Hotel General Manager

Hotel General Manager | Adina Hotel Darling Harbour
Boutique. Waterfront. Freshly Transformed. Your Chance to Make Your Mark.
Role at a glance

Location: King Street Wharf, Darling Harbour, Sydney NSW
Employment: Full-time, permanent
Reports to: Area General Manager
Property: 114-key boutique hotel
Dining: Shoreline Kitchen, an 80-seat waterfront restaurant and bar
Facilities: Pool, gym and conference rooms
Team: Approximately 50, with 6 direct reports
Support: TFE Hotels central service model

Adina Hotel Darling Harbour has just completed its transformation, and we're looking for a driven, dynamic General Manager to build performance in a fresh environment. If you lead with attitude, love the buzz of a busy restaurant and bar, and want a hotel small enough to know every guest and team member by name, this is your opportunity.
The Opportunity
This is not a 'maintain the status quo' role. You'll own the hotel's performance end to end – Rooms, Food & Beverage and Guest Services – with no layers of management between you and the results.
Shoreline Kitchen sits at the heart of the opportunity. You'll shape its identity, drive activations and partnerships, and make it a Darling Harbour destination for locals and guests alike.
With TFE Hotels' central service model taking care of much of the back-of-house administration, you'll be free to focus on what really counts: guest service, Food & Beverage sales and marketing, and the commercial levers that directly impact results.
What You'll Be Doing

Building hotel performance in a newly refreshed environment, setting clear goals and delivering against them.
Creating a warm, personalised boutique service culture that guests notice and teams are proud of.
Driving Food & Beverage sales and marketing, including activations, events and local partnerships.
Owning the direct-impact commercials – revenue, F&B sales, labour and cost control – with budgeting and forecasting support from the central team.
Building strong relationships with stakeholders and the local business community.
Recruiting, developing and inspiring a motivated team through visible, hands-on leadership.

About You
Attitude is everything. You're driven, positive and ambitious, you lead from the front, and you love the hands-on, close-knit nature of a boutique hotel.
Essential:

Experience as a General Manager, or an accomplished Hotel Manager ready for the step up, within a quality hotel environment.
A strong Food & Beverage background, with a track record of driving restaurant and bar performance.
Sharp commercial acumen and a proven track record of lifting hotel or venue performance.
A passion for personalised service and building a guest-first culture.
A dynamic, hands-on and highly visible leadership style, with strong communication and stakeholder skills.
Understanding of WHS, food safety and hotel compliance requirements.
Full, unrestricted Australian working rights (sponsorship is not available for this position).

Desirable:

Boutique or lifestyle hotel experience.
Pre-opening or repositioning experience.
A tertiary qualification in hospitality or business.
Knowledge of the Sydney hospitality market.

Why Join TFE Hotels?

Lead a boutique waterfront hotel with a brand-new restaurant and bar, where your impact is felt every day.
Enjoy genuine autonomy with the backing of a market-leading hospitality group.
Grow your career across TFE Hotels' expanding international portfolio.

Ready to lead something new? Click 'Apply' now.