General Manager Development Pacific - EVT HQ

General Manager Development Pacific - EVT Head Office

About EVT

At EVT we believe in changing the game. Why? Because no one wants ordinary. If you’re seeking to be part of the kind of wow-factor moments you can help shape, then you’ve come to the right place.

As market-leading experience creators, we bring to life some of the best-known brands and properties in entertainment, ventures, and travel. Our portfolio includes over 140 entertainment experiences like Event Cinemas and Moonlight Cinemas, 150 award-winning restaurants and bars, and 80+ hotels, including QT, Rydges, Atura, LyLo, and Thredbo. Our ventures include a ~$2.3B property portfolio and hotel management, just to name a few.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify and execute expansion opportunities for EVT Hotels and Resorts across the Pacific through management contracts and brand licence or franchise agreements, with a focus on QT, Rydges, Atura and independently branded hotels
• Grow Connect Hospitality through new management contracts, working with agents, consultants, independent owner operators and third party brand groups such as Marriott, Accor, IHG, Hilton and Choice
• Lead negotiations and structuring of hotel management and licence agreements with owners, developers and investors, securing favourable terms that align with EVT’s objectives
• Deliver the three year Pacific development plan with the Chief Development Officer Asia Pacific and the Senior Vice President Development Pacific, and support the rollout of the EVT Hotels and Resorts franchise strategy
• Coordinate feasibility assessments and business cases for new hotels with Commercial, Finance, Marketing, IT and People and Culture, validating assumptions with external expertise and data
• Represent EVT Hotels and Resorts and Connect Hospitality with the Pacific investment community, building a client base of owners, investors and development partners

What You’ll Bring

• Proven experience in lead generation and prospecting for hotel management contract and franchise opportunities across the Pacific
• Strong understanding of hotel operations and what drives successful performance
• Experience negotiating and structuring hotel management and licence (franchise) agreements
• Established relationships across the hotel owner, investor, developer and brand company community
• Strategic and commercial thinking, with the ability to assess revenue, cost and risk and build sound business cases
• Strong relationship building, influencing and conflict management skills, with the ability to navigate complex stakeholder groups
• Ability to lead a team and deliver results to agreed timelines

How You Work

• Owner’s mindset: acts on data and feedback; ships improvements.
• Growth mindset: learns, shares, and levels up others.
• Resilient and solutions-focused: stays calm, moves fast.
• Daymaker ethos: no one’s too big for the small things.

Perks from Day One

As part of EVT, you unlock Elevate Perks from your first day. Parity for all levels, no ivory towers.

• 50% off dining and stays across EVT hotels, including QT, Rydges, Atura, LyLo and more.
• $2 movie tickets plus discounts on Gold Class, Moonlight Cinema and Candy Bar.
• Seasonal perks at Thredbo.
• Rapid career growth across our hotel and entertainment network.
• Paid parental leave; community and volunteering opportunities.

Police check

Please note that the successful candidate for this position will be required to undergo and satisfactorily pass a criminal record check as part of the recruitment process.

Apply Now

Join the EVT Head Office and become an EVT experience creator, opportunity taker, the ultimate Daymaker. Join and make a positive impact on our people, communities, and environment every day.

Apply online now and submit your CV. You’ll be taken to our secure EVT careers portal (powered by Dayforce), our official system for managing applications across the EVT Group. You’ll simply enter your details and answer a few quick screening questions so we can get to know you better.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and review applications as they come in, so don’t wait! We can’t wait to see the places your career will go with EVT.