Job description

About the job Hotel Operations Manager – Asset Management

We are supporting a hospitality investment and asset management group in Oman with the appointment of a Hotel Operations Manager – Asset Management.

This is an owner-side hotel portfolio role, not a property-level hotel operations role. The position sits within the Asset Management department and focuses on hotel performance, operator oversight, financial review, operational improvement, and asset value enhancement.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee hotel portfolio performance from an ownership and asset management perspective.
• Review hotel operating performance, budgets, forecasts, business plans, cash flow, and capex requirements.
• Challenge and support hotel operators to ensure alignment with ownership objectives.
• Conduct asset reviews, property inspections, and operational audits.
• Review service standards, maintenance standards, brand compliance, and operator performance.
• Analyse market trends, competitive positioning, demand drivers, and revenue opportunities.
• Support owner-operator meetings, performance reviews, and improvement plans.
• Prepare asset management reports, dashboards, benchmarking analysis, and performance updates.
• Support portfolio strategy, asset repositioning, due diligence, operator transitions, and investment decisions where required.

Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate will have strong experience in hospitality operations, hotel asset management, owner representation, hospitality advisory, or corporate hotel performance management.

You should be commercially strong, analytical, and confident reviewing hotel financial and operational performance. You should also be comfortable engaging with hotel operators, brand representatives, senior leadership, and internal stakeholders.

Requirements

• Minimum 10 years of progressive hospitality experience.
• Experience in hotel operations, asset management, revenue management, owner representation, or hospitality advisory.
• Strong understanding of hotel operating statements, budgets, forecasts, capex, cash flow, and performance reporting.
• Experience with luxury or upscale hotel brands.
• Strong Excel, reporting, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Exposure to STR, HotStats, Opera, IDS, EzRMS, MARSHA, SkyRes, or similar systems would be an advantage.

Important Clarification

The official title is Hotel Operations Manager. However, this role sits within the Asset Management department and focuses on owner-side hotel portfolio oversight, not daily hotel property operations.