General Manager

Cloud Seven; Brussel Hoofdstad; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Cloud Seven in Brussels seeks an experienced venue leader to guide its next chapter, grow the business model, expand its community, and position the space at the heart of Brussels’ cultural life. You will bring teams together, drive revenue, and deliver lasting results in a distinctive, artfully framed coworking and events venue.

You will oversee operations across coworking, meetings, events and accommodation, reporting to the board, while cultivating relationships with members and partners.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant leadership or venue management experience.
• Proven ability to grow revenue and manage operations.
• Fluency in Dutch and English; French a plus.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement the development strategy of the house with the founder and the board.
• Lead the team (communications and marketing, events, production and mediation, hospitality): set priorities, make decisions, support people and help them grow.
• Grow revenue and ensure operational excellence across coworking, meeting rooms, corporate events and accommodation.
• Build relationships with members, partners and institutions, strengthening the reach and visibility of Cloud Seven.

Skills

Strategic planning

Team leadership

Business development

Relationship building

Dutch language

English language

Job description

Location: Brussels, on-site
Start date: First quarter of 2027
Duration: To be discussed
Working hours: Full-time
Languages: Dutch and English. French a plus

Reports to: The Board

Position Overview

Cloud Seven is 1,500 sq.m. over seven floors in the heart of Brussels in the Dansaert district : a coworking space set inside a living contemporary art collection, an exhibition space with a curatorial residency, a screening room, lofts for short-term stays, a bar and terrace, a gym. A third place where the worlds of art and work meet, three hundred metres from Kanal–Centre Pompidou.

The house is five years old. It has a team, an audience and a distinctive identity. We are looking for the person who will take it into its next chapter: grow its business model, widen its community, and establish its place in the cultural and entrepreneurial life of Brussels. Bring the team together, and turn the potential of the place into lasting results.

What you will do

• Define and implement the development strategy of the house, together with the founder and the board.
• Lead the team (communications and marketing, events, production and mediation, hospitality): set priorities, make decisions, support people and help them grow.
• Grow revenue and ensure operational excellence across coworking, meeting rooms, corporate events and accommodation. Prospect, convert, retain: well-prepared events, clients who are called back, systems that work.
• Build relationships with members, partners and institutions, strengthening the reach and visibility of Cloud Seven.

Who you are

• You have successfully run a place, numbers included: a workspace, a hotel, a third place or a cultural venue. At least five years of relevant experience, with results to show.
• You combine operational excellence, business development and a sense of what makes a place shine. You know how to say no.
• You work in Dutch and English. French a plus.
• You have a feel for contemporary art and creative practice.
• Your experience counts, not your age.

What you will find

• Real autonomy to lead, within a clear governance framework: responsibilities and decision rights defined from day one, a board that guarantees them, a founder who backs you.
• The moment: the opening of Kanal, a new season of exhibitions and talks, a new phase of development to lead.
• Employee or freelance; compensation according to experience.