IHG Hotels & Resorts MENA
F&B Design & Partnership Manager – Emirati National Hire
- Permanent
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Experience 2 - 5 yrs
Job expiry date: 20/05/2026
Job overview
Date posted
05/04/2026
Location
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Salary
AED 15,000 - 20,000 per month
Compensation
Comprehensive package
Experience
2 - 5 yrs
Seniority
Manager
Qualification
Bachelors degree
Expiration date
20/05/2026
Job description
The F&B Design & Partnership Manager will support the Director of R&B Design Partnerships in creating, implementing, and managing world-class restaurant and bar concepts across IHG's luxury and lifestyle hotels in the Middle East. The role focuses on structured documentation, benchmarking, design support, and operational coordination to ensure clarity, consistency, and excellence across multiple projects. It involves building digital libraries, standard templates, and market insight tools to improve department efficiency and enhance F&B design outcomes.
Required skills
Luxury F&B concept development
Restaurant & bar design management
Project documentation and digital filing systems
Feasibility studies and competitor benchmarking
Site assessments and design review coordination
Presentation-ready reporting and executive communications
Template creation for strategy and design processes
Stakeholder engagement with owners, designers, and consultants
Market research and consumer behavior analysis
Cross-functional team collaboration
Project tracking and follow-up management
Hospitality operations and guest experience knowledge
Key responsibilities
- Manage documentation for multiple active and upcoming F&B projects, maintaining organised digital records including design submissions, concept decks, meeting notes, and communications
- Refresh legacy documentation and create professional, reusable templates for strategy development, feasibility summaries, competitor reviews, site assessments, and design review processes
- Conduct regional and global benchmarking across restaurant and bar concepts, design trends, service models, and luxury hospitality standards
- Compile market insights on luxury dining, consumer behavior, and industry performance to support early-stage concept creation
- Build and manage a centralised digital concept benchmark library categorised by cuisine, service style, and positioning
- Support meetings by preparing agendas, taking notes, tracking follow-ups, and summarising updates in presentation-ready formats
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, including hotel owners, designers, consultants, and project teams, to ensure alignment and timely delivery of projects
- Contribute to modernising documentation systems, establishing templates, and improving departmental efficiency within the first year of role
Experience & skills
- Emirati National (as specified by the role)
- Bachelor’s degree in Hospitality, Design, or related field
- Strong organisational skills, structured mindset, and ability to manage multiple workstreams
- Proactive, detail-oriented, and able to work independently while collaborating effectively
- Passion for restaurant concepts, design development, and luxury guest experiences
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience preparing documentation for senior stakeholders
- Analytical capability with ability to research, compile, and interpret market and industry data
- Experience with project tracking, benchmarking, and design documentation preferred
- Ability to work across multiple hospitality projects within a luxury and lifestyle hotel portfolio