Housekeeping Manager

Posted 6 Hours Ago
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2 Locations
In-Office or Remote
Mid level
Events • Food • Travel • Hospitality • Hotels & Resorts
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The Role
Lead daily hotel housekeeping operations, enforce brand cleanliness standards, inspect guestrooms and facilities, resolve complex cleaning and sanitation issues, and optimize labor and supplies. Develop, coach, and retain a large housekeeping team while managing schedules, inventories, training records, compliance documentation, productivity, and reporting. Serve as the department’s technical expert and drive continuous improvement, guest satisfaction, employee engagement, and operational excellence.
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Exceptional Hospitality Starts with You

To Lead Standards. Develop People. Drive Excellence.

 

We are looking for an experienced and highly capable Housekeeping Manager who combines exceptional operational expertise with outstanding people leadership.

This role is critical to maintaining the highest cleanliness standards throughout the hotel while building a highly engaged, motivated and performance-driven housekeeping team. The successful candidate will be a hands-on leader with deep technical knowledge of housekeeping operations, cleaning chemicals, equipment, surface care and stain-removal techniques, while also possessing the leadership skills required to coach, develop and retain a large and diverse workforce.

Responsibilities

Here's what you'll do during a typical day:

  • Ensure full implementation and continuous compliance with all hotel and brand housekeeping standards across guestrooms, public areas and back-of-house facilities.
  • Lead daily housekeeping operations through active supervision, inspection, coaching and follow-up.
  • Serve as the department's subject matter expert for cleaning methodologies, chemical applications, equipment usage and surface care.
  • Identify, troubleshoot and resolve complex cleaning challenges, including specialist treatment of stains, surface damage and sanitation-related issues.
  • Conduct detailed quality inspections and drive continuous improvement initiatives to maintain exceptional cleanliness scores and guest satisfaction.
  • Develop, mentor and train housekeeping team members, creating a culture of accountability, learning and operational excellence.
  • Build strong engagement within the department, fostering a positive working environment where team members feel respected, supported and motivated.
  • Actively support employee retention through effective communication, recognition and people-focused leadership.
  • Ensure efficient management of departmental administration, including scheduling, productivity monitoring, inventories, training records, compliance documentation and operational reporting.
  • Optimize labor productivity, resource allocation and supply utilization while maintaining service excellence.
Qualifications

What It Takes to Make the Stay

Candidate Profile

  • Proven leadership experience within housekeeping operations in internationally branded hotels or high-standard hospitality environments.
  • Demonstrated success leading and developing large housekeeping teams in fast-paced operational environments.
  • Advanced knowledge of cleaning chemicals, machinery, cleaning procedures, hygiene standards and surface maintenance requirements.
  • Strong expertise in identifying and resolving difficult cleaning, hygiene and maintenance-related challenges.
  • Track record of improving quality standards, operational consistency and team performance.
  • Exceptional coaching, training and people development capabilities.
  • Strong organizational skills with the ability to balance operational priorities and departmental administration.
  • Highly visible, hands-on leadership style with a passion for developing people and creating high-performing teams.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to build trust and credibility across all levels of the organization.

 

What Success Looks Like

The ideal candidate is more than an operational leader. They are:

  • A recognized expert in housekeeping standards and best practices.
  • A mentor who develops future supervisors and department leaders.
  • A trusted leader who earns the respect of their team through fairness, consistency and expertise.
  • A problem solver who thrives on finding effective solutions to operational challenges.
  • A champion of employee engagement and team satisfaction.
  • A quality-driven professional who takes pride in delivering exceptional guest and team experiences every day.

If you are passionate about operational excellence, people development and setting the highest housekeeping standards, we would love to hear from you.

 

At Hilton, our core values define what it takes to succeed here and guide the qualities we look for in every team member:

A passion for spreading the light and warmth of Hospitality. Acting with Integrity and always doing the right thing. Inspiring others through Leadership. A belief that Teamwork drives the best outcomes. A sense of Ownership and accountability. And a focus on the Now, bringing urgency and discipline to every moment, knowing it can make a lasting impact.

About Us
Join an Award-Winning Workplace Culture
At Hilton, we don’t just deliver exceptional experiences for our guests—we build an exceptional workplace for the Team Members who make it all possible. As a global leader in hospitality, we’ve welcomed more than 3 billion guests worldwide, all while staying true to our founding vision: to fill the earth with the light and warmth of hospitality.
Our award-winning culture has earned us repeated recognition on the World’s Best Workplaces list by Great Place to Work and Fortune. With our suite of world-class brands, and a company-wide commitment to providing the best stay for every guest, we’re setting new standards for the future of travel.
Whether you’re starting your career or exploring something new, Hilton supports your journey every step of the way. Come for the job, stay for the career—and help us make every stay a little more magical.
Curious about life at Hilton? Explore our Careers Blog to see why we’re more than a great place to stay—we’re a great place to work. 

Skills Required

  • Proven leadership experience within housekeeping operations in internationally branded hotels or high-standard hospitality environments
  • Experience leading and developing large housekeeping teams in fast-paced operational environments
  • Advanced knowledge of cleaning chemicals, machinery, cleaning procedures, hygiene standards, and surface maintenance requirements
  • Expertise identifying and resolving difficult cleaning, hygiene, and maintenance-related challenges
  • Track record of improving quality standards, operational consistency, and team performance
  • Coaching, training, and people development capabilities
  • Strong organizational skills balancing operational priorities and departmental administration
  • Hands-on leadership style focused on developing people and creating high-performing teams
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Hilton Compensation & Benefits Highlights

  • Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Go Hilton provides heavily discounted hotel stays for team members and extends access to family and friends, with up to 110 discounted nights and rates as low as $40 in some cases. Additional wellbeing resources include an Employee Assistance Program, mental-health support, caregiving resources, and programs like Thrive and sabbaticals.
  • Retirement Support — A 401(k) is offered with a company match of 100% on the first 3% of eligible pay plus 50% on the next 2%. This structure provides meaningful employer support for long‑term savings.
  • Parental & Family Support — New parents receive 4 weeks of fully paid parental leave, with birthing parents receiving an additional 8 weeks for a total of 12 weeks. Support extends to adoption assistance up to $10,000 per eligible child and resources for caregiving.

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The Company
HQ: McLean, VA
500,000 Employees
Year Founded: 1919

What We Do

Hilton (NYSE: HLT) is a leading global hospitality company with a portfolio of 28 world-class brands comprising more than 9,400 properties and nearly 1.4 million rooms, in 144 countries and territories. Dedicated to fulfilling its founding vision to fill the earth with the light and warmth of hospitality, Hilton has welcomed over 4 billion guests in its more than 100-year history. Named as the No. 1 World’s Best Workplace by Great Place to Work and Fortune, Hilton aims to create the best culture for its 500,000 team members around the world. Hilton has introduced industry-leading technology enhancements to improve the guest experience, including Digital Key Share, automated complimentary room upgrades and the ability to book confirmed connecting rooms. Through the award-winning guest loyalty program Hilton Honors, the more than 260 million Hilton Honors members who book directly with Hilton can earn Points for hotel stays and experiences money can't buy. With the free Hilton Honors app, guests can book their stay, select their room, check in, unlock their door with a Digital Key and check out, all from their smartphone.

Why Work With Us

Hilton is proud to be recognized as the World’s Best Workplace by Great Place to Work and Fortune. At Hilton, every job makes the stay. Team Members can make an impact, be themselves, build new skills, grow their careers, explore opportunities around the world, and enjoy people-first benefits like Go Hilton travel discounts.

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