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rooms division manager

Rooms division managers are in charge of managing and coordinating a team of employees at front desk, reservations, housekeeping and maintenance departments.

rooms division manager rooms division managers are in charge of managing and coordinating a team of employees at front desk, reservations, housekeeping and maintenance departments. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.50 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include comply with food safety and hygiene, manage inspections of equipment, coordinate activities across hospitality rooms division, manage front operations, manage budgets.

AI exposure
5.0/10
automation risk

Pay in the UK

UK: median £38,043 a year for Publicans and managers of licensed premises (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)

UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 1223). ONS rates this estimate acceptable: it rests on a small sample, so treat it as a rough guide. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)

Pay in India (occupation group)

Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Managers” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only rooms division manager, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.

Urban India
₹55,360 a month
Rural India
₹31,701 a month
All India
₹50,408 a month

Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 1. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report

Top skills

comply with food safety and hygiene manage inspections of equipment coordinate activities across hospitality rooms division manage front operations manage budgets handle customer complaints monitor financial accounts manage staff coordinate redecoration of hospitality establishment train reception staff

Knowledge you'll build

  • English Language
  • Administration and Management
  • Personnel and Human Resources
  • Customer and Personal Service
  • Mathematics
  • Sales and Marketing
  • Administrative
  • Computers and Electronics

What you'd actually do

  • Answer inquiries pertaining to hotel policies and services, and resolve occupants' complaints.
  • Participate in financial activities, such as the setting of room rates, the establishment of budgets, and the allocation of funds to departments.
  • Confer and cooperate with other managers to ensure coordination of hotel activities.
  • Greet and register guests.
  • Monitor the revenue activity of the hotel or facility.
  • Manage and maintain temporary or permanent lodging facilities.

Tools & technology you'd use

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Frequently asked questions

What does rooms division manager do?

Rooms division managers are in charge of managing and coordinating a team of employees at front desk, reservations, housekeeping and maintenance departments.

What skills does rooms division manager need?

The most in-demand skills for this role include comply with food safety and hygiene, manage inspections of equipment, coordinate activities across hospitality rooms division, manage front operations, manage budgets, handle customer complaints. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Will AI replace rooms division manager?

Our AI-durability model gives rooms division manager a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.

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