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Country Head KSA
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
الرياض, KSA
Full Time
Mid-Senior
Field
1 weeks ago
Franchise OperationsBusiness DevelopmentHotel OperationsP&L ManagementBudgetingForecasting
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About the Role
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts seeks a commercially driven strategic leader as Country Head KSA to drive growth in Saudi Arabia. The role combines franchise operations, business development, and commercial performance leadership, working with owners and partners to expand brand presence.
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Franchise OperationsBusiness DevelopmentHotel OperationsP&L ManagementBudgetingForecasting
Responsibilities
- Own and strengthen relationships with hotel owners, franchise partners, and management teams across Saudi Arabia
- Drive hotel performance through data led analysis, structured action planning, and regular business reviews
- Conduct on site visits, identify improvement opportunities, and ensure delivery of agreed plans
- Support new hotel openings, ensuring successful launches aligned with brand standards
- Oversee brand compliance, quality assurance, and guest experience delivery
- Deliver training and support adoption of brand tools, systems, and initiatives
- Monitor key performance indicators including guest satisfaction, revenue performance, and compliance metrics
- Expand the brand’s presence in Saudi Arabia by identifying and securing new franchise and management opportunities
- Build and maintain strong relationships with existing and prospective owners and partners
- Evaluate new projects in line with regional strategy, including feasibility assessments and due diligence
- Support development approvals and ensure alignment with company standards
- Partner with regional commercial teams to drive revenue growth and brand contribution
Requirements
- Strong experience in hotel operations, commercial leadership, or franchising within the hospitality sector
- Proven track record in senior leadership roles within an international environment
- Experience with P&L ownership, budgeting, and forecasting
- Deep understanding of the Saudi Arabian market
- Fluency in English and Arabic
- Minimum 3 years’ experience as a General Manager of a +110 bedroom economy or mid segment hotel from within an international hotel brand
- Expertise in franchising or hotel management and in depth understanding of the hospitality sector
- Significant operations experience and commercial understanding
- Extensive senior leadership and people management experience
- Proficiency in Opera Cloud and Revenue Management system
Full Job Posting
Job Description
- Wyndham Hotels & Resorts is now seeking a Country Head KSA to join our team in Saudi Arabia.
- We’re looking for a commercially driven, strategic leader to take on the role of Country Head KSA.
- This is a high impact position combining franchise operations, business development, and commercial performance leadership.
What you’ll be doing
- Owning and strengthening relationships with hotel owners, franchise partners, and management teams across Saudi Arabia.
- Driving hotel performance through data led analysis, structured action planning, and regular business reviews.
- Conducting on site visits, identifying improvement opportunities, and ensuring delivery of agreed plans.
- Supporting new hotel openings, ensuring successful launches aligned with brand standards.
- Overseeing brand compliance, quality assurance, and guest experience delivery.
- Delivering training and supporting adoption of brand tools, systems, and initiatives.
- Monitoring key performance indicators including guest satisfaction, revenue performance, and compliance metrics.
- Expanding the brand’s presence in Saudi Arabia by identifying and securing new franchise and management opportunities.
- Building and maintaining strong relationships with existing and prospective owners and partners.
- Evaluating new projects in line with regional strategy, including feasibility assessments and due diligence.
- Supporting development approvals and ensuring alignment with company standards.
- Partnering with regional commercial teams to drive revenue growth and brand contribution.
What we’re looking for
- Strong experience in hotel operations, commercial leadership, or franchising within the hospitality sector.
- Proven track record in senior leadership roles within an international environment.
- Experience with P&L ownership, budgeting, and forecasting.
- Deep understanding of the Saudi Arabian market.
- Strong commercial and financial acumen.
- Fluency in English and Arabic.
- Highly developed analytical and decision making skills.
- Extensive experience in leadership, stakeholder management, and team development.
Your background
- The candidate would ideally be a graduate with a Hospitality degree, or have equivalent demonstrable professional experience.
- Experience from within a similar role or a minimum of 3 years’ experience as a General Manager of a +110 bedroom economy or mid segment hotel from within an international hotel brand.
- Expertise in franchising or hotel management and an in depth understanding of the hospitality sector are essential.
- Significant operations experience and commercial understanding.
- Significant experience of planning and development of business procedures and processes, budgeting and regular forecasting, in particular with a multiple territory focus is required.
- Experience with direct P&L responsibility for revenues and GOP / EBITDA.
- Previous experience of multiple brands in a multi unit or regional role is preferred but not required.
- Extensive senior leadership and people management experience.
- Fluency in English is essential.
- Proficiency in Opera Cloud and Revenue Management system.
- Proficiency with Synexis is preferred but not required.
Company Overview
- Wyndham Hotels & Resorts is one of the largest hotel franchise companies in the world with approximately 8,400 hotels across over 95 countries.
- Headquartered in Parsippany, N.J. with offices around the world, Wyndham employs more than 2,000 corporate team members worldwide.
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