F&B Design & Partnership Manager

R&B Design & Partnership Manager (Emirati National Hire)

We have an exciting opportunity for an Emirati-National to join our team as a Restaurant & Bar Design & Partnership Manager, based in our Dubai office and supporting the Director of R&B Design Partnerships.

At IHG, we're committed to shaping exceptional restaurant and bar experiences across our luxury and lifestyle portfolio. As we expand our footprint of high-profile dining concepts throughout the Middle East, we are seeking an Emirati professional to support the Food & Beverage Design & Partnerships function and help bring world-class F&B concepts to life.

In this role you'll work on multiple projects within our Luxury & Lifestyle hotels, engage with hotel owners, designers, consultants and projects, giving you a broad variety of experiences across our property portfolio.

What you'll do

In this role, you will provide operational, analytical, and creative support to ensure our regional F&B projects are delivered with clarity, consistency, and excellence.

• Manage structured documentation and digital filing systems for multiple active and upcoming projects.
• Maintain organized project records, including design submissions, concept decks, meeting notes, communications, and development milestones.
• Refresh and modernize legacy documentation, transforming them into clean, professional, reusable templates.
• Develop standard templates for strategy development, feasibility summaries, competitor reviews, site assessments, and design review processes.
• Conduct regional and global benchmarking across dining concepts, bar formats, design trends, guest experience models, and luxury hospitality standards.
• Compile market insights on luxury dining, consumer behavior, and industry performance indicators to support early-stage concept creation.
• Build and manage a centralized digital concept benchmark library categorized by cuisine, service style, and positioning.
• Support internal and external meetings by preparing agendas, taking meeting notes, and managing follow-up actions.
• Summarize feedback and project updates into clear, structured, presentation-ready formats.

By the end of your first year, you will have supported the creation of a modernized documentation system, built a suite of strategy and design templates, built working benchmarking resources, and enhanced efficiency across the department.

What you'll bring

We're looking for an Emirati professional with strong organizational skills, a structured mindset, and a genuine passion for hospitality and design.

• A hospitality, design, or related academic background.
• Strong organizational and analytical capability, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams.
• A passion for restaurant concepts, design development, and luxury guest experiences.
• A detail-oriented, proactive, and structured approach to work.
• The ability to work independently under clear guidance while collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience preparing documentation for senior stakeholders.

If you're ready to play a key role in shaping the region's most exciting luxury dining concepts and build a rewarding career with one of the world's leading hotel groups, we encourage you to apply.

Submit your application today and help us create the future of F&B at IHG.

Closing date for applications 10th April 2026