Job Description

Vice President, Hotel Acquisitions & Strategic Growth

Location: New York

Reports to: CEO

About Flâneur Hospitality

Flâneur Hospitality is a visionary luxury hospitality company dedicated to crafting deeply imaginative, design-driven experiences across iconic global destinations. With a reverence for architecture, art, and the romance of travel, we are expanding our portfolio through the acquisition, development, and transformation of singular hotel properties.

Role Overview

Flâneur Hospitality is seeking a  Vice President of Hotel Acquisitions & Strategic Growth to lead our global deal-sourcing and business development efforts. This is a senior leadership role focused exclusively on independent hotel acquisitions, management agreements, and strategic partnerships. You will be responsible for identifying, negotiating, and helping secure high-value opportunities that align with the brand’s aesthetic, financial, and experiential vision.

The ideal candidate combines a dealmaker’s instinct with a hotelier’s heart—someone who is financially sophisticated, highly personable, and deeply passionate about independent hospitality.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Growth & Deal Origination: Lead the identification of acquisition targets, joint venture opportunities, and asset-light models (management, advisory, licensing) across global markets.
• Owner Relationship Development: Cultivate trust-based relationships with hotel owners, operators, and developers—especially independent or legacy owners seeking succession, repositioning, or operational support.
• Underwriting & Financial Leadership: Oversee detailed financial modeling, underwriting, and investment analysis for potential acquisitions or contracts.
• Market Intelligence: Continuously monitor trends, emerging destinations, and competitor activity to shape and sharpen the company’s acquisition strategy.
• Deal Negotiation & Execution: Lead the negotiation process alongside legal and executive teams from LOI through closing, including due diligence, structuring, and approvals.
• Brand & Strategic Fit: Ensure all opportunities meet the brand’s design, experiential, and commercial criteria.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Flâneur leadership, design teams, and capital partners to evaluate feasibility, investment fit, and post-deal strategy.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in hotel real estate, private equity, investment banking, or acquisitions—with a focus on hospitality
• Demonstrated success in originating and closing hotel investment or management deals
• Strong financial acumen, underwriting and modeling expertise, and strategic evaluation skills
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship management abilities
• Naturally entrepreneurial, high EQ, and able to operate with diplomacy and poise
• Familiarity with AI-enabled real estate tools, market databases, and analytics platforms is a strong plus
• Deep, authentic passion for luxury hospitality, architecture, and design

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive base salary with deal-based incentive structure
• Access to performance equity or profit participation on deals executed
• Flexible working environment with hybrid or remote options
• Global travel for deal sourcing, site visits, and conferences
• Unique opportunity to help shape a category-defining hospitality brand

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