Senior Manager Development MEA

Shape IHG’s growth story across North Africa

Due to our expansion across the Middle East & Africa, we’re looking for a Senior Manager, Development (MEA) to support our growth in North Africa, with a focus on Egypt and Morocco.

This is a high impact role for a development professional who knows how to create opportunities, and can build meaningful relationships and network of contacts with owners, investors and institutional stakeholders.

What you’ll do:

In this market facing role, you will:

• Work closely with the Senior Director of North Africa to support IHG’s growth agenda, identifying, sourcing and securing high quality opportunities across Egypt and Morocco.
• Actively seeking out development opportunities including new builds, conversions, portfolio deals, and strategic brand rollouts.
• Build a strong market network, stay updated with industry news, develop relationships with owners, developers, consultants, investment groups, and government stakeholders.
• Assess and analyse opportunities quickly and independently, identifying site suitability, brand fit and commercial viability.
• Working closely with the Senior team supporting negotiations end-to-end, partnering with Investment Analysis and senior development leadership.
• Manage RFP responses, feasibility inputs, and internal approval processes, creating informative decks for presentation to the business.
• Collaborate across IHG functions (design & engineering, operations, legal, finance) to move deals from concept to close.
• Stay ahead of market intelligence, track competitor activity, supply pipelines, and capital appetite across North Africa.
  
  

We want you to hit the ground running, drive the pipeline independently, and represent IHG confidently with senior stakeholders.

What We’re Looking For

• Significant experience in hotel development, hospitality consulting, or real estate advisory.
• Knowledge of franchise and managed agreements
• Strong understanding of hotel project economics, return metrics and investment logic.
• Familiarity with MEA markets, preferably with experience in Egypt or North Africa.
• Able to assess feasibility, analyse opportunities, and identify suitable prospects.
• Client facing skills and strong presentation capability
• Language skills – written and spoken Arabic and English, French would be an advantage
• Energetic, resilient and consultative; essential when working with institutional owners and evolving markets.
• Entrepreneurial mindset: proactive, opportunity led and commercially sharp.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, while remaining highly collaborative.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Hospitality, Real Estate or Business.
• Significant travel across Egypt and North Africa
  
  

At IHG, we give you Room to Belong, Room to Grow, and Room to Make a Difference.

Closing date for applications Wednesday 25th February 2026

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.

Dont quite meet every single requirement, but still believe youd be a great fit for the job? Well never know unless you hit the Apply button. Start your journey with us today.

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