Director of Food & Beverage - Outlets

RAFFLES; Doha; On-site; QAR 480,000 - 720,000; Full time

Job summary

Raffles & Fairmont Doha seeks a Director of Food & Beverage - Outlets to lead a portfolio of luxury venues. You will shape a distinctive guest experience while driving revenue, profitability, and brand standards across multiple restaurants, bars and lounges.

The role requires 8–10 years of F&B leadership in luxury hospitality, strong commercial acumen, and proven ability to develop talent within a global luxury hotel environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Hospitality Management, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Minimum 8–10 years of progressive F&B leadership experience within luxury or five-star hospitality.
• Proven experience leading multiple restaurants, bars, and high-volume F&B operations.
• Strong commercial acumen with proven success in revenue growth, profitability, and cost management.
• Strong leadership, people development, and strategic decision-making capabilities.
• Experience in luxury international hotel brands and multicultural environments.
• Excellent communication, influencing, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Fluent English; additional languages are an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the strategic F&B outlet vision across Raffles & Fairmont Doha aligned with luxury brand positioning and business objectives.
• Lead the commercial operational and financial performance of all outlets driving revenue profitability and market positioning.
• Develop budgets, forecasts and business plans with clear ownership of revenue, GOP, cost, productivity and guest experience KPIs.
• Drive revenue optimization through strategic pricing, menu engineering, programming, promotions and partnerships.
• Shape and evolve outlet concepts to ensure strong identity, market relevance and compelling guest experiences.
• Champion luxury service excellence, operational consistency and continuous improvement across all outlets.
• Lead, coach and develop the F&B leadership team, building a strong talent and succession pipeline.
• Partner with Culinary, Sales, Marketing, Revenue, Finance and People & Culture teams to maximize commercial opportunities.
• Use market intelligence, guest insights and performance data to identify growth opportunities and improve profitability.
• Drive strategic activations, events and collaborations that enhance revenue, guest engagement and brand visibility.
• Ensure compliance with brand standards, food safety, licensing, risk management and local regulations.
• Represent F&B at Executive Committee level and contribute to broader strategic direction.

Skills

Luxury hospitality leadership

Revenue growth

Cost management

People development

Strategic decision-making

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Brand standards

Market positioning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Hospitality/related field

Job description

We invite you to join the world of luxury hospitality at Raffles amp Fairmont Doha as our new Director of Food amp Fairmont Doha as our new Director of Food amp Beverage - Outlets The Director of Food amp Beverage Outlets is a strategic and commercially driven senior leader responsible for the overall performance positioning and operational excellence of the F amp B outlet portfolio across Raffles amp Fairmont Doha The role provides leadership across restaurants bars lounges and other guest-facing F amp B venues ensuring a distinctive luxury experience while maximizing revenue profitability guest satisfaction and long-term business growth The role develops and executes the overall outlet strategy in alignment with the hotels luxury positioning and business objectives The role balances brand standards and innovation with strong commercial discipline driving outlet concepts revenue optimization cost management productivity and sustainable profitability

Key Responsibilities

• Define and execute the strategic F amp B outlet vision across Raffles amp Fairmont Doha aligned with luxury brand positioning and business objectives
• Lead the commercial operational and financial performance of all outlets driving revenue profitability and market positioning
• Develop budgets forecasts and business plans with clear ownership of revenue GOP cost productivity and guest experience KPIs
• Drive revenue optimization through strategic pricing menu engineering programming promotions and partnerships
• Shape and evolve outlet concepts to ensure strong identity market relevance and compelling guest experiences
• Champion luxury service excellence operational consistency and continuous improvement across all outlets
• Lead coach and develop the F amp B leadership team building a strong talent and succession pipeline
• Partner with Culinary Sales Marketing Revenue Finance and People amp Culture teams to maximize commercial opportunities
• Use market intelligence guest insights and performance data to identify growth opportunities and improve profitability
• Drive strategic activations events and collaborations that enhance revenue guest engagement and brand visibility
• Ensure compliance with brand standards food safety licensing risk management and local regulations
• Represent F amp B at Executive Committee level and contribute to the broader strategic direction of Raffles amp Fairmont Doha
• Foster a high-performance culture focused on accountability innovation collaboration and service excellence
• Create an environment where colleagues are empowered, supported and recognized
• Embrace the Raffles & Fairmont brand promise and luxury in your role and in all your interactions
• Foster an inclusive environment where every individual feels valued and respected

What will you bring to this role?

• Bachelor s degree in Hospitality Management, Business Administration, or a related field
• Minimum 8 10 years of progressive F&B leadership experience within luxury or five-star hospitality
• Proven experience leading multiple restaurants, bars, and high-volume F&B operations
• Strong commercial acumen with proven success in revenue growth, profitability, and cost management
• Strong leadership, people development, and strategic decision-making capabilities
• Experience in luxury international hotel brands and multicultural environments
• Excellent communication, influencing, and stakeholder-management skills
• Strong understanding of F&B trends, guest experience, concept development, and market positioning
• Fluent English; additional languages are an advantage