Executive Assistant to the General Manager (Saudi National)
- Full-time
- Job-Category: Executive & Hotel Management
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Schedule: Full-Time
Company Description
About Faena
Faena creates cultural epicenters—living stages where art, design, and warm, attentive hospitality convene to craft a feast for the senses. We are a Cultural Embassy that invites guests to seek the extraordinary, shaping worlds that feel profoundly personal, welcoming, and alive.
“At Wadi Safar, we are shaping a new world where art, architecture, and nature live in harmony. Guided by a shared respect for culture and craft, this collaboration with Diriyah Company reflects our belief that beauty can elevate everyday life and inspire a new way of living.”
— Alan Faena
Job Description
The Role
As Executive Assistant to the General Manager, you will be the conductor behind the scenes—ensuring rhythm, clarity, and seamless orchestration across the GM’s agenda, stakeholders, and pre-opening priorities.
You will act as a trusted confidant, coordinator, and cultural bridge—enabling the GM to lead Faena Wadi Safar with presence, vision, and authority, while ensuring that every interaction, meeting, and correspondence reflects the property’s elegance and attention to detail.
What You Will Create
A Seamless Executive Rhythm
- Manage the GM’s schedule, priorities, and communications with finesse—ensuring clarity, timing, and alignment across all departments, owners, and partners.
Pre-Opening Mastery
- Support pre-opening coordination by tracking critical paths, milestones, and key deliverables—helping to make complex projects feel inevitable and effortless.
A Trusted Extension of Leadership
- Act as a discreet and confident representative of the GM—anticipating needs, resolving challenges, and ensuring stakeholders experience clarity, warmth, and professionalism.
Operational Harmony
Coordinate meetings, briefings, and events with precision—turning operational details into seamless, well-orchestrated experiences.
Collaboration & Influence
- Foster relationships with internal leadership, teams, and external stakeholders—supporting Saudization initiatives and promoting a culture of trust, respect, and alignment.
Presence with Purpose
- Enable the GM to focus on strategy, culture, and guest experience—ensuring the heartbeat of Faena Wadi Safar remains vibrant, expressive, and aligned with its ethos.
Qualifications
Who You Are
A Saudi National with experience supporting senior leadership, ideally in luxury hospitality, mixed-use developments, or high-profile executive environments.
Exceptionally organized, culturally fluent, and emotionally intelligent, with the ability to anticipate needs and solve challenges discreetly.
Fluent in Arabic and English, with outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
Skilled at managing multiple priorities, sensitive information, and complex calendars with grace, presence, and precision.
Passionate about creating structure, clarity, and rhythm while preserving warmth, discretion, and elegance.
Additional Information
What’s in it for you...
- Lots of opportunity to progress and switch it up as part of a global family of brands.
- Great healthcare, competitive salary, and some nice extra perks across the Ennismore family of brands!
- Learning opportunities to broaden your skillset and development that helps you think, make, and thrive at work
- The opportunity to be yourself and collaborate with other bright minds in a relaxed, innovative culture