Job Description

Company Description

The Kanika Group is seeking to appoint a Chief Design Officer to lead the Kanika Design Studio and contribute to the Group’s overall strategy, design direction, brand standards, and future development. This executive role provides strategic leadership and oversight across architectural and interior design projects, technical specifications, FF&E standards, refurbishment and development projects, permitting, compliance, budgets, and consultant management. The successful candidate will lead multidisciplinary design teams and drive sustainable, innovative, and commercially viable design solutions aligned with the Group’s long-term vision and operational objectives.

As a member of the Group Executive Team, the Chief Design Officer will contribute to executive decision-making and play a key role in the operational performance and sustainable growth of the Kanika Group.

 

Key responsibilities

• Leading the Kanika Design Studio and overseeing internal and external multidisciplinary design teams
• Developing, implementing, and safeguarding the Group’s architectural, interior design, FF&E, and technical specification standards
• Overseeing hotel development, refurbishment, remodelling, and technical advisory projects across the Group
• Coordinating complex multidisciplinary hotel design processes, including architecture, interior design, engineering, landscape architecture, lighting, acoustics, fire and life safety engineering, and construction documentation
• Managing permitting processes, statutory compliance, technical approvals, and regulatory requirements
• Driving sustainable, innovative, and operationally effective design solutions aligned with the Group’s brand identity and commercial objectives
• Leading the preparation and implementation of construction methodologies, technical specifications, and project documentation
• Providing technical guidance on feasibility studies, land planning, hotel development opportunities, and operational functionality
• Managing consultants, technical advisors, project resources, budgets, timelines, and project delivery milestones
• Supporting procurement processes relating to construction materials, furniture, fixtures, equipment, and décor specifications
• Contributing to strategic planning, operational excellence, and long-term development initiatives across the Kanika Group

 

Profile

• Master of Architecture (M.Arch.) or a related discipline
• Minimum seven (7) years’ experience in a senior leadership role
• Proven experience leading multidisciplinary teams and managing large, complex design projects
• Strong track record in design management, project delivery, and executive-level decision-making
• Sound knowledge of technical specifications, statutory compliance, permitting, and construction processes
• Strong commercial awareness, stakeholder management, and strategic planning capabilities
• Excellent communication, presentation, and leadership skills

 

Core Competencies:

• Executive leadership and strategic decision-making
• Design governance, quality assurance, and brand standards management
• Technical judgment, regulatory compliance, and risk assessment
• Design project planning, prioritisation, and delivery execution
• Consultant coordination, stakeholder management, and team leadership
• Commercial acumen, cost control, and budget management
• Innovation, sustainability, and continuous improvement
• Resolution of complex design and technical challenges

 

All applications will be treated with the strictest confidentiality and reviewed directly by the Group CEO and Group Executive Chairman.

 

Please use the link below to submit your confidential application and include your CV and portfolio: https://form.asana.com/?k=Sp9RwZclzfgjMNmloaiTGg&d=6450303080948 

 

After you submit your application, for more information, please contact Mr Alexis Chrysostomou, Group Chief Executive Officer, at +35725814266 or via email at executive.recruitment@kanika-group.com

How to Apply

Interested candidates are kindly requested to send their CV to the HR Manager at executive.recruitment@kanika-group.com.

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Kanika Hotels & Resorts

KANIKA GROUP OF COMPANIES Kanika is a name that is synonymous with hotels, construction and development in Cyprus. A name that echoes five decades of operation and continuous growth. Founded in 1962 by Mr. Theodosis Karaolis, Kanika has grown in size, reputation and service. Since its earliest days, Kanika has been associated with a number of major construction projects throughout the Limassol area, some of which have carved the district's profile, and are regarded as prominent landmarks. One such project is the well-known Kanika Enaerios Complex, the biggest ever constructed in Cyprus, which incorporates over 750 apartments, shops, offices and even a hotel. Located on Limassol’s main beachfront avenue, the Kanika Enaerios Complex houses some of the trendiest cafes and restaurants in town that welcome some 1000 visitors a day. Soon after the establishment of the initial company, a veritable construction boom hit the island of Cyprus, and Kanika was ideally positioned to expand into a group of companies. Through its individual member companies – Kanika Developments Ltd, Kanika Property Management Ltd and Kanika Hotels & Resorts in Cyprus – the group branched out into areas of land development, property management and hotel ownership and management respectively. Today, the Kanika Group of Companies employs over 1,000 dedicated employees and has contributed tremendously to the economic and social development and progress of the island. Official Website: www.kanikahotels.com