Position: General Manager
Industry: Luxury Lifestyle Hotel
Location: Seattle, Washington
Compensation: Preferred base salary $200,000 to $240,000, with flexibility to approximately $260,000 for an exceptional candidate. Target incentive: 50%.
Seeking a highly accomplished General Manager to lead a luxury independent lifestyle hotel in Seattle. This executive will be responsible for overall property performance while serving as a trusted partner to ownership, driving commercial results, leading a destination Food & Beverage operation, and establishing the hotel as a prominent presence within the Seattle market.
The ideal candidate combines entrepreneurial thinking with disciplined operational leadership and is equally comfortable engaging ownership, leading associates, building community partnerships, and driving financial performance.
Owner-facing leadership and executive presence
Commercial leadership, revenue generation, and business development
Strong Food & Beverage expertise, with restaurants and bars viewed as core business drivers
Independent or lifestyle luxury hotel General Manager experience
Proven success improving market positioning and competitive performance
Visible community engagement and external relationship building
General Manager experience within luxury independent or lifestyle hotels
Approximately 100 to 300 guestrooms
Full P&L accountability
Destination Food & Beverage operations
Strong sales and marketing orientation
Direct interaction with ownership, investors, or asset managers
Hands-on leadership style with strong executive presence
Active participation in the local business and hospitality community
The search is focused on identifying executives who possess the rare combination of operational excellence, owner credibility, commercial sophistication, and market visibility required to establish the property as one of Seattle's premier independent lifestyle hotels. Candidates from highly structured branded environments without demonstrated entrepreneurial leadership are less likely to be competitive.