Senior Director Brand Leader, LivSmart Studios

Hilton • McLean, VA

13d • $160,000 - $210,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Hilton is seeking a strategic, commercially and operationally minded leader to serve as Senior Director, Global Brand Leader, LivSmart Studios by Hilton - our midscale extended stay brand delivering simple, apartment-style studio suites for travelers seeking convenient, quality accommodations, powered by an efficient model that supports strong, sustainable owner returns. Reporting to the Vice President Brand Leader, Home2Suites, you will set and evolve the global direction for LivSmart Studios — translating strategy into sustained performance across brand health, guest experience, owner value, and long-term growth. Working within a matrixed environment, you will orchestrate and influence cross-functional alignment and activation to deliver against the brand vision. As a visible brand steward, you will build trust with owners, operators, and internal stakeholders, representing the brand with clarity and conviction.

Requirements

• Ten (10) or more years of experience in hospitality, brand management/strategy, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience helping to lead a global or multi-market brand or comparable business.
• Demonstrated experience supporting the development of strategic initiatives—building business cases, securing alignment across a complex, matrixed organization, leading through influence, and driving execution through implementation.
• Experience leading market assessments, consumer insights work, and competitive benchmarking to inform strategy and decision-making.
• Direct experience engaging owners, operators, and franchise partners.
• Willingness to travel up to 40%.

Nice To Haves

• Experience leading extended stay, focused service, or select service hospitality brands. Specific experience in leading extended stay is preferred.
• A growth-stage brand leader with deep owner credibility and experience scaling new concepts into commercially successful, owner-adopted brands.
• Background in brand growth, repositioning, or large-scale brand evolution.
• Experience developing annual plans, budgets, forecasts, and multi-year roadmaps.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the chief steward, storyteller, and advocate for the LivSmart Studios brand, ensuring a clear, compelling, and consistently understood brand narrative across internal partners, owners, and hotel teams.
• Define and deliver a differentiated brand offering for guests and owners, grounded in market insight, competitive context, guest satisfaction, operational reality, and owner profitability.
• Safeguard brand reputation and long-term value by identifying risks, setting guardrails, and making informed trade-offs.
• Maintain a deep understanding of the brand's role within Hilton's broader portfolio and its contribution to enterprise strategy.
• Define and evolve the global brand strategy to ensure sustained relevance, differentiation, and health over the medium and long term.
• Set brand aspiration, positioning, and guest and owner value propositions that drive competitive advantage and growth.
• Stay closely connected to consumer, competitor, and market trends to inform strategic direction and decision-making.
• Own mid- to long-term brand performance outcomes, partnering with Commercial and Development teams to understand results, remove barriers, and unlock opportunities.
• Advocate for appropriate enterprise resources and investment in support of brand objectives.
• Ensure brand strategies, standards, and investments support strong owner returns and best-in-class profitability.
• Set the vision and strategic parameters for product strategy, including prototypes, design guidance, wellness, and F&B, in partnership with functional teams.
• Define, maintain, and evolve brand standards across design, service, F&B, and programming to deliver a distinctive, on-brand guest experience while balancing owner economics. Ensure Brand Standards align with brand goals and desired guest outcomes.
• Ensure physical product and service experiences align with brand positioning, operational realities, and financial targets.
• Define, champion, and evolve the brand's culture, service ethos, signatures, and rituals, partnering with Operations and Learning teams to embed the experience for guests and team members.
• Partner with Marketing to ensure brand positioning, messaging, and voice are expressed across consumer touchpoints, while Marketing leads execution.
• Leverage performance data and competitive insights to inform strategy and strengthen brand performance over the medium and long term.
• Identify risks to growth and performance, addressing structural barriers and enabling corrective action.
• Oversee brand engagement in important lifecycle and contractual moments, ensuring alignment with brand strategy and long-term portfolio value.
• Define and govern a clear global development strategy that balances growth ambition with brand quality and integrity.
• Establish and articulate the “brand box” to enable Development teams to position and sell the brand.
• Approve and manage brand exceptions with discipline, in collaboration with regional brand leaders.
• Partner with Development and regional teams to drive high-quality, market-appropriate growth aligned with brand strategy.
• Ensure regional teams have clear parameters to regionalize and deploy the brand.
• Lead brand-level owner engagement and governance, building relationships to support retention, growth, and long-term brand success.
• Navigate and lead within a complex matrixed organization, developing and activating partnerships to deliver brand imperatives.
• Align cross-functional partners around brand priorities and enterprise initiatives to deliver measurable outcomes.

Benefits

• Incredible travel perks – Enjoy 110 nights of deeply discounted travel, with room rates as low as $40/night at our world-class hotels through our Go Hilton travel program
• Own a piece of Hilton – Through our employee stock purchase program (ESPP), you can invest in Hilton shares at a 15% discount to help build your financial future
• Paid parental leave – Because family matters. We offer paid leave for eligible Team Members, including partners and adoptive parents
• Personalized caregiving support – Access dedicated caregiving concierge services to help navigate caregiving for yourself and your loved ones
• Crisis concierge – In times of loss, our Crisis Concierge offers a single, compassionate point of contact for both practical support and emotional care
• Mental health resources – Your wellbeing comes first. Eligible Team Members can access free counseling and support through our best-in-class Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Generous paid time off (PTO) – Recharge, relax, and take time for what matters most
• Health & welfare benefits – From checkups to dental cleanings to new glasses, we offer a variety of health plans that keep you and your family covered
• Financial security for your future – Our retirement plans make it easier to save for what's next
• Hilton Annual Incentive (Bonus) Plan
• Company's long-term incentive plan

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed