BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

Attractive salary package + opportunity to make your mark

Adelaide | DOMA Hotels

Are you a commercially driven hospitality sales professional who thrives on winning new business, building powerful relationships and creating opportunities?

DOMA Hotels is looking for an experienced Business Development Manager (SA) to join our expanding Commercial team.

This is an exciting opportunity to take ownership of proactive business development and account growth across our SA portfolio, with the opportunity to influence our broader commercial strategy as DOMA continues to grow.

What’s in it for you?

- Attractive salary package commensurate with experience

- A high-profile role within one of Australia’s leading independent hotel groups

- The opportunity to build and shape a growing SA client portfolio

- Work across a diverse and premium hotel portfolio

- Significant autonomy, visibility and influence

- Be part of a progressive business with exciting future growth and new hotel opportunities

- A culture that genuinely values relationships, performance and success

Our Story

The award winning Doma Hotels, located on the footsteps of Parliament House, in the elegant suburb of Barton. The resort style ‘Realm Precinct’ consists of; Hotel Realm, Burbury Hotel & Apartments, Little National Hotel and Brassey Hotel. Offering diverse, high-quality accommodation, conferencing and numerous food and beverage outlets.

Doma Hotels has been developing and managing hotels in Canberra for over 30 years, and today, Doma Hotels is one of Canberra’s largest independent hoteliers, leading the way in contemporary luxury. Our portfolio is recognised nationally from hotels, residential and commercial development, wellness, restaurants, day spas and more.

Little National Hotel Adelaide is the newest addition to DOMA Hotels' growing portfolio. Located on North Terrace in the heart of the CBD, the 237-room hotel was designed by Bates Smart with interiors by Luchetti Krelle - bringing a new luxury offering to Adelaide.

About the Role

The Business Development Manager SA will be a key driver of proactive sales growth and events across the SA market. The role will have a strong focus on driving both accommodation and meetings and events business, proactively identifying opportunities across corporate, group and event segments.

You will be responsible for winning new business,



growing strategic accounts, strengthening commercial partnerships and identifying untapped revenue opportunities across our new Adelaide hotel, while supporting future hotel openings within the portfolio.

This is a hands on, high impact role for someone who enjoys being out in the market, opening doors, creating connections and turning opportunities into measurable commercial results.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead proactive business development focused on growing key strategic accounts, building new business pipelines, increasing market penetration and strengthening base business.

- Drive new business opportunities across both accommodation and events, identifying opportunities to grow room nights, event revenue and total account value.

- Build, manage and maintain strong client relationships to drive repeat business, account growth and long-term commercial partnerships.

- Drive outbound sales activity including prospecting, networking, client appointments, relationship management, site inspections, industry engagement and strategic sales initiatives.

- Collaborate closely with the Coordination Service Centre (CSC) to ensure smooth transitions from business acquisition through to operational delivery and client servicing excellence.

- Develop and generate revenue from meeting and event spaces, including boardrooms and small meeting spaces, by engaging with local business markets and emerging account segments. Work closely with onsite property teams, C&E; Sales and CSC.

- Identify need periods, low-demand dates and commercial opportunity gaps, and develop targeted activation strategies and sales initiatives to support occupancy, utilisation and revenue performance.

- Develop and implement quarterly sales activations and commercial initiatives aligned to financial targets and business objectives, with clear and measurable ROI.

- Maintain strong oversight of account production, pipeline activity, conversion performance and proactive sales engagement to ensure commercial targets are achieved.





- Contribute to annual budget preparation and account forecasting with the Commercial Director, Revenue and Sales team, including projected account production, segment opportunities and revenue expectations across the portfolio.

- Monitor and evaluate the ROI of client entertaining, hosting, networking and business development initiatives to ensure commercial value and strategic alignment.

What You'll Bring

We’re looking for someone who is commercially ambitious, highly connected and motivated by results.

You will bring:

- Demonstrated experience in Business Development, Hotel Sales or a senior commercial role within hospitality with 3-5 years experience.

- Proven success in developing new business and growing key accounts.

- Strong commercial acumen with the ability to identify market opportunities and drive revenue growth.

- Excellent relationship management, negotiation and influencing skills.

- Outstanding presentation, communication and networking abilities.

- Strong organisational and time management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.

- Experience preparing sales forecasts, pipeline reporting and commercial performance reporting.

- Knowledge of CRM systems, Microsoft Office and hotel sales platforms.

- A sound understanding of corporate, conference, meetings and events sales.

- Strong knowledge of the Adelaide hospitality market.

Why you will love working with us

At Doma Hotels our mission is great people in great places providing exceptional experiences. We offer our staff extensive training and development, including our ‘Future You’ training platform. As well as a fun, vibrant and friendly working setting, and plenty of career pathway opportunities.

Doma staff receive great benefits, including (but not limited to) discounts across; accommodation (for themselves, friends and family), parking, wellness facilities (the spa and the gym), complimentary staff bootcamp, food and beverage, and early bird access to Doma residential apartment developments.

Join our Team, today and apply now!

Doma Hotels is an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive culture. Doma Hotels does not discriminate on the basis of disability, veteran status or any other basis protected under federal, state or local laws.

📌 Business Development Manager (Adelaide)
🏢 DOMA HOTELS
📍 Adelaide