The Assistant Vice President/Senior Manager, Design leads interior design strategy and project delivery for Shangri-La’s hotels, resorts, and corporate spaces. Requirements typically include a degree in interior design, architecture, or a related discipline, extensive experience managing hospitality design projects, strong knowledge of international design standards, budgeting, procurement, and construction processes, and proven leadership ability. The successful candidate is expected to manage external consultants, coordinate with development and operations teams, protect brand standards, review design proposals, control timelines and costs, and ensure high-quality, commercially effective results. Strong communication, presentation, negotiation, project-management, and stakeholder-management skills are essential. Experience with luxury hotels or other high-end hospitality environments is highly desirable.
Shangri-La Group is a leading luxury hospitality company headquartered in Hong Kong. Founded in 1971, it operates hotels, resorts, and related businesses across Asia, the Middle East, Europe, North America, and other international markets. The group is known for its Shangri-La, Kerry, JEN, and Traders brands, offering premium accommodation, dining, meetings, wellness, and resort experiences. Shangri-La places strong emphasis on Asian-inspired hospitality, genuine service, employee development, and long-term guest relationships. Its properties range from urban business hotels to beachfront resorts and destination retreats. The company employs colleagues from many nationalities and regularly recruits professionals in hotel operations, corporate functions, development, design, finance, technology, and commercial leadership. This role would likely support the group’s property development, refurbishment, and brand-design objectives from its Hong Kong corporate base.
Hong Kong offers strong opportunities in hospitality, property development, architecture, interior design, finance, technology, retail, and international business. The culture combines Chinese traditions with a highly global, fast-paced working environment, and English is widely used in professional settings. Lifestyle is energetic and convenient, with excellent public transport, diverse restaurants, shopping, cultural attractions, hiking trails, beaches, and nearby islands. Housing can be expensive, especially in central districts, so many professionals choose areas such as Kowloon, the New Territories, or Hong Kong Island suburbs. Foreign professionals generally need an employer-sponsored employment visa under the General Employment Policy; the employer normally supports the application, and applicants must demonstrate relevant qualifications and experience. Relocation packages may include flights, temporary accommodation, medical coverage, or housing assistance, depending on seniority. Hong Kong’s compact geography makes commuting practical, although work hours in senior corporate and hospitality roles can be demanding.
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