The Walt Disney Company is hiring a Hotel Services Director for the brand new Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser Hotel at Walt Disney World. A job listing was posted today on disneycareers.com. The new immersive resort is set to open sometime this year, at least last we heard.
The perfect candidate is a seasoned hotelier with at least 10 years of progressive leadership experience.
Job Summary:
Disney is searching for a seasoned hotelier with senior leadership hospitality experience on land or at sea to serve as Hotel Services Director for our new Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser. As a Hotel Services Director you will lead and implement a unique immersive two-night experience aligned with our Star Wars franchise. A passion for bringing ideas to life, creativity, value a non-traditional work environment, and balance traditional hotel experience with immersive entertainment are all important traits you will need to have to be successful in this role. If selected, you will report to the Regional General Manager – Hotel Operations.
Basic Qualifications:
- Minimum of 10 years of progressive leadership experience in entertainment and hospitality in a resort or cruise environment
- Business and strategic focus needed to achieve targeted results
- Experience delivering operational excellence and leading businesses to high financial performance
- Capability to recognize, retain and invest in the development of talent and satisfaction of the teams by inspiring, increasing engagement and promoting collaboration
- Advanced skills using operational and logistics data to influence business decisions
- Holistic perspective to understand client needs and develop creative ideas to meet business objectives
- Capability to share communication across teams to ensure everyone understands updates, priorities and appropriate course of escalation
- Commitment to diversity and building an inclusive work environment that supports workforce diversity and diverse perspectives
- Creativity to find solutions in new ways and anticipate opportunities
- Advance skills prioritizing and managing projects and deadlines amidst constant change
- Availability to work any schedule, including evenings, weekends and holidays
You can view the entire job listing here.
Are you excited for the new Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser Hotel? Let us know in the comments below.
Understanding this is a non-traditional and immersive hotel offering, am I the only one that finds it odd that nowhere in the job posting is anything listed related to knowledge of Star Wars being important or required for the successful applicant?
”You have failed me for the last time, Galaxy’s Edge!!!”
Knowledge of Star Wars is not required because Star Wars isn’t important to this hotel — or to Galaxy’s Edge.
I am excited to hear how much this hotel will cost. Also how many people will end up forking over that kind of money.
Availability to work any schedule, including evenings, weekends and holidays. Commitment to diversity and building an inclusive work environment that supports workforce diversity and diverse perspectives, ie hire people based on race, not ability. So you are expected to work like a slave with one hand tied behind your back. Wow, the job sucks. No wonder Disney is posting it on the internet rather than promoting from within its vast talent pool of hotel and cruise personnel. What’s wrong with the manager of Port Orleans? Let him/her do this, he’s got nothing to do for another year.