General Manager Home Hotel Jugend

Home sweet home. Ready to move in?
Home Hotel is more than a hotel, it is a place that feels like home, even when you’re away. We go beyond offering just a bed for the night - we want to create an experience that lingers long after our guests leave. A place so warm, welcoming, and comfortable that guests feel like they’ve settled into their own living room.

Home Hotel Jugend is located on Lönnrotinkatu in a magnificent, 120-year-old Art Nouveau castle. With 171 rooms and 8 unique meeting and event spaces, this stone castle of a thousand details is one of Helsinki’s most beloved Jugendstil buildings, crowned by the spectacular Jugend Hall. Authenticity, courage, and warmth are the core values that guide everything we do here, supported by a diverse, vibrant, and highly motivated team.

Now, we are looking for a General Manager who wants to step into this extraordinary, historic property and drive Jugend forward into its next exciting phase.

What you’ll do:

You will be the heart of a house where relationships mean everything. You are a down-to-earth, independent, hands-on leader who is secure, unassuming, and loves to be where the action is. Your natural place is on the floor, deeply connected with both your team and your guests.

You lead with trust, empathy, and genuine care, understanding the value of preserving the strong, multicultural culture the team has built together. At the same time, you are commercially driven with a sharp financial mind. In a historic building, property and facility management and maintenance will naturally be on your desk and that requires documented experience. 

You love hitting ambitious goals, but you know that true profitability is born out of authentic hospitality and strong relationships. You see business opportunities in everything, balance a strategic mindset with high operational presence, and know that leadership is about being the type of person who gets things done, solves problems, and is simply great to be around. 

You’ll shine here if you are:

As a Home Hotel and Strawberry leader you are expected to live the culture by energizing teams and creating engaging workplaces where people love to come to work. You build bridges through relationships, collaboration, and trust. You own it by making decisions with the company's best interests in mind, setting clear goals, and holding yourself and others accountable for achieving results. You lead the way with vision and purpose, and fuel potential by maximizing individual strengths to help others reach their full potential.

Key traits we value: 

• Strong, documented leadership experience from the hospitality or service industry, with a deeply empathetic, guest-first mindset and ability for independent decision making.

• A proven track record of managing budgets, KPIs, and driving growth and profitability. 

• Property and facility management and maintenance knowledge.

• A natural ability to balance high-level strategic thinking with being operational, creative, and resourceful in solving daily challenges.

• Professional fluency in Finnish and English is required for this role. Knowledge of Swedish is considered a distinct advantage.

We value the power of diversity within Strawberry. Different backgrounds, experiences, and ideas create a unique and inspiring work environment

That little extra we offer to all our employees at Strawberry:

• A supportive, inviting work environment that values your contributions

• Opportunities for growth and development within Strawberry’s dynamic network

• Staff discounts and friends & family rates at our 200+ hotels

• Four free hotel nights each year 

• 25% discount on food & beverages at all our restaurants & bars

• Sweet deals on experiences, travels, retail and more
  
  

Ready to make yourself at home?
Apply now and become a key part of our journey. We review applications on a rolling basis, so don’t wait - positions may be filled before the deadline. This is a permanent full time position with a start date to be agreed upon. 

Last application date: 9th August 2026

If you have questions, reach out to:
[email protected] - Anna Eklund, Director of Operations Sverige & Finland

[email protected] - Director, People Performance