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Hilton Senior Project Manager (Architecture, Design & Construction) Türkiye & CIS in Istanbul, Turkey
About Hilton
Hilton is one of the largest and fastest growing hospitality companies in the world, with over 9,000 properties with 1.3 million rooms in 138 countries and territories. In the 107 years since our founding, we have defined the hospitality industry and established a portfolio of 25 world-class brands, including our flagship Hilton Hotels & Resorts brand, which is the most recognized hotel brand in the world. Hilton is proud to have an award-winning workplace culture, excellent Team Member benefits and we are consistently named among one of the World’s Best Workplaces.
Position Statement:
This role will involve managing projects across Central and Eastern Europe, with a primary focus on Türkiye and CIS countries, within the EMEA Architecture, Design, and Construction team. Reporting to the Senior Director, the Senior Project Manager will be responsible for overseeing the seamless and efficient delivery of high‑quality new hotel openings. This position is dedicated to enhancing efficiency, strengthening communication, and providing accurate, timely information to owners, industry partners, and Hilton stakeholders.
Success in this role requires effective collaboration with colleagues, external partners (including owners, investors, and developers), as well as awareness of competitor activities to support the execution of Hilton’s development strategy throughout Central and Eastern Europe.
Position Summary:
You will be the principal point of support and contact for all project stakeholders, both within Hilton as well as for the owner/franchise partner teams, during the design, construction, pre- and post-opening stages of the development pipeline.
- Management of design and construction process on pipeline developments including new developments, conversions and renovations of existing hotels.
- Manage and comply with the project management process as detailed in the AD&C development journey from pre-signature phase through to completion of the post opening phase.
- Follow the roles and responsibilities documents for Project Managers.
- Preparing internal Hilton reports monthly.
- Undertake full and comprehensive review of design documents and proposals at all stages of the design and construction process. Preparing associated reports and correspondence.
- Work effectively and commercially with developers, owners and project design consultants to optimize design, construction and opening of projects.
- Liaise and assist the in-house development and brand teams in the securing of new projects, throughout the region, by the reviewing of plans, specifications and scheme proposals for technical compliance with Hilton design and construction standards, brand standards and all relevant national and international codes, prior to contract.
- Make technical design and construction recommendations to the development team to ensure that potential projects are in accordance with both technical and brand standards.
- Following the agreement of either franchise or management contracts, provide project leadership on behalf of Hilton and act as main liaison and focus point between the in-house specialists, the owner and their design teams, to ensure the free flow of information and design input from Hilton throughout the design development and construction periods.
- Raising any areas of non-compliance with franchisee and owner (as applicable) and ensuring that appropriate measures are taken to rectify any such non-compliance.
- Carry out regular site inspections of the project works in progress, to ensure full compliance with Hilton design and construction and operational standards, as well as ensuring compliance with acceptable standards of finishes and quality of workmanship throughout the duration of the works.
- Supervise external consultants as required during any project work.
- Provide regular reports on the development’s progress, in respect of contractual and physical progress, as required in oral, written or digital presentational formats.
- Oversee and assist in the snagging inspections and production of snagging lists and the post-handover defects correction period inspections, to ensure the owner team’s full compliance with their contractual obligations through to the final completion of the project.
- Inspect the works, collate and prepare all necessary project handover information and certification required by the Hilton project management procedures.
- Participate in the decision-making process regarding the opening of the hotel by advising whether all physical related activities are complete and owner obligations discharged.
- Undertake property inspections (PIPs) of existing hotels for the purposes of rebranding or conversion into a Hilton brand, along with the preparation of a detailed Property Improvement Plan (PIP) report that describes the current status of the hotel and the scope of works required in order to bring the property up to the required Hilton standards for possible rebranding into one of the Hilton brands.
- Provide technical advice to the brand leaders on the agreement of the scope of the PIP works.
- Provide technical support to the brand and development teams in the explanation of the PIP to the owner team.
What are we looking for?
Applicants will ideally have a proven background in hotel/hospitality project management including the following skills / experience:
- University degree in engineering, architecture, building or quantity surveying or construction-related discipline or experience in lieu of.
- Significant work experience in property, engineering design and/or construction related roles including management experience and/or experience working within a client organization or similar.
- Significant experience working in hotel development and construction related experience ideally within an international hotel group or similar.
- Experience working in multi-cultural or international settings.
- An understanding of local building codes, European and International (NFPA) Fire Life Safety codes.
- Proficiency with Word, PowerPoint, Excel, construction project programming software.
- Fluency in Turkish and English is essential (additional language skills relevant to CIS region would also be beneficial)
Preferred experience
- In-depth knowledge of construction projects and track record of successful project delivery.
- Supervisory experience would be advantageous.
- Proficiency with AutoCAD software.
- Be able to show previous project management experience and be capable of both leading and monitoring outside consultants.
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Job: Architecture, Design, and Development
Title: Senior Project Manager (Architecture, Design & Construction) Türkiye & CIS
Location: null
Requisition ID: EUR015UK
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