Director of Quality Integration & Performance

Raffles Hotels & Resort is a collection of award-winning luxury hotels located in vibrant destinations around the world. It is part of AccorHotels brands, which offers unique moments and diverse experiences in more than 4.100 addresses throughout 95 countries. From luxury to economy, each hotel shares a common, well-being and warm welcome.

Raffles Seychelles offers spectacular colleague accommodation, accompanied by world class facilities, transportation, uniforms, meals and boat tickets to and from Praslin/Mahé. The Resort features 86 luxurious villas, the award-winning Raffles Spa as well as several stylish and unique dining options. 

We offer excellent career development and growth opportunities for our colleagues who have the talent, dedication, drive and passion to be part of a leading global luxury hospitality brand.

POSITION DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE: Director of Quality, Integration and Performance LEVEL: Department Head

DEPARTMENT: Executive Office REPORTS TO: General Manager / Resort Manager

JOB SUMMARY

The Director of Quality, Integration and Performance is responsible for driving continuous

improvement of the hotel’s key quality indicators, guest experience, operational performance,

internal processes, and cross-departmental integration.

The individual works closely with guests, Department Heads, and colleagues to understand the

actual guest experience, identify service and operational gaps, analyze guest feedback and

performance data, determine root causes, and drive sustainable improvement initiatives.

The role establishes effective communication, integration, and follow-up processes across

departments, ensuring that important guest and operational information is shared accurately and

timely, actions are clearly assigned, and departments work collectively to deliver an exceptional

guest experience.

TALENT PLUS PROFILE

Drives and Values: Achievement – Expectation – Responsibility

Work Style: Adaptability – Intensity – Safety – Structure

People Acumen: Relator – Developer – Team – Service

Influence: Courage – Direction

Thought Process: Analytical – Common Sense – Problem SolverTHE ROLE

1. Quality & Service Excellence

• Provides inspirational leadership, clear vision, and direction to ensure delivery of the hotel’s

brand, values, standards, and service philosophy.

• Drives a culture of quality, continuous improvement, accountability, and ownership across the

hotel.

• Monitors key quality, guest experience, and operational performance indicators and identifies

opportunities for improvement.

• Conducts regular quality inspections and operational observations across key guest and service

touchpoints.

• Identifies gaps between established standards and the experience delivered to guests.

• Works with Department Heads to implement practical and sustainable improvements.

• Ensures colleagues understand and consistently deliver LQA, Forbes, brand, and hotel standards.

• Promotes quality as the responsibility of every colleague and department.

2. Guest Engagement & Experience

• Maintains regular and meaningful contact with guests to understand their experience,

expectations, concerns, and opportunities for improvement.

• Maintains a visible presence in guest areas and proactively engages with guests throughout their

stay.

• Personally listens to and understands significant guest concerns and complaints where

appropriate.

• Follows up with guests on significant service issues to ensure concerns have been properly

understood and addressed.

• Acts as a guest advocate by ensuring relevant concerns are communicated to the appropriate

departments and followed through to resolution.

• Builds strong professional relationships with regular guests, VIPs, and key guests where

appropriate.3. Guest Feedback & Service Recovery

• Handles and oversees significant guest complaints and service “glitches,” ensuring timely and

appropriate resolution.

• Maintains accurate records of guest complaints, feedback, service recovery, and follow-up

actions.

• Analyzes guest feedback from all relevant channels, including direct feedback, surveys,

TripAdvisor, ReviewPro, comment cards, and other platforms.

• Identifies recurring complaints, trends, service gaps, and emerging guest expectations.

• Works with relevant Department Heads to determine root causes and implement corrective

actions.

• Ensures service recovery is meaningful, personalized, timely, and followed up appropriately.

• Converts guest feedback and service failures into opportunities for operational and service

improvement.

4. Integration & Internal Communication

• Establishes effective communication processes to improve coordination and integration

between hotel departments.

• Ensures important guest, VIP, operational, quality, and service recovery information is

communicated accurately and on time.

• Identifies communication gaps, recurring breakdowns, and cross-departmental operational

challenges.

• Facilitates effective handovers, briefings, meetings, action trackers, and follow-up processes

where required.

• Ensures interdepartmental actions and commitments are clearly assigned, monitored, and

closed within agreed timelines.

• Facilitates cross-functional discussions when issues involve multiple departments.

• Works with Department Heads to strengthen collaboration and reduce departmental silos.

• Promotes transparency, information sharing, accountability, and collective ownership of the

guest experience.• Escalates recurring or significant communication and integration issues to the appropriate

Department Head and, where necessary, the General Manager.

5. Performance & Continuous Improvement

• Monitors and analyzes service performance scores and key hotel indicators on a regular basis.

• Uses data analysis, guest feedback, operational observations, and root-cause analysis to identify

performance gaps.

• Provides management with findings, trends, recommendations, and strategic direction for

improvement.

• Works with Department Heads to develop clear corrective and preventive action plans.

• Establishes measurable improvement initiatives with clear responsibilities and timelines.

• Monitors progress and effectiveness of improvement projects and communicates results to

management.

• Identifies hotel key drivers through guest and operational feedback to support quality charters

and improvement priorities.

• Uses quality findings and performance gaps to identify relevant coaching, learning, and

development needs.

• Ensures successful improvements are incorporated into SOPs, training, coaching, and

departmental practices.

• Promotes a culture of continuous learning and sustainable performance improvement.

6. Audits, Standards & Compliance

• Coordinates internal and external quality audits, LQA, Forbes, brand audits, mystery shoppers,

and other relevant assessments.

• Liaises with auditors, assessors, mystery shoppers, and relevant external partners.

• Prepares departments and colleagues for scheduled audits and quality assessments.

• Communicates audit findings to relevant Department Heads and ensures appropriate action

plans are developed.

• Tracks audit scores, corrective actions, and improvement plans through to completion.• Monitors recurring audit deficiencies and works with departments to address underlying causes.

• Ensures hotel standards, SOPs, and service procedures are consistently implemented.

7. Learning, Development & Quality Culture

• Partners with the Training Manager and Department Heads to identify learning needs arising

from Forbes, LQA, brand standards, guest feedback, audits, and performance results.

• Delivers and supports targeted quality coaching, briefings, workshops, role plays, and on-the-job

learning to strengthen luxury service behaviors.

• Coaches leaders and colleagues on Forbes, LQA, guest experience, service recovery,

communication, personalization, and attention to detail.

• Converts guest feedback, complaints, audit findings, and service gaps into practical learning and

coaching opportunities.

• Supports Department Heads in reinforcing standards through daily coaching, observation, and

feedback.

• Follows up on learning effectiveness through quality observations, guest feedback, audit results,

and performance indicators.

• Identifies and supports high-potential colleagues through coaching, mentoring, cross-functional

exposure, and development opportunities.

• Promotes a culture of continuous learning, accountability, and service excellence across the hotel.

8. Leadership & People Management

• Provides clear direction, coaching, support, and leadership to the Quality team.

• Sets expectations, monitors performance, recognizes achievement, and provides constructive

feedback.

• Mentors and develops team members and supports career progression and succession planning.

• Identifies individual training and development needs.

• Develops Department Heads and leaders as quality coaches who can reinforce standards

through daily leadership and feedback.

• Identifies and supports high-potential colleagues through coaching, mentoring, and

development opportunities.• Participates in recruitment, interviewing, onboarding, and succession planning activities as

required.

• Empowers colleagues to take ownership and responsibility in exceeding guest expectations.

• Maintains a professional senior management image with guests, colleagues, and external

stakeholders.

9. Operational Responsibilities

• Reports defects, safety concerns, maintenance issues, and operational deficiencies to the

appropriate departments and follows up on corrective actions.

• Maintains strong working relationships with all departments to support effective communication

and operational collaboration.

• Plans and organizes Quality, Integration and Performance activities according to business

requirements.

• Maintains accurate records of quality issues, inspections, audits, guest feedback, action plans,

and follow-ups.

• Protects the privacy, confidentiality, and security of guests and colleagues.

• Represents the hotel professionally at internal and external functions when required.

• Carries out any other reasonable duties and responsibilities as assigned by the General Manager.

OTHER DUTIES

• Ensures high standards of personal presentation and grooming and promotes these standards

amongst colleagues.

• Responds to changes in the Quality, Integration and Performance function as dictated by the

industry, company, brand, and hotel.

• Maintains positive guest and colleague interactions and strong working relationships.

• Attends and contributes to training sessions, meetings, and management discussions as

required.

• Represents the hotel professionally at external functions when required.

• Maintains knowledge of relevant statutory legislation, company policies, and hotel procedures.• Carries out any other reasonable duties and responsibilities as assigned.

TALENT PROFILE

Qualification

• Minimum Bachelor's degree in Hospitality Management, Hotel Management, or a related

discipline from a recognized leading European hospitality school, such as EHL Hospitality

Business School, Les Roches, Glion Institute of Higher Education, Swiss Hotel Management

School (SHMS), César Ritz Colleges, Hotel Institute Montreux (HIM), Hotelschool The Hague,

Vatel Hotel & Tourism Business School, or IMI International Management Institute Switzerland,

or an institution of comparable international standing outside of Europe such as Cornell

University, University of Houston or Purdue University, HKPU, NPU.

• Master’s degree in Hospitality Management, Luxury Management, Business Administration, or

a related discipline is preferred.

• Additional professional qualifications in luxury hospitality, quality management, service

excellence, or continuous improvement are an advantage.

Work Experience

• Minimum 4 years of relevant management experience in a luxury hotel or resort preferably

ranked as a Five Star Forbes Hotel or equivalent standing.

• Must have worked at a hotel or resort during the period in which the property achieved a

Forbes Five-Star rating.

• Demonstrated experience across at least three hotel operating departments.

• Experience in Quality Assurance, Guest Experience, Operations, or a similar management role.

• Strong understanding of luxury hotel operations and the complete guest journey.

• Demonstrated experience in driving quality improvement, service excellence, and cross

departmental initiatives.

• Experience with Forbes, LQA, luxury brand standards, quality audits, and mystery shopper

programs is preferred.

Technical Skills

• Proficient in English language and desirable for fluent or advanced proficiency in a source

market language including: Spanish, German or Italian.• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with strong guest relations capability.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and root-cause analysis skills.

• Very good command of spoken and written English.

• Knowledge of LQA, Forbes, luxury hospitality, and brand standards.

• Knowledge of Property Management Systems such as OPERA and guest feedback/reputation

management platforms.

• Competent computing skills, including Microsoft Office, Excel, and PowerPoint.

• Strong presentation, reporting, and data interpretation skills.