Director of Rooms InterContinental Sydney

As the world’s largest family of luxury hotels, we all take great pride in being genuine ambassadors of the InterContinental® brand.

Shaped by decades of international know-how and local insights, our passion for luxury travel spans cultures and customs.

Inspiring us to create warm and sophisticated experiences for those seeking a richer perspective on the world.

Each of our hotels cultivates a distinctive style and ambience where we embrace every opportunity to give our guests a personal and enriching experience.

InterContinental Sydney, welcome the height of luxury, where heritage wonder and contemporary flair collide.

Centrally positioned in the heart of Circular Quay, InterContinental Sydney extends breathtaking panoramic views of the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge. 

Set within the beautifully restored Treasury Building of 1851, InterContinental Sydney is renowned as one of the city’s prized icons.

With 509 guest rooms including 28 luxury suites, an award-winning and world class Club InterContinental lounge and vibrant dining venues, a complete five-star experience awaits.

If you’d like to embrace a wider world of experiences and opportunities, we’d like to welcome you to the world’s most international luxury hotel brand as Director of Rooms.

The Role

Reporting to the Hotel Manager, you will manage and lead the overall operations of the Rooms Division, including Front Office, Concierge and Housekeeping.

Leading from the front across a Rooms Division team of 60 colleagues including heads of department, you will create a team who are highly customer focused delivering exceptional guest service, whilst proactively driving and maximising revenue and upselling programs. 

An exceptional communicator, developing an environment of collaboration and shared purpose you will foster our culture of “Inspiring Incredible” through teamwork, accountability and exceptional performance within a Luxury environment.

Driving Rooms Division hotel metrics is a key focus of this role, ensuring a balanced approach to sustainable success; developing and implementing strategies to optimise operational efficiencies; achieving productivity goals and exceeding guest experience targets.

This is a busy, hands on and varied role that will allow you to further stretch your leadership, commercial acumen, organisational skills and exceptional guest deliverables within a high performing environment. 

InterContinental Sydney is one of the most prestigious and luxury hotels in Australia.

This role is positioned within IHG to provide exceptional opportunities into our Hotel Manager and General Manager pipeline and future growth with IHG Hotel & Resorts.

A career defining role!

What we need from You

Essential for this role, you must have 2+ years of experience leading a full Rooms Division department within a complex, high volume luxury environment

Your background will include experience in the Luxury hotel market either locally...