Business Development Manager - QT Gold Coast

About EVT: QTGold Coast is part of EVT, one of Australasia’s market-leading experience creators offering careers that can take you wherever you want to go across entertainment, ventures, and travel. In a world of cookie cutter experiences, here at EVT we believe in changing the game. It’s why we all call ourselves Daymakers - because each day is a chance to add the wow factor for our customers and continually grow in our own careers.

QT Hotels & Resorts is EVT’s premium lifestyle hotel brand, with locations in Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. Pioneers behind the philosophy of ‘unexpected and unrequested’, with every guest engagement presenting an opportunity to delight, and every QT property inspired by local influence with signature quirk. And our people? With personalities as diverse as each property, individuality is more than encouraged.

EVT has an endless range of roles and careers paths to explore across over 140  entertainment  experiences like Event Cinemas and Moonlight Cinemas, 150 award winning restaurants and bars, and 80+ hotels, including QT, Rydges, Atura, LyLo, Independent Collection and Australia’s most loved year round alpine resort, Thredbo. Our ventures include a ~$2.3B property portfolio and hotel management, just to name a few. Once you’re in, there’s no limits on where your career could take you.

The Opportunity

QT Gold Coast is looking for a driven, relationship-first Business Development Manager to lead proactive sales and grow our presence across the Gold Coast's corporate, MICE and leisure markets.

This is a genuinely outward-facing role. You'll be in market building relationships, opening doors, converting opportunities and giving clients new reasons to choose QT. Working closely with the Director Sales, you'll own a strong pipeline of new business and help grow QT's share of the Gold Coast's competitive luxury and lifestyle hotel market.

Key responsibilities

• Lead proactive sales for the hotel, including sales calls, site inspections and face-to-face client meetings
• Partner with Director of Sales on strategic account development and new business opportunities
• Convert MICE and room night leads, winning business from the competition through confident client engagement
• Build a strong pipeline of new corporate room night business and revenue-generating initiatives
• Support national sales with rate tenders, keeping accurate records of business won, lost and pending
• Track market mix, pricing and competitor movements to keep QT ahead
• Maintain strong relationships with key decision-makers, meeting planners and industry stakeholders
• Represent QT Gold Coast in the local business community, building a network that drives new opportunities
• Keep CRM system iVvy fully up to date so all client activity is tracked and visible to the team
• Work with the Conference & Events team to ensure a seamless handover from conversion through to delivery

What you'll bring

• Proven experience in hotel or hospitality sales, ideally with an existing network across the Gold Coast's corporate and MICE market
• A confident, proactive approach to new business development, and a genuine drive to seek out and win new leads
• Strong commercial acumen, comfortable working with P&L reports, forecasts, budgets and revenue targets
• Excellent relationship-building skills at every level, from General Manager through to key clients and stakeholders

How You Work

• Daymaker ethos — no one’s too big for the small things.
• Inclusive leader — values diverse perspectives; builds belonging.
• Owner’s mindset — acts on data/feedback; ships improvements.

Perks from Day One

As part of EVT, you unlock Elevate Perks from your first day. Parity for all levels - no ivory towers.

• 50% off dining and stays across EVT hotels – QT, Rydges, Atura, LyLo and more.
• $2 movie tickets + discounts on Gold Class, Moonlight Cinema and Candy Bar.
• Seasonal perks at Thredbo.
• Rapid career growth across our hotel & entertainment network.
• Paid parental leave; community & volunteering opportunities.

Apply Now

Join QTand become an EVT experience creator, opportunity taker, the ultimate Daymaker.

Join and make a positive impact on our people, communities, and environment every day.

Send your CV and a short cover letter. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and review applications as they come in - don’t wait! We can’t wait to see the places your career will go with EVT.

When you click apply, you’ll be taken to our secure EVT careers portal (powered by Dayforce). This is our official system for managing applications across the EVT Group. You’ll simply enter your details and answer a few quick screening questions so we can get to know you better.