Hotel Manager

Left Lane Hospitality Group LLC; Savannah (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO & holidays

401k matching

Health and telehealth benefits

Discounts on resort offerings

Complimentary meals in team cafe

Complimentary onsite fitness classes

Job summary

Hotel Bardo Savannah, part of Left Lane Hospitality Group LLC, seeks a Hotel Manager to oversee day-to-day operations across F&B, Rooms, guest experience, and cross-department execution.

This hands-on role requires strong F&B fundamentals, luxury service instincts, and the ability to lead from both the floor and the table, building structure and developing leaders to sustain exceptional guest experiences.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressive hotel operations leadership experience.
• Demonstrated success leading F&B operations in multi-outlet or complex service environments.
• Experience supporting Rooms, guest experience, service recovery, labor management, and cross-functional communication.
• Hands-on leadership style with floor presence; coach teams in real time during peak periods.
• Strong ability to develop managers, build accountability, and address performance gaps with professionalism and urgency.
• Solid financial acumen including labor management, forecasting, cost controls, inventory discipline, revenue awareness, and P&L understanding.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to influence across departments and create alignment between F&B, Culinary, Rooms, Events, Marketing, and Brand.
• Solutions-oriented, organized, and resilient to lead through complexity and operational pressure.
• Professional presence aligned with brand standards, with humility and energy to lead from the floor and the table.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day hotel operations across Food & Beverage, Rooms, and guest-facing departments with strong communication and service execution.
• Provide hands-on leadership across Food & Beverage outlets, supporting service standards, guest engagement, and manager development.
• Partner with F&B leaders to strengthen operating routines, clarify expectations, and improve accountability.
• Collaborate with Front Office and Housekeeping to ensure a seamless Rooms experience from arrival to departure.
• Translate brand standards and priorities into practical routines for leaders and teams.
• Support financial performance through labor management, cost control, and revenue awareness.
• Coordinate with Culinary, Events, Marketing, and Brand teams to support programming and guest experiences.
• Strengthen cross-department alignment on VIPs, events, and business priorities.
• Reinforce standards for safety, sanitation, responsible alcohol service, and workplace policies.
• Serve as a steady leadership presence during peak periods and service challenges.

Skills

Hotel operations leadership

F&B leadership

Cross-functional leadership

People development

Financial acumen

Communication

Brand standards

Operations coaching

Problem solving

Job description

LEFT LANE is a vertically integrated real estate design, development and management firm specializing in the acquisition and transformation of iconic, historic properties. We are committed to fostering a welcoming, dynamic, and inspiring workplace and company culture where our team members are inspired to create lasting impressions through warm, anticipatory service. How we want our guests to feel when staying with us is the same as…how we want our team to feel every day.

Hotel Bardo Savannah is named one of the best hotels in the world in 2024 by Travel + Leisure and Conde Nast Traveler. Hotel Bardo team member benefits include PTO and paid holidays, 401k matching, health and telehealth benefits, discounts on resort offerings like rooms, dining, shop and spa, complimentary onsite fitness classes, complimentary meals in our team member café and more.

About the role

Hotel Bardo Savannah is seeking a Hotel Manager to support day-to-day hotel operations across Food & Beverage, Rooms, guest experience, and cross-department execution. With Food & Beverage serving as a central part of the hotel’s operating rhythm and guest experience, this role will play an important part in strengthening service consistency, leadership routines, communication, financial discipline, and operational follow-through across the property.

This is a hands-on role for an experienced operator who is energized by building structure, developing leaders, and strengthening consistency in a dynamic, high-touch environment. The ideal candidate brings strong Food & Beverage fundamentals, polished luxury or lifestyle service instincts, and the humility to lead from both the floor and the table.

What you'll do

• Support day-to-day hotel operations across Food & Beverage, Rooms, and guest-facing departments, ensuring strong communication, service execution, and operational follow-through.
• Provide visible, hands-on leadership across Food & Beverage outlets, supporting service standards, guest engagement, manager development, and consistency during key service periods.
• Partner with Food & Beverage leaders to strengthen operating routines, clarify expectations, improve accountability, and build confidence among managers and teams.
• Work closely with Front Office and Housekeeping leaders to support a seamless Rooms experience across arrival, stay, service recovery, and departure.
• Translate brand standards, service expectations, and operational priorities into clear, practical routines that leaders and teams can execute consistently.
• Support financial performance through labor management, cost control, revenue awareness, inventory discipline, and thoughtful operating decisions.
• Partner with Culinary, Events, Marketing, and Brand teams to support programming, activations, events, and revenue-generating guest experiences.
• Strengthen communication and alignment across departments, ensuring leaders are clear on business levels, VIPs, events, priorities, and follow-through.
• Reinforce standards for food safety, sanitation, responsible alcohol service, workplace safety, cleanliness, and company policies.
• Serve as a steady leadership presence during peak periods, service challenges, guest opportunities, and moments requiring additional operational support.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressive hotel operations leadership experience, with strong Food & Beverage leadership experience required.
• Demonstrated success leading Food & Beverage operations in a multi-outlet, high-touch, or complex service environment.
• Experience supporting broader hotel operations, including Rooms, guest experience, service recovery, labor management, and cross-functional communication.
• Hands-on leadership style with a strong floor presence; comfortable coaching in real time, supporting peak periods, and reinforcing standards directly with leaders and teams.
• Strong ability to develop managers, build accountability, clarify expectations, and address performance gaps with professionalism and urgency.
• Solid financial acumen, including labor management, forecasting, cost controls, inventory discipline, revenue awareness, and P&L understanding.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence across departments and create alignment between Food & Beverage, Culinary, Rooms, Events, Marketing, and Brand.
• Solutions-oriented, organized, and resilient, with the ability to lead through complexity, change, and operational pressure.
• Professional presence aligned with Hotel Bardo’s brand standards, with the humility and energy to lead from both the floor and the table.