The District Operator is a high-accountability leader who partners with the executive team and brand support departments to deliver operational excellence across a portfolio of restaurants. This role requires hands-on leadership, disciplined execution, and the ability to teach, train, and hold teams to high standards.

What are we looking for?

A strategic operator with a roll-up-your-sleeves mentality. • Minimum 5 years of multi-unit restaurant leadership experience, ideally in casual or fine dining environments with premium guest expectations. • Proficiency in reading and interpreting financial statements, with the ability to translate insights into action. • Experience in HR policy and procedure adherence, including performance management, compliance, and employee relations. • Skilled in forecasting, budgeting, and building schedules that optimize labor performance. • Ability to assess reports, identify key metrics, and coach teams to improve based on data. • Strong communicator with the ability to influence, align, and motivate. • Proven success in building a talent bench by teaching and training others. • Committed to executing the vision of a founder-led restaurant group with high-touch service standards. • Tech-savvy and fluent in operational platforms like Toast, Restaurant365, and Microsoft Office Suite. • Comfortable with a travel requirement of up to 40%. • A self-starter who can work autonomously, implement new procedures, and drive results independently. • Skilled at building and managing location-level budgets.

In your role, you will:

• Provide leadership and oversight to multiple restaurant locations, ensuring consistency, culture, and performance across the district. • Partner with GMs to execute operations flawlessly, maintain compliance, and improve both guest satisfaction and team engagement. • Own all facets of financial oversight including weekly P&Ls, forecasting, labor strategy, and cost management. • Coach and support location leaders in building effective schedules and staffing models to match business trends. • Teach and mentor emerging leaders while actively recruiting and developing internal talent pipelines. • Serve as a key driver of systems implementation and procedural consistency across the organization. • Be a culture ambassador who leads by example and consistently delivers on brand values and guest experience expectations. • Travel regularly to conduct on-site evaluations, provide support, and ensure operational alignment.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, age, marital or veteran status, physical or mental disability, arrest record, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state and local laws.

Flexible work from home options available.