Food and Beverage Manager Jobs in Colorado
Food and Beverage Manager jobs in Colorado are concentrated in Denver, Colorado Springs, and Vail and Aspen's resort corridors, where hotel groups, casino properties, and independent restaurant concepts drive consistent demand at every seniority level. Large employers with lasting Colorado footprints include Sage Hospitality Group, Gaylord Rockies Resort and Convention Center, and Vail Resorts, all of which hire across banquet operations, fine dining, and multi-outlet resort management. The most in-demand specialties are resort and mountain hospitality, large-scale event and banquet management, and craft beverage program oversight. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Position Starting Rate: $58,000 base salary per year plus service charge commission
Job Close Date: October 16, 2026 or until filled
Welcome to the Springhill Suites Denver Downtown and Degree Brewpub. A bold and inspiring hotel where contemporary design mingles effortlessly with world-class service. Here, you can have it all. An energized downtown location. Spacious suites that don’t compromise style for comfort. Dynamic meeting and event space perfect for collaboration or celebration. A visionary approach to business. At the SpringHill Suites Denver Downtown hotel, we offer more than a place to stay. Here, we offer a fresh, urban hotel experience unlike any other. Our partnership with Metro State University's Hospitality Learning Center enables our hotel to be a teaching and learning hotel, giving employees the chance to give back to the community by mentoring a continuous influx of student interns from Colorado's largest public university.
At Sage we create a culture of belonging. Our team members serve with creativity and passion. Sage associates execute unforgettable experiences and take pride in our communities. We set new standards in hospitality.
EMPLOYEE PERKS! Why join the Springhill Suites and Degree Brewpub Family?
- Eligible for banquet service charge commission.
- Employee Referral Program - $500 to $1000 based on position!
- Free Monthly RTD EcoPass
- Free Onsite Parking!
- Sage Savings Spot Deals on furniture, electronics, cell phone plans, flowers, restaurants and much, much more!
- Discounted Hotel rates at all Marriott/Starwood & Sage managed Hotels & Restaurants
- Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K & Flex Spending Account (FT Employees)
- Paid time off for Vacation, Sick days and Holidays (FT Employees)
- A fun work environment that encourages individual recognition, growth & development
In partnership with the Food & Beverage Manager, the Assistant Food & Beverage Manager helps lead the front-of-house operations of the Restaurant, Breakfast, and Banquets & Catering, with a primary concentration on Banquets & Catering and Breakfast. This position maintains a strong and visible floor presence within these operations, actively supporting associates, engaging with guests and clients, and ensuring successful service and event execution.
While Banquets & Catering and Breakfast are the primary areas of focus, the Assistant Food & Beverage Manager works fluidly across all three outlets in partnership with the Food & Beverage Manager, flexing between operations based on business levels, events, staffing, and guest needs.
The position supports short-term planning, forecasting, budgeting, staffing, promotional initiatives, and operational improvements while ensuring guest satisfaction, quality service, financial performance, and compliance with Sage Hospitality, brand, and federal, state, and local requirements.
- Lead and develop the Food & Beverage team, fostering a culture of engagement, accountability, and exceptional hospitality.
- Collaborate closely with the Food & Beverage Manager to provide seamless front-of-house leadership across the restaurant, Banquets & Catering, and Breakfast, flexing between outlets based on business levels, events, staffing, and guest needs.
- Serve as the primary operational leader for Banquets & Catering and Breakfast, maintaining a strong and visible floor presence during key service periods and events to support associates, engage with guests and clients, and ensure successful execution.
- Oversee the day-to-day execution of banquet and catering events and Breakfast operations, ensuring appropriate staffing, service flow, event setup, cleanliness, product presentation, and adherence to established service standards.
- Conduct pre-shift and pre-event meetings and provide hands-on coaching, training, and real-time feedback to associates to reinforce service expectations and support continued development.
- Actively engage with guests and clients, monitor the guest experience, solicit feedback, and respond to comments, concerns, and service opportunities to ensure satisfaction and effective service recovery.
- Partner with culinary, sales, and event teams to ensure successful execution of events and service periods, including event details, timing, room and basic A/V setup, food and beverage presentation, and guest expectations
- Collaborate with culinary and hotel leadership on menus, promotions, seasonal offerings, special events, and activations that enhance the guest experience and generate revenue.
- Participate in recruitment, onboarding, training, scheduling, performance management, coaching, and development of front-of-house Food & Beverage associates.
- Support staffing, payroll, forecasting, budgets, labor management, operating expenses, and revenue objectives while effectively deploying the team across outlets.
- Monitor operational controls including inventories, pars, food and beverage requisitions, waste, supplies, and beverage controls to support cost management and operational efficiency.
- Regularly inspect Food & Beverage outlets, event spaces, and service areas to ensure cleanliness, organization, safety, appearance, and operational readiness, following through on maintenance needs as appropriate.
- Ensure compliance with Sage Hospitality and brand standards, responsible alcohol service requirements, food safety and sanitation standards, emergency procedures, and all applicable federal, state, and local regulations.
- Work collaboratively with the Food & Beverage Manager, culinary, sales, events, front office, and other hotel departments to support the overall success of Food & Beverage and hotel-wide initiatives.
- Support the hotel's Teaching Hotel Mission and partnership with MSU Denver through hands-on coaching, mentorship, and opportunities for associates and students to gain exposure to professional hospitality operations.
- Perform other duties as assigned, requested, or deemed necessary by management.
Experience
Knowledge/Skills
- Excellent comprehension for assisting with guest and associate matters.
- Working knowledge of basic banquet and meeting A/V setups, with the ability to assist with equipment setup and troubleshoot common issues during events.
- Vision required for seating guests, expediting food, cleaning equipment, reading floor plans, charts, schedules.
- Must have excellent oral communication for communicating with guests and associates, issuing instructions and communicating policies.
- Excellent comprehension required to read and implement policies and procedures; writing schedules and reading forecast and SOPs.
- Must have knowledge of chemicals/agents for training purposes.
- Ability to lift, push, pull and carry tables, chairs, trays, plates, and chaffing dishes on a daily basis, 20 -40 lbs.
- Bending -Bend to pick up dropped items as needed. Bend to assist in serving food or getting supplies.
- No kneeling required.
- Mobility -95% of shift covering all areas of outlets supervising.
- Continuous standing to assist at hostess station -minimal stationary standing.
- Climbing stairs -varies by location.
- No driving required.
Position Starting Rate: $58,000 base salary per year plus service charge commission
Job Close Date: October 16, 2026 or until filled
Welcome to the Springhill Suites Denver Downtown and Degree Brewpub. A bold and inspiring hotel where contemporary design mingles effortlessly with world-class service. Here, you can have it all. An energized downtown location. Spacious suites that don’t compromise style for comfort. Dynamic meeting and event space perfect for collaboration or celebration. A visionary approach to business. At the SpringHill Suites Denver Downtown hotel, we offer more than a place to stay. Here, we offer a fresh, urban hotel experience unlike any other. Our partnership with Metro State University's Hospitality Learning Center enables our hotel to be a teaching and learning hotel, giving employees the chance to give back to the community by mentoring a continuous influx of student interns from Colorado's largest public university.
At Sage we create a culture of belonging. Our team members serve with creativity and passion. Sage associates execute unforgettable experiences and take pride in our communities. We set new standards in hospitality.
EMPLOYEE PERKS! Why join the Springhill Suites and Degree Brewpub Family?
- Eligible for banquet service charge commission.
- Employee Referral Program - $500 to $1000 based on position!
- Free Monthly RTD EcoPass
- Free Onsite Parking!
- Sage Savings Spot Deals on furniture, electronics, cell phone plans, flowers, restaurants and much, much more!
- Discounted Hotel rates at all Marriott/Starwood & Sage managed Hotels & Restaurants
- Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K & Flex Spending Account (FT Employees)
- Paid time off for Vacation, Sick days and Holidays (FT Employees)
- A fun work environment that encourages individual recognition, growth & development
In partnership with the Food & Beverage Manager, the Assistant Food & Beverage Manager helps lead the front-of-house operations of the Restaurant, Breakfast, and Banquets & Catering, with a primary concentration on Banquets & Catering and Breakfast. This position maintains a strong and visible floor presence within these operations, actively supporting associates, engaging with guests and clients, and ensuring successful service and event execution.
While Banquets & Catering and Breakfast are the primary areas of focus, the Assistant Food & Beverage Manager works fluidly across all three outlets in partnership with the Food & Beverage Manager, flexing between operations based on business levels, events, staffing, and guest needs.
The position supports short-term planning, forecasting, budgeting, staffing, promotional initiatives, and operational improvements while ensuring guest satisfaction, quality service, financial performance, and compliance with Sage Hospitality, brand, and federal, state, and local requirements.
- Lead and develop the Food & Beverage team, fostering a culture of engagement, accountability, and exceptional hospitality.
- Collaborate closely with the Food & Beverage Manager to provide seamless front-of-house leadership across the restaurant, Banquets & Catering, and Breakfast, flexing between outlets based on business levels, events, staffing, and guest needs.
- Serve as the primary operational leader for Banquets & Catering and Breakfast, maintaining a strong and visible floor presence during key service periods and events to support associates, engage with guests and clients, and ensure successful execution.
- Oversee the day-to-day execution of banquet and catering events and Breakfast operations, ensuring appropriate staffing, service flow, event setup, cleanliness, product presentation, and adherence to established service standards.
- Conduct pre-shift and pre-event meetings and provide hands-on coaching, training, and real-time feedback to associates to reinforce service expectations and support continued development.
- Actively engage with guests and clients, monitor the guest experience, solicit feedback, and respond to comments, concerns, and service opportunities to ensure satisfaction and effective service recovery.
- Partner with culinary, sales, and event teams to ensure successful execution of events and service periods, including event details, timing, room and basic A/V setup, food and beverage presentation, and guest expectations
- Collaborate with culinary and hotel leadership on menus, promotions, seasonal offerings, special events, and activations that enhance the guest experience and generate revenue.
- Participate in recruitment, onboarding, training, scheduling, performance management, coaching, and development of front-of-house Food & Beverage associates.
- Support staffing, payroll, forecasting, budgets, labor management, operating expenses, and revenue objectives while effectively deploying the team across outlets.
- Monitor operational controls including inventories, pars, food and beverage requisitions, waste, supplies, and beverage controls to support cost management and operational efficiency.
- Regularly inspect Food & Beverage outlets, event spaces, and service areas to ensure cleanliness, organization, safety, appearance, and operational readiness, following through on maintenance needs as appropriate.
- Ensure compliance with Sage Hospitality and brand standards, responsible alcohol service requirements, food safety and sanitation standards, emergency procedures, and all applicable federal, state, and local regulations.
- Work collaboratively with the Food & Beverage Manager, culinary, sales, events, front office, and other hotel departments to support the overall success of Food & Beverage and hotel-wide initiatives.
- Support the hotel's Teaching Hotel Mission and partnership with MSU Denver through hands-on coaching, mentorship, and opportunities for associates and students to gain exposure to professional hospitality operations.
- Perform other duties as assigned, requested, or deemed necessary by management.
Experience
Knowledge/Skills
- Excellent comprehension for assisting with guest and associate matters.
- Working knowledge of basic banquet and meeting A/V setups, with the ability to assist with equipment setup and troubleshoot common issues during events.
- Vision required for seating guests, expediting food, cleaning equipment, reading floor plans, charts, schedules.
- Must have excellent oral communication for communicating with guests and associates, issuing instructions and communicating policies.
- Excellent comprehension required to read and implement policies and procedures; writing schedules and reading forecast and SOPs.
- Must have knowledge of chemicals/agents for training purposes.
- Ability to lift, push, pull and carry tables, chairs, trays, plates, and chaffing dishes on a daily basis, 20 -40 lbs.
- Bending -Bend to pick up dropped items as needed. Bend to assist in serving food or getting supplies.
- No kneeling required.
- Mobility -95% of shift covering all areas of outlets supervising.
- Continuous standing to assist at hostess station -minimal stationary standing.
- Climbing stairs -varies by location.
- No driving required.
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Food and Beverage Manager Job Market in Colorado
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- Sports & Recreation
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What Colorado Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in food and beverage manager jobs across Colorado.
- Bachelor's degree in hospitality management or a directly related field preferred
- Three or more years of food and beverage management experience in a comparable operation
- ServSafe Manager certification or equivalent Colorado-accepted food protection credential
- Demonstrated ability to manage P&L, labor cost controls, and inventory systems
- Experience leading front-of-house and back-of-house teams across multiple outlets
- Familiarity with Colorado liquor regulations and responsible service compliance requirements
Food and Beverage Manager Jobs in Colorado: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a food and beverage manager in Colorado?
Most Colorado employers expect a combination of a hospitality or business degree and progressive leadership experience in food service operations. Colorado does not issue a state license specifically for food and beverage managers, but managers are typically required to hold a current ServSafe Manager certification and demonstrate compliance with Colorado liquor regulations enforced by the Colorado Department of Revenue's Liquor Enforcement Division. Candidates who move up from roles like restaurant supervisor, banquet captain, or front-of-house lead are commonly hired into manager positions at Colorado's hotel groups and resort properties.
Which companies hire food and beverage managers in Colorado?
Colorado food and beverage manager roles are posted by Vail Resorts, BlueStar Resort & Golf, and Marriott International and others right now, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Colorado's mix of urban hotel groups in Denver and mountain resort operators in Summit County and the Roaring Fork Valley means openings appear year-round across a wide range of operation types and scales.
Which Colorado cities have the most food and beverage manager jobs?
Denver, Lone Tree, and Vail account for the highest concentration of food and beverage manager openings in Colorado. Denver leads because of its density of full-service hotels, convention venues, and multi-outlet restaurant groups, while resort destinations like Vail, Aspen, and Breckenridge generate consistent demand tied to Vail Resorts properties and independent luxury operators that staff up for both ski and summer seasons.
Are there remote food and beverage manager jobs in Colorado?
Yes, but they're rare. Food and beverage management is fundamentally an on-site, hands-on discipline requiring daily oversight of staff, service quality, and physical operations. About 20% of food and beverage manager openings tied to Colorado are remote or hybrid as of September 2026, and those positions typically involve corporate-level roles such as regional operations, menu development consulting, or multi-unit brand oversight rather than property-based management.
How can I get hired as a food and beverage manager in Colorado with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is moving into a supervisory role first, then building toward management. Large Colorado hospitality employers like Sage Hospitality Group and Vail Resorts regularly hire assistant managers and food and beverage supervisors from candidates with strong front-of-house backgrounds as servers, bartenders, or banquet leads. Completing a hospitality associate or bachelor's program at a Colorado institution and earning a ServSafe Manager certification signals readiness to employers. Seasonal positions at mountain resort properties are also a proven way to gain the operational volume and multi-outlet exposure Colorado hiring managers look for.
Where can I find and apply to food and beverage manager jobs in Colorado?
You can find and apply to food and beverage manager jobs in Colorado on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from Colorado employers. Search the listings, find roles that match your background and target location, and apply directly to the ones that fit.
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