Job Description

Location: Whitsundays, Queensland

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The Opportunity

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Lindeman Island is coming back to life. Ahead of its relaunch as a landmark Le Méridien resort in the Whitsundays, we are appointing a Pre-Opening General Manager to build the operation from the ground up the operating model, the team, the systems and the commercial foundations and then lead it.

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This is a builder's role, not a conventional stabilised hotel GM position. It suits someone hands-on, commercially driven and comfortable operating in a rapid-paced, AI-enabled environment with an entrepreneurial owner and an experienced hotel operator.

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Set within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park at the southern gateway to the Whitsundays, the resort will carry Le Méridien's European-inspired aesthetic and cultural curiosity premium accommodation, curated dining and beverage, and marine and nature-based experiences delivered through a deliberately lean, technology-enabled operating model in a fully self-contained island setting that demands leadership, resilience and operational ingenuity.

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The Role

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A live-in role on Lindeman Island, with accommodation provided.

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You will:

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- Build the pre-opening organisation recruitment, training, SOPs, operating systems and commercial foundations working with ownership, La Vie Hotels & Resorts and Marriott
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- Own the operating budget and, post-opening, the full resort P&L;, delivering agreed revenue, GOP and EBITDA outcomes
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- Run a complex remote operation end-to-end: rooms, F&B;, engineering, logistics, marine and recreation, plus the island's own power, water and waste
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- Operate inside an AI-first management system: significant analysis, planning and decision papers are worked through AI tooling - verified by you, owned by you, executed by you
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- Challenge traditional hotel practice wherever technology,



automation or process redesign delivers a better commercial outcome
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- Carry personal "officer" duties under the Queensland Work Health and Safety Act
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About You

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- This role is designed for an accomplished senior operator ready to step into their first full General Manager appointment.
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- 10+ years in hospitality, including 3–5 years of genuine independent command with budget or P&L; accountability and real consequences for performance
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- Currently a Deputy GM, EAM, Hotel Manager or Resort Manager at a full-service property; remote or island experience highly regarded
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- A demonstrably heavy AI user already running your daily work through AI, not merely "open to it". This is assessed live in our process
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- Commercially driven, with strong financial literacy (budget → GOP/EBITDA); a career foundation in sales & marketing or finance is highly regarded
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- Self-sufficient in a remote setting: logistics under isolation, weather resilience, live-in team leadership and self-discipline without close supervision
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- Full Australian working rights, and ready to make Lindeman Island your base
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- High integrity around procurement and financial authority, verified through structured references
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- Advantages: pre-opening or development-phase experience; Marriott system experience; Mandarin capability, given the resort's China-linked supply chain; and trade or M&E; literacy the island runs its own power, water and waste
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Why This Role

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This is not a role for the cautious.

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You will build something extraordinary from the ground up, on one of the most beautiful islands on earth, under one of the world's most celebrated brands — with an entrepreneurial ownership group and experienced hotel operator committed to a genuinely different way of running a resort.

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The package is performance-weighted, with substantial upside tied to delivered results.

📌 Pre-Opening General Manager - Le Méridien Lindeman Island (Whitsunday Regional)
🏢 La Vie Hotels & Resorts
📍 Whitsunday Regional