General Manager

About Us

Come join our winning hospitality team—we invite you to be part of Cleveland's future! The Westin Cleveland Downtown is a stunning, newly renovated 484-room hotel located in the heart of downtown, just around the corner from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Great Lakes Science Center, and the Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland. For sports lovers, Huntington Bank Field and Rocket Mortgage Field House are less than a mile away. Building on our vibrant public spaces—which highlight dynamic works from local artists—we are thrilled to feature a complete, hotel-wide renovation in 2026 across all 484 guest rooms, offering modern luxury and elevated comfort to every guest. Here at The Westin Cleveland Downtown, we are looking for passionate individuals who strive to deliver outstanding service and create unforgettable experiences that keep our guests coming back time and again!

Don't meet every single requirement of this job? At HEI we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to still send in your information. You may be the perfect candidate for this or for other roles within our organization!

We value U.S. military experience and invite all qualified military candidates to apply.

Compensation

Salary Range: $185,000.00 - $195,000.00 Annually

Tipped/Service Charge Eligible? No

Discretionary Performance Bonus Eligible? Yes

Overview

Lead, supervise, and direct the operations and financial activities of the hotel. Safeguard the asset. Help create and implement the culture of HEI Hotels and Resorts on the property level for the associates and guests.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Create and maintain a customer-driven hotel with a customer-keeping vision that inspires the hotel associates to do their best. Oversee the quality process to ensure customer satisfaction by consistent delivery of both product quality and service.

• Tour and visually inspect property on a daily basis. Monitor property condition, cleanliness, cost control, and quality of product and service throughout hotel.

• Travel to attend corporate meetings, sales trips and serve on committees such as Research, Development and Standards committee.

• Aid Human Resources with associate issues following HEI Hotel and Resorts' policies. Interview, hire, train, recommend performance evaluations, resolve problems, provide open communication, and recommend discipline and/or termination when appropriate. Develop and delegate improvement plans for operation and review performance of management team.

• Participate in community affairs and maintain positive public image for the property and HEI Hotels and Resorts.

• Meet with potential and current clients to promote hotel.

• Active involvement in the Sales and Revenue Management function including but not limited to: following HEI Key Meeting SOPs (RevMax, Hot Prospects, Sales Strategy Meeting), involvement in Group site inspections and group closing process, review results from ESS/MPSI Measurement Tool.

• Guide other members of the Executive Committee, Management, and staff to make sound business decisions is a critical portion of the responsibilities. Create and execute the financial objectives of the hotel. 

• Comply with attendance rules and be available to work on a regular basis.

• Perform any other job-related duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Skills      

• Minimum 5 years of management experience, preferably in both Rooms and Food and Beverage.

• Knowledge of hotel operations, including marketing plans, security and safety programs, personnel and labor relations, preparation of business plans, repairs, maintenance, budget forecasting, quality assurance programs, hospitality law, and long-range planning.

• Ability to stand and move throughout hotel property and continuously perform essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation.

• Effective verbal and written communication skills. Ability to adapt communication style to suit different audiences, such as effectively communicating with supervisors, coworkers, public etc.

Benefits

HEI Hotels and Resorts is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.