REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS
About The Position
The Regional Vice President of Operations will provide operational leadership and strategic oversight for a growing portfolio of approximately 10 to 15 select-service and full-service hotels across multiple states, primarily Hilton, Marriott, and Best Western brands. The role partners with ownership, executive leadership, and hotel teams to drive financial performance, operational excellence, guest satisfaction, associate engagement, and portfolio growth. It supports current hotel operations as well as future expansion, ensuring consistent execution across the portfolio. This hands-on leadership role focuses on developing people, improving hotel performance, and building strong relationships with ownership and property leadership teams. The leader will oversee hotel operations, financial and brand performance, talent development, guest experience, and portfolio initiatives, with regular travel and property visits.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and hospitality leadership experience.
- Minimum of 10 years of progressive hotel operations leadership experience.
- Demonstrated success overseeing multiple hotels within a regional or portfolio structure.
- Experience managing approximately 10 to 15 hotels or a comparable operational scope.
- Strong background in select-service and/or full-service hotel operations.
- Experience leading, coaching, and developing General Managers and hotel leadership teams.
- Strong financial acumen, including budgeting, forecasting, labor management, profitability improvement, and operational performance management.
- Proven ability to build relationships with ownership groups and executive leadership.
- Strong communication, organizational, and leadership skills.
- Ability to travel extensively throughout the portfolio.
Nice To Haves
- Previous experience as a Regional Vice President of Operations, Vice President of Operations, Regional Director of Operations, or Area Director of Operations.
- Experience with Hilton and/or Marriott branded hotels.
- Experience supporting hotel openings, transitions, acquisitions, and portfolio growth initiatives.
- Experience working directly with ownership groups, asset managers, and executive leadership teams.
- Candidates currently serving as Regional Director of Operations, Area Director of Operations, Senior Multi-Property Operations Leader, or a high-performing General Manager with substantial multi-property exposure and demonstrated readiness for a regional leadership role are strongly considered.
- Previous Regional Vice President experience is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic and operational leadership for a multi-property hotel portfolio and ensure consistent execution, accountability, and achievement of company objectives.
- Drive revenue growth, profitability, market share, and asset performance through operating metrics, business plans, and financial strategies.
- Recruit, coach, mentor, and develop General Managers and hotel leadership teams.
- Direct the work of two or more full-time employees or their equivalent, including hiring, promotion, disciplinary, termination, and other personnel decisions under company policies.
- Lead operational performance across the assigned portfolio, ensuring consistency in execution, service delivery, and financial results.
- Monitor and improve RevPAR, ADR, occupancy, GOP, flow-through, labor costs, and operational efficiency.
- Partner with executive leadership and ownership to develop and execute business plans, growth strategies, operational initiatives, and long-term portfolio objectives.
- Conduct regular business reviews, establish performance expectations, and implement corrective action plans when needed.
- Champion guest satisfaction, service quality, brand standards, and reputation management.
- Ensure hotels comply with brand standards, company policies, safety requirements, and operational procedures.
- Build organizational capability through leadership development, succession planning, talent reviews, and identification of future leaders.
- Serve as an operational partner to ownership, providing recommendations, performance updates, and strategic insights.
- Collaborate with Revenue Management, Sales, Human Resources, Finance, and Development teams to maximize hotel performance and execute strategic initiatives.
- Support hotel openings, acquisitions, transitions, and portfolio expansion projects, including integration into the operating platform.
- Evaluate operational needs, capital investments, and property improvement initiatives that enhance guest experience, operational efficiency, and long-term asset value.
- Maintain a visible leadership presence across the portfolio through property visits, leadership meetings, operational reviews, and ownership engagement.
- Travel extensively throughout the portfolio.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
