Global Development Director, Luxury Hospitality

Soho House & Co.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 250,000 - 380,000; Full time

Job summary

Soho House & Co is seeking a Chief Development Officer based in London to lead all global property development activities. You will own the development lifecycle from acquisition through design and construction for a growing portfolio of Houses, hotels and mixed-use sites worldwide, ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery and alignment with brand standards.

You will consolidate regional functions into a single global model, establish approvals and financial frameworks, and report to the CEO and

Qualifications

• 20+ years' experience in property, real estate or hospitality development, including significant time at Director or C-suite / Executive Committee level.
• Proven delivery of complex, global development programmes — multiple concurrent projects, across multiple countries, legal systems and construction markets.
• Deep, current US development expertise — planning, permitting, construction procurement and delivery models in key US markets — is essential, not preferred.
• End-to-end development background spanning acquisition, design and construction (A/D/C), rather than a single specialism within the development lifecycle.
• Multi-disciplinary development business with a proven track record of hospitality success.
• Background from a comparable luxury or lifestyle hospitality brand would be advantageous or a major branded hotel group, or an equivalent premium real estate developer.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen — comfortable owning multi-million-pound capital budgets, investment appraisals and Board-level reporting.
• Demonstrated people leadership — has built and led global, multi-regional teams and can operate as a credible, unifying leader across a historically fragmented function.
• Executive presence and stakeholder management — able to represent development at Board level and manage relationships with landlords, JV partners, contractors and regulators.
• Willingness to travel extensively, with regular time in the USA and other regional markets, while being based full-time in London.

Responsibilities

• Own the full development lifecycle end-to-end — Acquisition, Design and Construction — for every project globally, acting as the single escalation point for status, risk and decision-making.
• Consolidate currently fragmented regional development functions into one global operating model, with clear standards, governance and reporting into the Executive Committee and Board.
• Build and maintain a global pipeline tracker and reporting cadence that gives the CEO, CFO and Board a single, reliable view of every project's status, budget and risk.
• Establish and chair the global development approvals framework, including sign-off on development briefs and budgets ahead of Board submission, and set financial authority levels for regional development teams.

Job description

Soho House & Co is seeking a Chief Development Officer based in London to lead all global property development activities. You will own the development lifecycle from acquisition through design and construction for a growing portfolio of Houses, hotels and mixed-use sites worldwide, ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery and alignment with brand standards.

You will consolidate regional functions into a single global model, establish approvals and financial frameworks, and report to the CEO and