Director - Hotel Operator Selection and Advisory UK
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a commercially minded and entrepreneurial Director to establish and grow Savills' Hotel Operator Selection and Advisory offering across the UK.
Role Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a commercially minded and entrepreneurial Director to establish and grow Savills' Hotel Operator Selection and Advisory offering across the UK. Working within the Hotels team and wider Operational Capital Markets platform, you will advise hotel owners, developers, investors and lenders on operator procurement, brand strategy, management agreement negotiations and asset positioning, helping clients maximise value across the hotel lifecycle.
This is a unique opportunity to become a recognised industry expert within a leading hospitality advisory business. Working across acquisitions, developments, refinancings and disposals, you will provide strategic advice on complex hotel and operational real estate assignments, delivering value to institutional, private equity and owner-operator clients.
As a senior leader, you will be responsible for originating and securing new business opportunities, leading hotel operator and brand selection mandates, overseeing transaction delivery and developing long-term client relationships across the UK hotel market. Working closely with colleagues across Capital Markets, Valuation, Development Consultancy and Debt Advisory, you will play a key role in delivering integrated client solutions.
The successful candidate will bring deep knowledge of the hotel real estate and investment market, a proven track record in business development and transaction execution, and the credibility to advise senior stakeholders on complex strategic decisions. You will also contribute to market thought leadership, support business planning initiatives and mentor junior team members within a collaborative and high-performing environment.
This role offers an exceptional opportunity to shape a market-leading advisory proposition within a growing specialist business and further strengthen Savills' position as a leading advisor to the hotel and hospitality sector.
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What we offer you:
Career and Professional Development
25-30 Days Annual Leave, depending on grade
Life Assurance
Private Medical Scheme
Virtual GP
Global Mobility Scheme
Rewards Platform
Company Pension Scheme
Enhanced Incremental Annual Leave
Find out more about Savills offer
Team Overview
Savills Hotels forms part of the Operational Capital Markets division, a specialist platform advising across hotels, residential, student accommodation, healthcare, senior living and other operational real estate sectors. The Hotels team combines hotel market expertise with capital markets, corporate finance and debt advisory capabilities, providing clients with market-leading transactional, consultancy and financing advice across the UK and EMEA. Based within a 150-person OCM platform, the team benefits from Savills' global network and investor reach. Source: Savills Hotels and OCM
Recruitment agencies
Savills only pay agency fees where we have a signed agreement in place and that agency has been previously contacted and directed by a member of our recruitment team. We do not pay agency fees when speculative and unsolicited CVs are submitted to Savills or any of our employees other than via our careers website and through our recruitment process. If this is not adhered to, agency fees will not be paid.
Submission of any unsolicited CVs or proposals to Savills will be deemed evidence of full and unlimited acceptance of this approach.
- Business area
- Transactional Services
- Role
- Hotel Capital Markets
- Locations
- Margaret Street, London
- Contract Type
- Full time
- Remote Status
- This role offers some working from home
- Salary
- Competitive
Margaret Street, London
Our offer
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Holiday
We understand the importance of a work life balance and offer you a generous holiday entitlement, which increases throughout your career as you progress through our job levels or reach service milestones.
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Health
Your wellbeing and that of your family is as important to us as it is to you. We offer Virtual Gp, Digital Health, Private Medical Scheme and mental health support amongst other benefits.
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Lifestyle
We promote a healthy work life balance, supported by our approach to flexible working and our wide variety of health, wellbeing and social programmes.
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Our Offer
Read more about our benefits and culture in our offer overview below
Values
No matter the role you’re in, we all share one purpose: to help people thrive through places and spaces. This is built into our DNA, shaping the way we behave to deliver the best results. We define it by four key values:
We listen: Tell us your goals and aspirations and we’ll provide the support you need to achieve them. We appreciate the individual value of every team member and create an environment where you can reach your full potential.
We empower: Here, there’s no limit to what you can achieve. We give you opportunities to have a real, positive impact in the community through the work you do, backed by access to our market-leading research and insights.
We challenge: The best results happen when we question the status quo. We create an environment where you can safely challenge our thinking, bringing fresh ideas to the table to innovate as a team.
We collaborate: When you join Savills, you become part of a 40,000-strong network of driven individuals, all sharing their knowledge and experience to push the real estate industry forward.
At the heart of it all, we deliver best-in-class insights and advice to help people make better property decisions. We're looking for colleagues who will help us on this mission. When you join Savills, our ask for you is simple – to be extraordinary, together.
About Savills
Over 42,000 people work for us in more than 70 countries all over the world. This breadth of global coverage, combined with specialist services and market insight, means we'll always have an expert who is local to you.