Regional Kitchen Manager

As Regional Kitchen Manager (Director of Kitchen Operations), you'll lead kitchen excellence across an entire region made up of multiple markets, kitchen locations, and the multi-unit leaders who run them. You'll drive results through your Area Leaders — setting the standard for food quality, safety, and operational efficiency at scale, while building the leadership bench that will carry the brand's growth forward. You'll balance big-picture regional strategy with the discipline to hold your leaders accountable to goop Kitchen's uncompromising standards.

You'll be Responsible For:

• Regional Operational Leadership: Oversee day-to-day kitchen operations across your entire region by leading, coaching, and holding your Area Leaders accountable ensuring consistency, efficiency, and top-tier execution at every location.
• Food Quality & Safety: Set and enforce rigorous regional standards for ingredient sourcing, food safety, and overall quality—because nothing less than the best makes the cut, at every location, every time.
• Team & Multi-Unit Leader Development: Build, inspire, and lead a high-performing culinary and operations team, fostering a culture of excellence, collaboration, and continuous learning; develop a bench of strong leaders including succession planning, performance management, and career pathing for future regional leaders.
• Efficiency & Innovation: Identify opportunities to streamline processes, optimize kitchen workflows, and implement cutting-edge systems to enhance productivity.
• P+L & Cost Management: Own budgeting, purchasing, and inventory control performance across your region, maximizing efficiency without compromising on quality.
• Guest Experience: Ensure every meal served across your region meets goop Kitchen's uncompromising standards, delivering food that's fresh, clean, and bursting with flavor.
• Growth & Expansion: Play a key role in our expansion strategy, helping us scale while maintaining the integrity of our menus, service, and operations.
• Standardization Across Markets: Drive consistent SOPs, training, and operational systems across all markets in your region, ensuring every location and leader operates from the same playbook.
• Cross-Functional Partnership: Collaborate with the Senior Director of Operations and peer regional leaders to align on company-wide initiatives, share best practices, and support enterprise-level decision-making.