Director, Development CS Finance & Insights

Requirements

• Partner closely with the Development team to evaluate the commercial viability of new deals and conversions.
• Provide insight into market potential, revenue generation, and commercial risk through data-backed recommendations.
• Lead the development of commercial input assumptions and scenarios for property proformas.
• Ensure alignment between commercial forecasts and broader financial modeling used in deal evaluation and investment decisions.
• Design and implement analytics for hotel openings and transitions to measure ramp performance vs. expectations.
• Identify key drivers of commercial underperformance or overperformance and advise on course corrections
• Track ramping hotels against proforma/underwriting
• Develop and maintain commercial ramp benchmarks by brand, region, and hotel type.
• Track KPIs related to revenue, market share, and channel mix during ramp periods.
• Act as the primary commercial analytics liaison between Development, Commercial Services, Finance, and Operations.
• Align on performance expectations and proactively shape commercial strategies to ensure successful launches and transitions
• Synthesize findings into clear, compelling presentations for senior leadership and Investment Committee meetings.
• Contribute to the creation of tools, dashboards, and reporting frameworks that provide forward-looking commercial insights

Benefits

• Annual allotment of free hotel stays at Hyatt hotels globally
• Flexible work schedule
• Work-life benefits including wellbeing initiatives such as a complimentary Headspace subscription, and a discount at the on-site fitness center
• A global family assistance policy with paid time off following the birth or adoption of a child as well as financial assistance for adoption
• Paid Time Off, Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K with company match