Cost Strategy Director

We are looking for a Cost Strategy Director to lead two fundamental and complementary areas: Cost Plan Elaboration and Cost Plan Control. In this strategic role, you will be responsible for the entire cost cycle, from the initial evaluation of hotel asset interventions to their execution. You will work closely with the Investment team, influencing key decision-making processes and coordinating cross-functional teams including projects, procurement, technical experts, consultants, and suppliers. This is a unique opportunity to combine your technical expertise, economic vision, and transversal leadership to implement estimation and control methods that anticipate deviations and drive better business decisions.

• Lead and manage the Cost Plan Elaboration and Cost Plan Control areas.
• Support the Investment department by providing accurate initial cost estimates for works on hotel assets.
• Supervise cost management during project execution to ensure budgetary control and the anticipation of deviations.
• Coordinate the proposal and execution together with the project, procurement, technical, consultant, and supplier teams.
• Develop and implement advanced cost estimation and control methods.
• Analyze scopes, challenge hypotheses, detect potential risks, and justify estimates with analytical rigor.
• Build relationships of trust and act as a key facilitator between the different departments involved.

Must-Haves:

• Solid experience in estimating and budgeting, cost planning, or economic control of construction, renovation, or rehabilitation works.
• Demonstrated ability to understand and manage the two aspects of the role: estimating costs in the initial phase and controlling their evolution during execution.
• Advanced technical and economic judgment to analyze scopes, challenge hypotheses, detect risks, and justify estimates.
• Strong leadership, cross-functional coordination, and assertiveness skills to defend approaches with analytical rigor.
• Outstanding ability to build relationships of trust and foster collaborative work between teams.

Nice-to-Haves:

• Previous experience in hotel operations or comparable asset renovation and repositioning projects.
• A consolidated track record in estimating departments, cost consultancy, project management, or procurement.
• University degree in Architecture, Technical Architecture, Building Engineering, Engineering, or another related discipline.