VP Development Strategic Partnerships and Feasibility (F/M/X)
Accor
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About the opportunity
The VP Development, Strategic Partnerships and Feasibility will play a direct role in sourcing and underwriting opportunities through capital relationships.
The role provides financial feasibility expertise and supports negotiations for complex, strategic transactions including recapitalizations, joint ventures, co-investments, portfolio transactions, and partnerships.
The position operates within the Development team across the entire deal lifecycle, from origination and feasibility assessment to final execution, while overseeing the Feasibility team and Americas Development feasibility activities.
Key responsibilities
- Oversee the financial feasibility of complex luxury projects and produce complex financial models and valuations covering full project capitalization.
- Originate, structure, and develop creative deal structures for portfolio, joint venture, platform, balance sheet transactions, key money, and recapitalizations.
- Define the strategic investment approach and development strategy in collaboration with the Development team and under the oversight of the Chief Development Officer, Luxury North America.
- Lead distressed-asset and recapitalisation strategies, oversee the capital vehicle programme, and source opportunities through capital relationships.
- Build senior relationships with luxury hospitality owners, investors, buyers, and brokers while promoting Accor offers and representing the company at investment conferences and owner forums.
- Define new fee models and implement innovative approaches to transactions beyond a fee-only model to improve opportunity conversion.
- Support Operations and Development teams during complex negotiations, ensure deal lifecycle support, and sponsor transactions for Investment Committee review.
- Oversee qualitative reporting, market analysis, and communication for regional Hub and Group stakeholders.
Qualifications
- Degree in Business, Hospitality, or Property Economics.
- At least 10 years of experience across principal acquisitions, private equity, REITs, institutional ownership, brand development, and owner-side advisory.
- Proven experience in hotel transactions, acquisitions, recapitalizations, or restructurings.
- Expertise in hotel financial modelling.
- Strong executive communication skills.
Job details
- Company: Accor
- Role: VP Development, Strategic Partnerships and Feasibility
About the company
Accor is a global hospitality leader centered on human experiences, bringing cultures together and providing unforgettable guest and employee journeys.
Management talent sits at the heart of the HR Accor strategy, encouraging employees to dare, grow, switch between jobs, brands, and career paths, and challenge the status quo.
The company values an inclusive culture across 120 nationalities, caring for teams, customers, establishments, and the environment. Hospitality is viewed as teamwork built on mutual respect, diverse voices, and a shared mission to dream the impossible and make it possible.
Additional information
- Continuous learning and skills development opportunities to support personal and professional growth.
- Commitment to diversity, inclusion, and the recruitment and promotion of diverse talent.
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