Director, Architecture & Design – Luxury Brands at Hilton Global in McLean, Virginia

Job Description:

*** Candidates based in McLean, VA, are preferred; however, remote work may be considered for candidates located on the East Coast* **

This is your chance to be part of an in-house Brands team of industry experts in the domains of hospitality, brand management, innovation, food and beverage, wellness, owner relations, and more, for all of Hilton's unique brands! As a Director, Architecture & Design - Luxury Brands, you will support the team that leads our brands with the steadfast goal of strengthening and growing the Hilton portfolio. On the Global Design Services team reporting to Vice President, Architecture & Design - Luxury Brands, you will provide leadership, inspiration, and guidance to our teams, owners and partners as subject matter expert in strategic planning, design, innovation and project management to help grow all Luxury Brand properties in the United States & Canada (NAM) region.

HOW WE WILL SUPPORT YOU

Hilton is proud to support the mental and physical wellbeing of all Team Members so they can Thrive personally and professionally in a diverse and inclusive environment, thanks to programs and benefits such as:

• Go Hilton travel program: 100 nights of discounted travel with room rates as low as $40/night
• Hilton Shares: Our employee stock purchase program (ESPP) - you can purchase Hilton shares at a 15 percent discount
• Paid parental leave for eligible Team Members, including partners and adoptive parents
• Mental health resources including free counseling through our Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Learn more about the rest of our benefits

At Hilton, we believe every Team Member is a leader. We are committed to offering leadership development opportunities and programs through every step of a Team Member's career journey and at every level, both in our hotels and across corporate.

**Available benefits may vary depending upon terms and conditions of employment and are subject to the terms and conditions of the plans.

HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

Your role is important and below are some of the fundamental job duties that make your work unique.

What will I be doing:

Hilton's Global Design team is seeking someone who blends creative style with smart business sense and is excited about joining a team that thrives at the intersection of design and travel. Hilton is on a mission to reinvent "The Stay", looking for architects and designers who can help redefine the Luxury hotel, resort, and branded residence experience that meets our evolving guest and owner needs.

As a Director of Architecture & Design, you manage strategic brand initiatives and create new revenue generating opportunities in our growing NAM Luxury hotel portfolio. This strategic design role will ensure the quality, operational excellence, and voice are right for each of our distinctive Luxury brands. You are design astute and brand knowledgeable, and able to integrate the two while meeting evolving development and business demands. As someone who develops design strategies, concepts and leads the design process, you will focus on efficiency without compromising the big idea.

What your day-to-day will be like:

• Lead Luxury Brand and GDS initiatives with polish and a passion for increased performance, innovation, NUG (Net Unit Growth), PIP development, and long-range CapEx planning.
• Explore and define opportunities, communicate the vision, and guide active projects to ensure we are ahead of the curve, tracking the progress of multiple design and construction projects simultaneously.
• Engage partners - internal Brand, Development, Food & Beverage, Wellness, IT, and MEP colleagues and our Ownership teams to envision and facilitate elevated, necessary renovations and redevelopment projects.
• Review and assess project documents, including design presentations, Architectural, FF&E, and General Construction drawings, and specification submittals for agreement on GDS and Brand standards.
• Deliver as the face and voice of our Global Design team thoughtfully composed oral, written, and visual recommendations and approval documents for internal and external publication and negotiations.

How you will collaborate with others:

• Demonstrate passion, vision, and commitment to quality through an understanding of people, talent, capabilities, and resources. Inspire creative and meaningful thinking while being mindful of business and operations objectives and unique circumstances as the face of GDS and our Luxury Brands.
• Collaborate with both our teams and external partners such as owners, operators (both Hilton and Franchise), developers, design and technical consultants to promote our benefited approach relative to programming, planning, and design to deliver operational efficiency and increase revenue-generating opportunities.
• Provide mentorship to the consultants of hotel owners and GM's through the process of online project registration, programming, team assembly, Brand immersions, collaborative workshops (both in person and virtual), design submittals and reviews, all through the lens of relationship-building with our partners.
• Direct the work of others and projects, but will have no direct reports at this time.

What you will take ownership of:

• Drive portfolio-wide CapEx planning strategies and partner with Brand, Operations and GMs to establish guidelines for our NAM Luxury Brands, with property-specific objectives and work plans through execution.
• Lead collaborative design initiatives between Brand and GDS to elevate our Luxury portfolio through innovation in our Luxury and Lifestyle-influenced market segment.
• Help write RFPs and PIPs while driving diversification of consultant resources, providing proposal assessments to best identify project specific consultant talent.
• Deliver DRC Presentations to our executive committee and project updates to our Brand leaders.
• Support the evolution, maintenance and new development of strategic Luxury Brand initiatives and resource documents for relevance, being Brand Design Narratives, Design Guides, NAM regional D&C Standards, Global Key Brand Attributes, communication tools, design award submissions.

WHY YOU'LL BE A GREAT FIT

You have these minimum qualifications:

• Five (5) years of Luxury & Lifestyle Brand strategy-focused commensurate experience in hospitality design, project management and construction roles
• Four (4) years of experience with corporate communications, direct ownership communications, and team management
• Mastery of SketchUp, AutoCAD, InDesign, Bluebeam, and Microsoft PowerPoint
• Ability to travel up to 40% of the time

It would be useful if you have:

• Bachelor's degree in Architecture
• Advanced degree in Architecture, Interior Architecture & Design, or Real Estate Development
• Fifteen (15) years of hospitality experience and innovation in a mixture of design and construction roles in the Luxury & Lifestyle arena

WHAT IT IS LIKE WORKING FOR HILTON

Hilton, the #1 World's Best Workplace, is a leading global hospitality company with a diverse portfolio of world-class brands . Dedicated to filling the earth with the light and warmth of hospitality, we have welcomed more than 3 billion guests in our more-than 100-year history. Hilton is proud to have an award-winning workplace culture and we are consistently named among one of the World's Best Workplaces. Check out the Hilton Careers blog and Instagram to learn more about what it's like to be on Team Hilton!

It is the policy of Hilton to employ qualified persons without regard to color, race, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medication conditions), gender identity or gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, military service, status as a protected veteran, disability, protected medical condition as defined by applicable law, genetic information, or any other protected group status as defined by and subject to applicable federal, state and local laws.

We provide reasonable accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position and provide other benefits and privileges of employment in accordance with applicable law. Please contact us if you require an accommodation during the application process.

Hilton offers its eligible team members a comprehensive benefits package including medical and prescription drug coverage, dental coverage, vision coverage, life insurance, short-and long-term disability insurance, access to our employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) where you can purchase Hilton shares at a 15 percent discount, a 401(k) savings plan, 20 days of paid time off accruing over your first year of employment and increasing up to 25 days after completing one year of full employment, up to 12 weeks of paid leave for birth parents and 4 weeks for non-birth parents, 10 paid holidays and 2 floating holidays throughout the year, up to 5 bereavement days, flexible spending accounts, a health savings account, an employee assistance program, access to a care coordination program ("Wellthy"), a legal services program, an educational assistance program, adoption assistance, a backup childcare program, pre-tax commuter benefit and our travel discount. The annual salary range for this role is $110,000 - $175,000 and is determined based on applicable and specialized experience and location. Subject to plan terms and conditions, you will be eligible to participate in the Hilton Annual Incentive (Bonus) Plan, and the Company's long-term incentive plan, consistent with other team members at the same level and/or position within the Company. #LI-REMOTE

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