General Manager - InterContinental Dubai Marina

IHG Hotels & Resorts; Dubai; On-site; AED 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel benefits

Wellbeing and recognition support

Global career growth opportunities

Job summary

InterContinental Dubai Marina, part of IHG Hotels & Resorts, seeks an experienced General Manager to lead a premier luxury hotel in Dubai’s Marina district. You will drive strategy, guest experience, and commercial performance while guiding a seasoned leadership team through renovation and repositioning activities.

You will leverage a strong luxury hospitality background, ownership of revenue growth, ADR and profitability, and a calm, hands-on leadership style to deliver outstanding service in a

Qualifications

• Experience as a General Manager in a luxury hotel environment.
• Strong commercial mindset with track record of growing revenue, ADR and profitability.
• Real passion for luxury hospitality, service excellence and memorable guest experiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead the overall strategy, performance and day-to-day operation of InterContinental Dubai Marina.
• Create a luxury guest experience that feels personal, consistent and memorable.
• Strengthen the hotel’s position in Dubai’s competitive luxury market.
• Drive strong commercial performance across rooms, residences and F&B.
• Lead, inspire and support an experienced hotel leadership team.
• Guide the hotel through its next phase of renovation and repositioning.
• Build strong relationships with owners, regional leaders and key partners.
• Champion service excellence and continue raising standards across the hotel.
• Keep colleague engagement, operational quality and brand delivery at the heart of the hotel.
• Represent IHG and InterContinental with confidence, warmth and credibility.

Skills

Luxury hotel experience

Commercial mindset

Leadership of teams

Stakeholder management

Guest experience focus

Relationship building

Calm hands-on leadership

Market knowledge Dubai/Middle East

Job description

Job Description

Whether you’re starting out or stepping up, you’ll find support, purpose and the chance to grow through every challenge at IHG Hotels & Resorts.

We’re looking for an experienced General Manager to lead InterContinental Dubai Marina, one of Dubai’s standout luxury hotels in the heart of the Marina. This is a rare opportunity to lead a strong, established hotel with an excellent location, a talented team and real potential to grow its luxury positioning even further.

In this role, you’ll build on a hotel that is already performing well, while helping shape its next chapter. You’ll bring fresh energy to the guest experience, support the hotel through its next phase of renovation and continue to strengthen its commercial performance in one of the world’s most exciting hospitality markets.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the overall strategy, performance and day-to-day operation of InterContinental Dubai Marina.
• Create a luxury guest experience that feels personal, consistent and memorable.
• Strengthen the hotel’s position in Dubai’s competitive luxury market.
• Drive strong commercial performance across rooms, residences and F&B.
• Lead, inspire and support an experienced hotel leadership team.
• Guide the hotel through its next phase of renovation and repositioning.
• Build strong relationships with owners, regional leaders and key partners.
• Champion service excellence and continue raising standards across the hotel.
• Keep colleague engagement, operational quality and brand delivery at the heart of the hotel.
• Represent IHG and InterContinental with confidence, warmth and credibility.
  

Every day, you’ll have the opportunity to make a visible impact — for guests, colleagues, owners and the wider business — by leading a hotel with strong foundations and clear ambition for what comes next.

What We’re Looking For

• Experience as a General Manager in a luxury hotel environment.
• A strong commercial mindset, with a track record of growing revenue, ADR and profitability.
• A real passion for luxury hospitality, service excellence and memorable guest experiences.
• The ability to lead established teams with care, clarity and confidence.
• Experience working closely with owners, senior stakeholders and regional teams.
• International luxury hotel GM experience; Middle East experience is helpful but not essential.
• Confidence managing a rooms‑led luxury hotel with F&B and residential elements.
• Experience with Forbes standards or similar luxury service frameworks would be highly advantagous.
• A relationship‑led leadership style, with the ability to build trust quickly.
• A calm, hands‑on approach and the confidence to lead in a fast‑moving market.
  

What We Offer

We provide a wide range of benefits designed to help you live your best work life. Including:

• Travel benefits that include discounted room rates and food & beverage
• Support for your wellbeing, development and recognition
• Career growth across a global hospitality business with some of the world’s best‑loved hotel brands