Job Ref: 13372
Branch: Head Office - Edinburgh
Location: Head Office, Edinburgh
Salary/Benefits: Competitive Salary plus excellent company benefits perks.
Contract type: Fixed Term
Hours: Full Time
Hours per week: 40
Posted date: 22/07/2026
Closing date: 02/09/2026
Why join Apex Hotels?
You’ll be welcomed into Apex Hotels with genuine warmth as you join us as a Programme Manager at our Apex Hotels House office in Edinburgh. From your very first day, you’ll be part of a team that truly cares, where people feel valued, included, and connected. We love individuality - it’s what brings the spark, the curiosity, and the human touch to every interaction.
This is a fixed term role for 2 years.
Role Overview:
We are looking for an experienced Programme Manager to lead and coordinate strategic projects across Apex Hotels. Sitting at the heart of our transformation journey, this role will drive the planning and delivery of cross-functional programmes that support our ambition to be a modern, purpose-driven hospitality business.
Working closely with leadership, operational, commercial and central teams, you will ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget and aligned to our guest experience ambitions, commercial objectives, technology strategy and brand standards. This is an exciting opportunity to influence change across our hotel portfolio, helping shape the future of Apex Hotels.
Main Responsibilities:
- Lead the delivery of strategic transformation and hotel improvement projects across Apex Hotels.
- Manage programme roadmaps, timelines and key project milestones.
- Oversee programme governance, including risks, issues and project reporting.
- Responsibility for project budgets, resource alignment and benefits realisation.
- Work closely with the cross-divisional Technology Transformation Team, operational stakeholders and external partners to coordinate cross-functional planning and delivery.
- Lead the successful implementation and adoption of new processes and ways of working.
- Lead continuous improvement in project management standards, technology tools and practices.
About You:
You are a highly organised and commercially aware Programme Manager with a proven track record of delivering complex projects in fast-paced, customer-focused environments. A strong communicator and relationship builder, you thrive on bringing people together, overcoming challenges and turning strategic ambitions into measurable results.
Passionate about delivering positive outcomes, you understand the importance of balancing commercial performance with exceptional guest and colleague experiences. You are comfortable operating across multiple projects and stakeholders while maintaining a clear focus on quality, delivery and continuous improvement.
Key Skills Experience:
- Proven programme and project management experience within a complex, multi-site environment.
- Strong stakeholder management, communication and influencing skills.
- Commercially aware with experience managing budgets, risks and project delivery.
- Highly organised, able to manage multiple priorities and drive successful outcomes.
- Collaborative and adaptable, with a passion for delivering positive business, guest and colleague experiences.
Benefits
- 30 days holiday
- Training and development from day one
- Employee events and celebrations
- Inhouse company interactive employee communication APP
- Entry to our state-of-the-art gym and pools
- Access to an external Employee Assistance Programme
- Financial Wellbeing App, allowing you the flexibility to get paid earlier than your normal monthly pay date
- £200 referral bonus when your friends or family join the team
Following your first successful 3 months, you'll also receive...
- Access to our discounts and wellbeing platform "Treat Yourself Here", unlocking savings and experiences for you and your family
- Involvement in our employee recognition schemes
- Long service recognition
- Probation pass and annual anniversary complimentary guest experience overnight stay and dinner for two
- 50% discount in our restaurants
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Discounted room rates for employees, friends, and family
- Spa treatments and product discounts
- Life Assurance cover
Come and join our team, guided by our values of trust, friendliness, teamwork, and passion - the good stuff that makes hospitality feel effortless. Here, you'll shine in your own way, creating joyful moments that lift the everyday.
Please note, this role does not meet the requirements for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route.
