Director Development AccorHotels Miami

Job description
Responsibilities
The Director of Development will report to the Vice President of Development for North & Central American and the Caribbean, and will be home based in the Northeast Region of the United States. This person will be responsible for the direct management of development activities primarily in the Eastern U.S., Canada and the Caribbean. He/She will be involved in the development/acquisition of assets, hotel management contract development and Franchise License Agreement negotiation.
It is a high priority for this individual to integrate within the group to become part of a cohesive team, and to work seamlessly with the head office operating, legal and design development teams. A key objective is to deliver on the company’s strategic growth plans, and to ensure that the correct disciplines, people and resources are directed so that all management and investment opportunities are prioritized and captured, progress is monitored on a consistent basis, and transactions are executed in a prompt and professional manner. Paramount in candidate attributes will be the individual’s ability to provide leadership and communication within an organization with key personnel working outside of the corporate offices, so that objectives may be quickly achieved for the benefit of the overall business.

Other responsibilities and skills include:

• Organize, plan and oversee the execution of large-scale projects from conception through implementation.
• Prepare financial and market feasibility analyses of projects for use in the development of key business decisions.
• Monitor and evaluate project performance against the baseline financial models prepared as part of the feasibility analysis once the development program is established.
• Track project schedules and monitor progress.
• Develop and implement short term, intermediate and long term strategies to improve the value of the portfolio.
• Support both internal and external counsel, accountants and other consultants in property specific issues.
• Participate in special projects that include evaluation (due diligence) of properties for acquisitions or dispositions among other recurring and non-recurring events.
• Build, maintain and monitor financial models utilizing property financial statements, budgets, leases, expense information and market assumptions.
• Prepare and compile due diligence materials, budgets, financial models and schedules.
• Identify strengths and weaknesses of proposed transactions.
• Produce project development proposals and materials necessary for presentations related thereto.
• Proactively build the development pipeline, create and maintain relationships with third-party investors and consultants.

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