Revenue Manager - Property

Location: Cape Town
Type: Full-time, hybrid position.

Salary offered: Market related and negotiable dependent on experience

Our client is a rapidly growing hospitality and property platform and they are looking to recruit a commercially minded Revenue Manager to optimise the financial performance of a diverse short-term rental portfolio.

This role is ideal for a data-driven professional with strong commercial instincts and experience in revenue management within the short-term rental or hospitality space. The successful candidate will take ownership of pricing strategy, forecasting and performance optimisation across a multi-property portfolio, working closely with distribution and leadership teams to drive revenue growth and margin improvement.

You will operate at both a tactical and strategic level- monitoring daily performance while building long-term revenue models that support portfolio expansion and investment decisions.

• Monitor and analyse revenue performance across the portfolio on a daily basis
• Identify underperforming properties and implement immediate tactical adjustments
• Track occupancy, ADR, and RevPAR across short-term and mid-term rental units

• Build revenue forecasts for new property acquisitions to support growth strategy
• Maintain and update monthly forecasts for the existing portfolio
• Support leadership with scenario modelling and performance projections

• Develop and implement dynamic pricing strategies to maximise occupancy and yield
• Manage rates, discounts, and availability across individual homes and multi-unit properties
• Optimise pricing across both short-term and mid-term rental segments

• Work closely with the distribution team to define rate strategies across booking platforms
• Optimise performance across OTAs such as Airbnb, and VRBO
• Assess channel mix and margin impact to maximise net revenue

• Track market trends, local demand drivers, events, and competitor pricing
• Prepare and present monthly performance reports to leadership
• Highlight key risks, opportunities, and recommendations for portfolio optimisation

• 2+ years' experience in Revenue Management within short-term rentals or hospitality
• Strong analytical capability with advanced Excel skills
• Experience using dynamic pricing tools (e.g. PriceLabs, Wheelhouse, Key Data)
• Familiarity with Property Management Systems (Guesty or similar)
• Strong commercial understanding of channel economics and margin drivers

• Experience with Power BI or other data visualisation tools
• Background in financial modelling or commercial analysis

• Highly detail-oriented with the ability to operate both tactically and strategically
• Proactive and forward-thinking, able to anticipate demand trends
• Strong communicator who can translate complex data into actionable insights
• Commercial, curious, and comfortable working in a fast-growing environment

• Join a high-growth hospitality and property platform with a scalable portfolio
• Take ownership of a core commercial function with direct impact on revenue
• Work closely with senior leadership and distribution teams
• Hybrid flexible working environment
• Strong opportunity for long term growth and progression