Director of Sales - The Diplomat Beach Resort, Curio Collection by Hilton

Director Of Sales

Lead Sales Strategy into a New Era of Excellence

The Diplomat Beach Resort, South Florida's iconic oceanfront destination, is preparing for an exciting transformation into the Signia by Hilton brand in 2026. As our Director of Sales on the leadership team, you'll not only drive performance at a world-class resort, but also help shape the commercial vision for its next chapter as part of Hilton's premier meetings-and-events brand. This is your opportunity to lead through growth, inspire a high-performing team, and make a lasting impact on one of Hilton's flagship properties.

A Director of Sales is responsible for maximizing the value of the asset by driving above-market topline revenues and creating a world-class culture, to attract and retain the very best talent, across specific commercial functions. Hilton is seeking strategic leaders who understand how to bring people, process and performance together, to create a winning formula.

Hilton's Commercial Services organization is comprised of team members driving our sales, revenue, marketing, catering and events management, call centers, and analytics functions. These functions are the core of Hilton's "commercial engine" and are essential to Hilton's ability to drive profitable growth.

What will I be doing?

The primary responsibilities of this position are to lead the group, transient, and catering (where applicable) sales team at your hotel / complex and deploy business strategies that are creative, dynamic and impactful towards achieving your hotel's annual budget and crossover targets.

As the Director of Sales, you will be responsible for overseeing commercial strategies for your sales team. Your goal is to improve the performance of the sales team by connecting strategy and business processes. Business processes should be designed to impact revenue streams, including Rooms, Catering and Events. Key deliverables for this role are to set deployment, team composition, and provide a cadence of activities that are a "predictive and prescriptive" approach to drive performance.

In this role, you should possess strong leadership, communication, and networking skills. You will facilitate the delivery of the Americas Commercial Operating Model pertaining to rooms (and banquets) sales.

Strategy :

• Contribute to the hotel's Annual Multi-Year Strategic Intentions and Commercial Strategy, in partnership with the hotel commercial leadership team and regional sales, revenue and marketing support
• Directly accountable for setting the strategy and delivery of hotel's sales targets including Direct Selling Revenue Streams including group rooms, banquets, catering, business transient and leisure transient
• Work with Hotel's Commercial Leadership to ensure that Business Review Guidelines (current to + 5 years) and Group Pricing & Rate Quotation Strategies are in place in order to maximize all pricing components of sales and catering opportunities and achieve positive group market share
• Strategically align sales activities and outcomes with established optimal mix, contribute to the accuracy of revenue forecasts, while executing strategies for different demand periods and the retail and group pricing targets established
• Understand and contribute to the maximization of profits in line with GOP and EBITDA targets
• Operate within departmental expense budget and forecasts
• In collaboration with hotel's commercial leaders, contribute to the development of knowledge of all competitor and market activity

Leadership :

Ownership, Customer, and Stakeholder Relations :

What are we looking for?

To fulfill this role successfully, you should demonstrate the following minimum qualifications :

It would be helpful in this position for you to demonstrate the following capabilities and distinctions :

Since being founded in 1919, Hilton has been a leader in the hospitality industry. Today, Hilton remains a beacon of innovation, quality, and success. This continued leadership is the result of our Team Members staying true to our Vision, Mission, and Values. Specifically, we look for demonstration of these Values :

In addition, we look for the demonstration of the following key attributes :

What will it be like to work for Hilton?

Hilton is the leading global hospitality company, spanning the lodging sector from luxurious full-service hotels and resorts to extended-stay suites and mid-priced hotels. For nearly a century, Hilton has offered business and leisure travelers the finest in accommodations, service, amenities and value. Hilton is dedicated to continuing its tradition of providing exceptional guest experiences across its global brands. Our vision "to fill the earth with the light and warmth of hospitality" unites us as a team to create remarkable hospitality experiences around the world every day. And, our amazing Team Members are at the heart of it all!

The Benefits Hilton is proud to have an award-winning workplace culture ranking #2 Best Company To Work For in the U.S. We support the mental and physical wellbeing of all Team Members so they can thrive personally and professionally in a diverse and inclusive environment, thanks to innovative programs and benefits. Hilton offers its eligible team members a comprehensive benefits package including :