DESCRIPTION
Bonmont Resort is a new international destination currently in pre-opening phase in Tarragona, Spain. The project will combine a premium hotel, an international golf offering and complementary facilities, with a clear focus on international guests and the premium leisure market. The opening is planned for 2027.
We are looking for the founding General Manager to lead the pre-opening and transition into operation of Bonmont Resort. This is an opportunity to join the project at a defining stage and help turn its vision into a fully integrated, high-performing resort operation. The role combines strategic perspective with a highly practical, hands-on approach and requires the confidence to represent the project with ownership, brand partners and key stakeholders.
Coordinate the overall pre-opening plan and the transition into operations, ensuring clear priorities, ownership and decision-making across the project.
Translate the project vision into an integrated operating model covering the hotel, golf and complementary facilities.
Define, together with ownership and the Executive Committee, the organisational structure, leadership model and staffing priorities.
Establish the service philosophy, operating standards and guest experience principles for an international premium destination.
Coordinate operational readiness across departments, systems, processes, policies and opening plans.
Build and lead a high-performing Executive Committee and create a consistent leadership culture across the resort.
Ensure alignment between operational readiness, financial performance, commercial priorities and the opening timeline.
Represent Bonmont Resort with ownership, brand partners, advisors, authorities, local stakeholders and other key partners.
Demonstrated experience leading an international hotel, resort or comparable hospitality operation.
Experience in hotel openings, pre-openings, repositionings or complex hospitality projects.
Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and manage stakeholders with different priorities.
Strong commercial and financial orientation, combined with operational rigour and attention to detail.
Ability to build teams, establish standards and make sound decisions in an evolving environment.
Professional fluency in English; Spanish or other relevant languages would be an advantage.
Willingness to be based in Tarragona and actively involved in the pre-opening phase.
REQUIREMENTS
Experience in integrated hotel-and-golf resorts, golf destinations or premium leisure projects.
Experience opening a resort with several complementary business units or facilities.
Knowledge of international source markets and premium guest expectations.
Experience representing a project with ownership, brand partners and senior external stakeholders.
You will join Bonmont before it opens and help shape the operation, the team and the guest experience from the ground up.
The role offers the scope and influence of a founding leadership position in a new international resort destination.
