Montage Hotels & Resorts

Vice President

• Lead capital planning, FF&E strategy, and hotel opening support across Montage International’s portfolio.
• Direct DDS Capex resources guiding capital improvement and renovation planning throughout each property’s lifecycle.
• Engage Corporate Operations, Property Leadership Teams, and Ownership to build a proactive capital planning process.
• Provide executive oversight of annual capital budgets and long-term portfolio capital planning.
• Review scopes, budgets, and schedules and support strategic decisions, escalations, and complex owner relationships.
• Collaborate with Corporate Design to ensure successful project transitions through the design process.
• Build partnerships with Ownership and property teams through transparent communication and strategic guidance on capital investments.
• Serve as Montage International’s FF&E subject matter expert throughout development, hotel opening, and lifecycle asset management.
• Direct development and implementation of FF&E standards across the pipeline and portfolio.
• Review design documentation, specifications, material selections, shop drawings, and product substitutions.
• Validate and monitor FF&E/OS&E budgets, provide cost estimates, track actuals, and guide value engineering.
• Evaluate procurement strategies and vendor pricing negotiations with owners, procurement agents, consultants, and project managers.
• Conduct factory visits, prototype reviews, and quality inspections for custom furnishings.
• Resolve fabrication, installation, and quality issues and provide executive recommendations on FF&E acceptance and corrective action.
• Support field execution from design documentation completion through hotel opening.
• Serve as a key on-site DDS team member during hotel openings, coordinating commissioning, punch lists, FF&E installation, and systems testing.
• Resolve field issues and design decisions affecting schedule or operational readiness.
• Safeguard approved design intent, construction quality, brand standards, and operational requirements through commissioning and opening.
• Provide hands-on support across multiple concurrent hotel openings and assist with day-to-day coordination and administration.
• Ensure collaborative communication between Operations, DDS, and Ownership and support escalation and resolution of broader issues.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

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