sector.
To be considered, you will have:
- Experience delivering hotel refurbishment and capital projects
- A proven track record managing projects within live, operational hotels.
- Strong construction and project management expertise, ideally gained client-side, consultancy or contractor-side within the hotel sector.
- Experience managing multiple concurrent projects and capital budgets.
- Excellent commercial, contractual and stakeholder management skills.
- The confidence to operate independently while influencing senior internal and external stakeholders.
- MRICS, MCIOB, MAPM or a similar professional qualification is advantageous but not essential.
The Person
We’re looking for a commercially minded, delivery-focused project professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment. You’ll be comfortable taking ownership, making decisions and building strong relationships across development, operations and external delivery teams.
Apply
If you have the required hotel project experience and would like to discuss this opportunity in confidence, please apply with your CV together with your current salary, package and notice period.
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