The First Group
General Manager – Private Beach Club & Residences
- Permanent
- Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Experience 2 - 5 yrs
Job expiry date: 30/03/2026
Job overview
Date posted
13/02/2026
Location
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Salary
Undisclosed
Compensation
Job description
The General Manager for Silver Sands Beach Private Beach Club & Residences is a senior leadership role responsible for the overall management and strategic direction of the luxury resort, private residences, and associated amenities in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This role ensures the consistent delivery of high-quality guest and member experiences across accommodation, beach, recreation, food and beverage, events, retail, and residential services. The incumbent leads operational excellence by establishing structured resident and member feedback mechanisms, optimizing operational software systems, and implementing digital tools including a dedicated resort application. The General Manager is accountable for developing and executing commercial and marketing strategies, overseeing membership programs, driving revenue through occupancy, membership acquisition and retention, and events, and maintaining robust relationships with expatriate communities to generate incremental revenue opportunities. Additionally, the role encompasses financial stewardship, including full P&L responsibility, budgeting, forecasting, cash flow monitoring, cost control, and financial reporting. The General Manager oversees CAPEX projects from concept to execution, negotiates and optimizes annual maintenance contracts (AMCs), ensures preventive maintenance of facilities, and maintains safety, cleanliness, and operational compliance. Collaboration with department heads in operations, F&B, recreation, events, finance, HR, and sales is essential to align product offering, service delivery, member expectations, and commercial objectives. The role also serves as the primary liaison with ownership and corporate stakeholders, ensuring strategic alignment, operational reporting, and performance monitoring.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Provide executive leadership for all resort operations, ensuring consistent delivery of high-quality experiences across accommodation, beach, recreation, food and beverage, events, retail, and residential services
- Establish structured resident and member feedback channels and maintain engagement to ensure insights inform operational, service, and product decisions
- Evaluate and optimize operational software systems and digital tools, including developing and implementing a dedicated resort application to enhance efficiency and member experience
- Build and maintain strong professional relationships with residents, members, and the expatriate community to foster trust, loyalty, and long-term engagement
- Lead, coach, and develop management and supervisory teams through performance frameworks, succession planning, and continuous training to build a high-performing and accountable culture
- Provide strategic direction and governance to department heads across operations, F&B, recreation, events, finance, HR, and sales, ensuring alignment between service delivery, member expectations, and commercial objectives
- Oversee food and beverage strategy, including concept development, menu positioning, cost control, quality assurance, and profitability, through effective leadership of the F&B management team
- Drive commercial strategy in collaboration with sales and marketing, focusing on occupancy, membership acquisition and retention, and event sales performance
- Manage full P&L accountability, budgeting, forecasting, cash flow, cost control, and financial reporting, and contribute to the annual business plan and long-term financial strategy
- Review, negotiate, and optimize annual maintenance contracts (AMCs), including evaluating suppliers and sourcing alternatives for service improvement and cost efficiencies
- Ensure facilities, assets, and grounds are maintained through preventive maintenance programs, delivering high standards of safety, cleanliness, and presentation
- Lead CAPEX projects from concept through design, approval, execution, and handover, ensuring alignment with operational, financial, and guest experience objectives
- Develop and oversee recreational programming, partnerships, and activations to enhance engagement and utilization of resort facilities
Experience & skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Hospitality Management or related field
- Minimum of 3 years’ Middle East-based experience in a Resort Manager, Club Director, or Director of Operations role within a five-star or luxury hospitality environment
- Proven experience in building and developing high-performing teams and fostering a culture of excellence
- Demonstrated track record in growing club membership, particularly within golf and/or fitness environments
- Extensive experience managing food and beverage, accommodation services, and large-scale resort operations
- Experience developing and executing marketing and sales strategies, managing membership programs, and overseeing recreational activities
- Highly engaging, professional, and ambitious leadership style with a strong passion for service excellence and operational standards
- Front-of-house leadership approach with ability to provide strategic direction
- Excellent leadership, interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills, with the ability to work independently and collaboratively
- Strong advocate for active and healthy lifestyle