Introduction
Be at the forefront of shaping the future of Food & Beverage innovation across EAPAC. This role offers the opportunity to lead high-impact, multi-market initiatives that influence guest experience, brand positioning, and commercial performance. If you thrive on turning ideas into scalable solutions and enjoy working across diverse stakeholders, this is your chance to drive meaningful change at regional level.
Your day to day
- Lead the end-to-end rollout of F&B innovation programmes across the region, ensuring initiatives are effectively implemented, adopted, and delivering measurable business impact
- Drive cross-functional alignment, working closely with teams across operations, marketing, development, and training to deliver integrated, cohesive brand solutions
- Translate market insights, guest needs, and competitive trends into localised concepts that strengthen brand relevance and performance in each market
- Establish and manage structured processes, governance forums, and reporting frameworks to track programme progress, performance, and key milestones
- Engage and influence key stakeholders including hotel teams, owners, and internal partners to drive commitment, investment, and successful execution of initiatives
- Support the development and refinement of brand standards, ensuring they are practical, locally relevant, and enhance both guest experience and operational efficiency
What We Need From You
- Proven experience in hospitality or a related service industry, with a strong background in project management, brand management, or F&B operations (typically 6–8 years)
- Strong strategic thinking capability with the ability to translate insights into actionable plans that drive brand performance and commercial outcomes
- Excellent project management skills, with experience managing complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives and delivering against timelines and objectives
- Highly developed stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to build relationships and drive alignment across diverse teams and regions
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to adapt messaging for different audiences and drive clarity in a matrix environment
- Commercially astute, results-driven, and able to navigate ambiguity while managing competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we work together to deliver True Hospitality for Good on a global scale. With corporate offices and over 6,000 hotel destinations worldwide, a career at IHG is the perfect way to broaden your horizons. You'll experience our unique culture and brilliant colleagues who will support and inspire you. With a host of corporate opportunities to choose from, wherever you are on your career journey, and whatever you want to achieve there's Room for You at IHG.
Over recent years, we've transformed our company. We have bold ambitions to drive performance and maintain our relentless focus on growth in order to be the hotel company of choice that guests & owners love.
We are a hospitality business at our core and value connections and being together helps us foster a unique sense of belonging that also supports productivity. That's why here at IHG, we give our colleagues flexibility and balance – working in a hybrid way, blending office and remote working collectively. We recognise that every role is different, that's why leaders work with teams to determine how and when they collaborate.
We provide a wide range of benefits designed to help you live your best work life. These include impressive room discounts across our many properties, recharge days and volunteering days throughout the year. Through our myWellbeing framework, we are committed to supporting wellbeing in your health, lifestyle, and workplace. We offer a unique and inclusive culture, where there is always Room for You to belong, grow and make a difference.
Our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams where we celebrate difference and encourage colleagues to bring their whole selves to work. IHG Hotels & Resorts provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other category protected by applicable laws. We promote a culture of trust, support, and acceptance. Always welcoming different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.
Don't quite meet every single requirement, but still believe you'd be a great fit for the job We'll never know unless you hit the Apply button. Start your journey with us today.
