Unlock Your Potential on the Road with First Hospitality
If traveling, solving problems, and making an immediate impact is for you, your career doesn''t have to stay in one place. As a Midwest based Impact Field Support Operations Manager, you''ll travel across our portfolio, stepping into hotels during transitions, leadership gaps, and high-priority assignments to stabilize operations, strengthen teams, and drive results. You''ll serve as a hands-on hotel leader across Front Office, Housekeeping, Food & Beverage, Maintenance, and Sales - helping each property operate smoothly, profitably, and with exceptional hospitality.
Perks That Travel With You
- Insurance, PTO, and holiday pay starting day one
- 401(k) options after 30 days to build your future
- Cell Phone Allowance
- Hotel & travel discounts across our nationwide and global portfolio
- Career growth into leadership roles within a fast-growing company
- Flexibility & variety - every assignment brings fresh challenges and opportunities
This Is Your Stage
You''ll be the go-to operational problem solver, parachuting into assigned hotels to provide leadership, coverage, and stability where it''s needed most. Acting as a key point-person for guests and associates, you''ll oversee or support the hotel''s daily operational functions while keeping service, culture, financial performance, and sales momentum moving forward. Whether supporting a leadership transition, strengthening execution, or tackling an urgent business need, you''ll own the outcome and leave the hotel in a stronger position than when you arrived.
What You''ll Be Mastering
- Travel regularly across assigned hotels to provide hands-on operational leadership and task-force support
- Oversee or support daily hotel operations across Front Office, Housekeeping, Food & Beverage, and Maintenance
- Serve as a visible leader and key point-person for guests and associates, addressing daily concerns quickly and professionally
- Maintain exceptional guest service, hospitality, cleanliness, safety, and brand standards throughout the hotel
- Partner with department leaders to ensure staffing, scheduling, training, communication, and execution support business needs
- Lead by example, build trust quickly, and reinforce a positive, accountable, and service-focused culture
- Monitor operational performance, controllable expenses, labor, purchasing, and departmental results to support a smooth and profitable operation
- Identify operational gaps, implement practical solutions, and establish sustainable processes that can be carried forward by the property team
- Ensure continuity of hotel systems, company expectations, and brand standards during transitions or leadership gaps
- Deliver measurable results, leaving each property, team, and guest experience stronger than when you arrived
Are You the Next Impact Leader....
Experience & Education
- 3+ years of hotel operations leadership experience
- Working knowledge of Front Office, Housekeeping, Food & Beverage, and Maintenance operations, as well as PMS and POS systems across brands
- Experience managing labor, controllable expenses, departmental performance, and hotel operating priorities
- Ability and willingness to travel up to 100% for multi-state assignments
- Adaptability, resilience, sound judgment, and the ability to lead effectively in fast-changing environments
Leadership & Communication
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to connect with guests, associates, hotel leaders, clients, and ownership stakeholders
- Ability to assess a situation quickly, prioritize competing needs, make decisions, and follow through to resolution
- Comfortable stepping into unfamiliar teams and environments, building credibility quickly, and leading through change
- Multilingual talents are celebrated but not required
Physical & Scheduling
- Comfortable working throughout a dynamic hotel environment, including guest-facing and back-of-house areas
- Ability to stand and walk for extended periods and occasionally lift, carry, or move items up to 30 pounds
- Ability to work flexible hours, including evenings, weekends, and holidays, based on assignment and operational needs
- Must be based in the Midwest
About First Hospitality
First Hospitality's purpose is "to care for you on our journey together." We live this through our values and behaviors:
- Drive to win: set ambitious goals and exceed them through focused effort.
- Desire to serve: default to "how can I help" and "what else do you need?"
- Deliver with passion: create a sense of fun in daily interactions, lifting the spirits of those around you.
- Own the outcome: take full responsibility for the success of every project you join, from start to finish.
- Keep it real: give honest, constructive feedback with kindness and respect.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Step up, pack your bags, and make your mark across our portfolio. Welcome to First Hospitality!