Luxury Hospitality Pre-Opening DOSM Growth Architect

Kempinski Hotel; Manama; On-site; BHD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Kempinski Harbour Heights Bahrain seeks a dynamic Director of Sales & Marketing for the pre-opening phase to lead the hotel’s launch strategy, build brand positioning, and create an international account pipeline to drive early revenue across Rooms and F&B.

You will formulate the pre-opening business plan, collaborate with corporate standards, set pricing, and lead grand-opening events to ensure a high-impact market entry with data-driven campaigns.

Responsibilities

• Formulate and execute the integrated Pre-Opening Sales & Marketing Business Plan, budget, and launch timeline in alignment with Kempinski corporate standards.
• Collaborate with Revenue Management to establish base-rate architecture, yield strategies, seasonal pricing, and inventory distribution channels.
• Lead all grand-opening activation events, PR narratives, and global press launches to establish immediate market share.
• Proactively target, contract, and build pipelines across key market segments: GCC Luxury Leisure, Corporate/Government, Travel Trade, and MICE.
• Oversee brand-compliant luxury marketing campaigns across digital performance, CRM, localized social media, and paid media channels.
• Direct local and international PR agencies to secure high-visibility media features leading up to the opening.
• Recruit, build, and mentor the pre-opening Sales, Marketing, Events, and Public Relations teams; establish SOPs and KPIs; manage vendor contracts and agency relationships.

Job description

Kempinski Harbour Heights Bahrain seeks a dynamic Director of Sales & Marketing for the pre-opening phase to lead the hotel’s launch strategy, build brand positioning, and create an international account pipeline to drive early revenue across Rooms and F&B.

You will formulate the pre-opening business plan, collaborate with corporate standards, set pricing, and lead grand-opening events to ensure a high-impact market entry with data-driven campaigns.