Director - Branded Residences

Role overview:

Savills is seeking an experienced and commercially driven Director to play a senior leadership role within its Global Residential Development Consultancy (GRDC) team, a market leader in the branded residential sector.

The team operates within the Global Residential Development (GRD) department, which comprises two core divisions: Consultancy and Sales & Marketing. These teams collaborate to deliver a seamless, end-to-end client service, from project conception through to successful commercialisation.

Based at Savills’ London headquarters (with a satellite operation in Dubai), the GRDC team has a global remit spanning regions from the Caribbean to Japan. The team provides six core service lines:

• Market Intelligence & Thought Leadership

• Development Consultancy & Feasibility

• Brand Premium Studies

• Brand / Operator Search, Selection & Contract Negotiation

• Operational Advisory

• Capital Markets

The role will involve leading and growing a broad range of consultancy services across all core service lines, including development consultancy, feasibility, operational advisory, and brand strategy.

While experience in brand and operator selection is important, the role has a wider strategic advisory focus and is not limited to a single service line. Business development will be a global assignment, helping to drive the strategic growth of the team.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive business development globally, originating and securing new mandates across multiple markets

• Manage senior stakeholder relationships, including developers, hotel operators, and ultra-high-net-worth clients

• Deliver integrated client solutions in collaboration with internal teams and external partners

• Advise clients across the full project lifecycle, from concept through to commercialisation

• Oversee project delivery, including resource allocation and team management

• Support financial performance, including P&L oversight

• Responsibility for strategic growth and positioning of the team, via recruitment and organic growth

• To support team members in career development via training (to ensure high skill levels both technically & behaviourally), coaching, mentoring and the promotion and succession/talent processes

• Undertake regular international travel for client engagement and industry events

Skills, Knowledge and Experience

• Strong track record in the branded residential sector with a focus on branded residential agreements and operations

• Background with a recognised hospitality operator, or a reputable consultancy/valuation firm specialising in residential or hotel advisory (or a combination of both)

• Proven ability to generate business and drive revenue growth

• Commercially astute, with solid financial and analytical capability (including financial modelling)

• Proven ability to develop skills and enable personal and professional growth of individuals

• Advanced proficiency in MS Office and Argus Developer

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to produce clear, concise outputs

• Experience of working in a foreign country, or at least of having worked previously on a range of international projects

• Able to manage multiple priorities and deliver under pressure

• London-based (or willing to relocate)

Personal Profile

• Strategic and lateral thinker with a focus on continuous improvement

• Strong business acumen and results-oriented mindset

• Highly organised with excellent time management and prioritisation skill

• Self-motivated, driven, and committed to delivering high standards with a strong attention to detail

• Confident and effective communicator, with the ability to influence and inspire others, including confidence presenting and in public speaking

• Collaborative team player who supports and develops others, delegating where appropriate

• Enjoy travelling and discovering new locations and cultures

• Positive attitude and a good sense of humour

What we offer you

• Career and Professional Development

• 25-30 Days Annual Leave, depending on grade

• Life Assurance

• Private Medical Scheme

• Virtual GP

• Global Mobility Scheme

• Rewards Platform

• Company Pension Scheme

• Enhanced Incremental Annual Leave

Find out more about Savills offer

Recruitment agencies

Savills only pay agency fees where we have a signed agreement in place and that agency has been previously contacted and instructed by a member of our recruitment team . We do not pay agency fees when speculative and unsolicited CVs are submitted to Savills or any of our employees other than via our careers website and through our recruitment process. If this is not adhered to, agency fees will not be paid.