Hospitality Project Leader

Project Leader

Job Title

Project Leader

Job Description Summary

The Project Lead will be responsible for leading end-to-end delivery of hospitality projects under the Project Management Consultancy (PMC) mandate. The role requires strong coordination across design, procurement, construction, and pre-opening activities, ensuring adherence to brand standards, quality, budget, timelines, and statutory requirements.

Job Description

About the Role:

• Lead planning, execution, monitoring, and closure of hospitality projects (hotels, resorts, mixed-use hospitality).
• Manage overall project schedules, milestones, and coordination with operators, designers, and consultants.
• Act as the primary interface with clients, hotel operators, brand representatives, and stakeholders.
• Oversee budgets, cost controls, cash flows, variations, and commercial risk management.
• Coordinate architectural, interiors, MEP, kitchen, laundry, and specialist hospitality consultants.
• Ensure compliance with hotel brand standards, mock-ups, sample rooms, and approvals.
• Monitor site execution, quality, safety, and progress in line with approved drawings and specifications.
• Lead snagging, commissioning, testing, and handover aligned with pre-opening timelines.
• Manage risks, changes, and claims to protect project objectives.
• Lead, mentor, and manage multidisciplinary PMC and site teams.

About You:

• Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills
• Deep understanding of hospitality design, construction, and brand compliance
• Expertise in coordination of interiors, FF&E, OS&E, and specialist systems
• Commercial acumen and risk management capability
• Ability to work under tight timelines linked to hotel opening dates

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Architecture, or Construction Management
• 15–18 years of experience with at least 5 years in hospitality PMC projects
• Proven experience delivering branded hotels or luxury hospitality developments

Why join Cushman & Wakefield?

As one of the leading global real estate services firms transforming the way people work, shop and live working at Cushman & Wakefield means you will benefit from;

• Being part of a growing global company;
• Career development and a promote from within culture;
• An organisation committed to Diversity and Inclusion

We're committed to providing work-life balance for our people in an inclusive, rewarding environment.
We achieve this by providing a flexible and agile work environment by focusing on technology and autonomy to help our people achieve their career ambitions. We focus on career progression and foster a promotion from within culture, leveraging global opportunities to ensure we retain our top talent. We encourage continuous learning and development opportunities to develop personal, professional and technical capabilities, and we reward with a comprehensive employee benefits program.

We have a vision of the future, where people simply belong.

That's why we support and celebrate inclusive causes, not just on days of recognition throughout the year, but every day. We embrace diversity across race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or persons with disabilities or protected veteran status.

We ensure DEI is part of our DNA as a global community - it means we go way beyond than just talking about it - we live it. If you want to live it too, join us.

 

 

 

INCO: “Cushman & Wakefield”

Experience Level

Senior Level