Vice President / Hotels

Job description / Role

As a market leader in global hotel real estate services, Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels has grown considerably in recent years. To continue this impressive performance we are looking to hire a Vice President to play a pivotal role in our growth. Reporting to the Executive Vice President the role offers the enviable opportunity to join one of the worlds leading organisations and to have the chance to have a real impact on the business. We are seeking an individual who shares our drive and passion and who is truly looking to make a difference.

Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels is a globally integrated hotel real estate services team, operating across more than 24 offices in 14 countries. Our office in Dubai covers the whole of the Middle East and North Africa and provides comprehensive integrated expertise, including asset management, transaction, and advisory & valuation services to hotel investors and hotel companies locally, regionally and globally.

Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels is part of Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. a global real estate services and money management firm, operating across more than 100 markets around the world.

This position will entail carrying out consultancy work on behalf of our clients and support senior staff in strategic advisory work. The Vice President will actively support, supervise and ensure the necessary quality control of the analyst team in co-operation with the Senior Vice President. Furthermore, the candidate will identify and secure new business opportunities.

Responsibilities:

• Carrying out specialised assignments, including:
o Asset Management
o Valuations
o Operator selections and contract negotiations
o Support brokers in asset disposals
• Supporting senior colleagues in strategic advisory assignments, such as the development of business models, investment strategies and operating platforms
• Supporting and supervising the analyst team and ensuring the quality control of its outputs in cooperation with the Senior Vice President
• Coaching and training junior colleagues
• Maintaining schedule of work, ensuring all deadlines are met
• Identifying and securing new business opportunities
• Conducting pitches for new business and preparing business proposals
• The candidate may be required to undertake other duties from time to time as we may reasonably require

Requirements

• Bachelor Degree educated as a minimum, MBA or equivalent preferable
• 6-7 years proven hospitality advisory and/or hotel management experience
• A solid understanding of hospitality finance and accounting is essential

Competencies

• Excellent analytical skills
• Ambitious and dedicated
• Team leadership skills
• Confident with excellent communication and client relationship skills
• Thorough and detail orientated
• Strategically minded

About the Company

In the Middle East and North Africa, Jones Lang LaSalle is a leading player in its real estate markets including the hospitality sector. The firm has worked in over 22 Middle Eastern and North African countries and over the last year has advised clients on more than $120 billion worth of real estate, hotel and hospitality development.

We continually create value for our clients and partners by challenging conventional thinking and employing innovative investment solutions. The rapid pace of change in the region creates significant opportunities, challenges and complex decisions for investors.

Jones Lang LaSalle is recognized as having leading real estate and hospitality expertise with a leadership team that has held senior positions with some of the largest real estate developers, hospitality companies and corporate groups in the Middle East and internationally.