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Director of Culinary Operations & Food Systems
Expert VA · United States · back to the listing
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74/100
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Operations Manager
91% confident
What this role officially is
operations manager — ESCO, the EU occupation classification
Operations managers plan, oversee and coordinate the daily operations of production of goods and provision of services. They also formulate and implement company policies and plan the use of human resources and materials.
Also known as: division operations manager, operations administrator, operations supervisor, operations general manager, operations director, business operations manager
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What the listing never says
- 26 bullet points. Long requirement lists deter qualified candidates, who read them as hard gates. Scope clarity
- No pay range published. Candidates cannot tell whether applying is worth their time. Pay transparency
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This is a remote position.
Job Description
We need someone who can diagnose an entire culinary system, fix urgent product and quality problems fast, and then build the systems — recipes, specs, training, food safety — that let quality survive growth and turnover across multiple locations.
This is a fully remote role. A dedicated on-site Head Chef already handles floor-level kitchen execution — your focus is on the systems, standards, and leadership that keep quality consistent across every location, not day-to-day kitchen presence.
What You'll Own
• Assess the current state of products, menus, recipes, and suppliers using data, reports, and remote evidence review
• Diagnose and direct fixes for taste, consistency, and food-safety failures — working through the on-site Head Chef and location teams
• Build controlled recipes and process standards with clear tolerances and version control
• Lead menu engineering — fix, reposition, or cut underperforming products
• Establish food-safety and traceability controls, with root-cause analysis on failures
• Recruit, train, and develop culinary leaders across locations remotely
• Own the culinary drivers of food cost, waste, and margin
Requirements
What We're Looking For
• Significant senior culinary leadership in a complex, multi-location environment
• Proven ability to restore product quality and build repeatable systems — not just cook well
• Comfortable leading and directing kitchen execution remotely, through on-site leads
• Strong understanding of food cost, yield, and labor economics
• Food safety and quality assurance experience
• Advanced, practical use of AI and data tools for culinary management
Bonus Points
• Experience managing across multiple concepts, cuisines, or dayparts
• Experience directing culinary teams remotely or across distributed locations
• Beverage operations or dining service experience
• Track record building training and succession pipelines for culinary teams
You'll Thrive Here If You...
• Believe quality should survive turnover, distance, and growth — not depend on one person's memory
• Can lead and influence kitchen teams effectively without being physically present
• Balance exacting culinary standards with real commercial judgment
• Want to build systems, not just run a kitchen
Benefits
Benefits
• HMO (health insurance)
• Paid time off (PTO)
• Work from anywhere
• Opportunities for promotion
• Pay raise
Originally posted on Himalayas
Job Description
We need someone who can diagnose an entire culinary system, fix urgent product and quality problems fast, and then build the systems — recipes, specs, training, food safety — that let quality survive growth and turnover across multiple locations.
This is a fully remote role. A dedicated on-site Head Chef already handles floor-level kitchen execution — your focus is on the systems, standards, and leadership that keep quality consistent across every location, not day-to-day kitchen presence.
What You'll Own
• Assess the current state of products, menus, recipes, and suppliers using data, reports, and remote evidence review
• Diagnose and direct fixes for taste, consistency, and food-safety failures — working through the on-site Head Chef and location teams
• Build controlled recipes and process standards with clear tolerances and version control
• Lead menu engineering — fix, reposition, or cut underperforming products
• Establish food-safety and traceability controls, with root-cause analysis on failures
• Recruit, train, and develop culinary leaders across locations remotely
• Own the culinary drivers of food cost, waste, and margin
Requirements
What We're Looking For
• Significant senior culinary leadership in a complex, multi-location environment
• Proven ability to restore product quality and build repeatable systems — not just cook well
• Comfortable leading and directing kitchen execution remotely, through on-site leads
• Strong understanding of food cost, yield, and labor economics
• Food safety and quality assurance experience
• Advanced, practical use of AI and data tools for culinary management
Bonus Points
• Experience managing across multiple concepts, cuisines, or dayparts
• Experience directing culinary teams remotely or across distributed locations
• Beverage operations or dining service experience
• Track record building training and succession pipelines for culinary teams
You'll Thrive Here If You...
• Believe quality should survive turnover, distance, and growth — not depend on one person's memory
• Can lead and influence kitchen teams effectively without being physically present
• Balance exacting culinary standards with real commercial judgment
• Want to build systems, not just run a kitchen
Benefits
Benefits
• HMO (health insurance)
• Paid time off (PTO)
• Work from anywhere
• Opportunities for promotion
• Pay raise
Originally posted on Himalayas