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Restaurant Manager roles can qualify for H-1B visa sponsorship when the position requires a bachelor's degree in hospitality management, business administration, or a related field. Large hotel groups, multi-unit dining chains, and resort operators file LCAs regularly. Your degree field and the employer's job requirements both determine whether your role meets the specialty occupation standard.
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CREATIVITY IS OUR SUPERPOWER. It’s our heritage and it’s also our future. Because we don’t just make toys. We create innovative products and experiences that inspire fans, entertain audiences and develop children through play. Mattel is at its best when every member of our team feels respected, included, and heard—when everyone can show up as themselves and do their best work every day. We value and share an infinite range of ideas and voices that evolve and broaden our perspectives with a reach that extends into all our brands, partners, and suppliers.
The Team:
The American Girl Retail team is integral in providing lifetime memories to American Girl fans and their families. Our experiential retail stores provide shopping destinations like no other. This requires Innovation, Collaboration, and Execution from all who are a part of this division. Our in-store experiences range depending on location from Girl and Doll Salons, Full-Service Restaurants, Personal Shopping, Ear Piercing (Girl and Doll), hosting Parties/Celebrations to name a few. Expect a dynamic and fast-paced role where you get to make decisions that impact the team as well as our customers.
Job Description
The Opportunity:
The Restaurant Lead is located at the AG Retail Dallas location and reports directly to the Restaurant Manager. This position is responsible for assisting the restaurant manager with daily operations, including providing leadership and direction to the department and providing a high level of selling and customer service to American Girl guests.
What Your Impact Will Be:
- Support the Restaurant Leadership Team in overseeing staffing, hiring, coaching/training, purchasing/vendor relations, inventories, maintaining food/beverage service standards, and ensuring safety and sanitation standards.
- Assist the team in achieving department revenue and expense goals.
- Ensure customer satisfaction with their dining experience and oversee resolution of any customer service issues.
- Ensure food quality and consistency, special requests and special dietary needs and performs tasks in absence of the Restaurant Leadership Team.
- Work with Restaurant and Store Management teams to deliver exceptional events and programs.
- Maintain on-going communications with both staff and management.
- Maintain and troubleshoot operational issues, including restaurant/kitchen equipment, Zomato Reservation system, POS, and InfoGenesis software systems.
- Leads by example in all areas of the business.
Qualifications
What We’re Looking For:
- Restaurant experience in a high-volume, fast-paced environment, with both front and back of house operations exposure, preferred.
- Experience working with children, preferred.
- Current State Sanitation Certification, ServSafe, and Safe Alcohol Consumption Certification, preferred.
- Strong working knowledge of Eatec system, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and Outlook), InfoGenesis/Universal Desktop, Zomato reservation systems, JTech paging system, POS systems, inventory systems, and basic office equipment (copiers and fax), preferred.
- Ability to perform diverse physical tasks, including constant walking and standing, and some heavy lifting (up to 50 lbs.).
- Ability to work a flexible schedule including nights, weekends, and holidays.
The pay range is indicative of projected hiring range, however base pay will be determined based on a candidate’s work location, skills and experience. Mattel offers competitive total pay programs, comprehensive benefits, and resources to help empower a culture where every employee can reach their full potential.
Additional Information
Don’t meet every single requirement? At Mattel, we are dedicated to an inclusive workplace and a culture of belonging. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. Join Mattel's Talent Community and start receiving exciting updates about our company, our employees, and our culture. Also, interested in signing up for job alerts? Do so here!
How We Work:
American Girl is subsidiary of Mattel, a purpose driven company aiming to empower generations to explore the wonder of childhood and reach their full potential. We live up to our purpose employing the following behaviors:
- We collaborate: Being a part of Mattel means being part of one team with shared values and common goals. Every person counts and working closely together always brings better results. Partnership is our process and our collective capabilities is our superpower.
- We innovate: At Mattel we always aim to find new and better ways to create innovative products and experiences. No matter where you work in the organization, you can always make a difference and have real impact. We welcome new ideas and value new initiatives that challenge conventional thinking.
- We execute: We are a performance-driven company. We strive for excellence and are focused on pursuing best-in-class outcomes. We believe in accountability and ownership and know that our people are at their best when they are empowered to create and deliver results.
Who We Are:
American Girl is a premium brand for girls and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ:MAT), a leading global toy and family entertainment company and owner of one of the most iconic brand portfolios in the world. We engage consumers and fans through our franchise brands, including Barbie, Hot Wheels, Fisher-Price, American Girl, Thomas & Friends, UNO, Masters of the Universe, Matchbox, Monster High, MEGA and Polly Pocket, as well as other popular properties that we own or license in partnership with global entertainment companies. Our offerings include toys, content, consumer products, digital and live experiences. Our products are sold in collaboration with the world’s leading retail and ecommerce companies. Since its founding in 1945, Mattel is proud to be a trusted partner in empowering generations to explore the wonder of childhood and reach their full potential.
Mattel’s award-winning workplace culture has been recognized by Forbes, Fast Company, Newsweek, Great Place to Work, TIME, and more.
Mattel is an Equal Opportunity Employer where we want you to bring your authentic self to work every day. We welcome all job seekers, and all applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, veteran and protected veteran status, disability status, and or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law.
Pursuant to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act, qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment.
Company Description
CREATIVITY IS OUR SUPERPOWER. It’s our heritage and it’s also our future. Because we don’t just make toys. We create innovative products and experiences that inspire fans, entertain audiences and develop children through play. Mattel is at its best when every member of our team feels respected, included, and heard—when everyone can show up as themselves and do their best work every day. We value and share an infinite range of ideas and voices that evolve and broaden our perspectives with a reach that extends into all our brands, partners, and suppliers.
The Team:
The American Girl Retail team is integral in providing lifetime memories to American Girl fans and their families. Our experiential retail stores provide shopping destinations like no other. This requires Innovation, Collaboration, and Execution from all who are a part of this division. Our in-store experiences range depending on location from Girl and Doll Salons, Full-Service Restaurants, Personal Shopping, Ear Piercing (Girl and Doll), hosting Parties/Celebrations to name a few. Expect a dynamic and fast-paced role where you get to make decisions that impact the team as well as our customers.
Job Description
The Opportunity:
The Restaurant Lead is located at the AG Retail Dallas location and reports directly to the Restaurant Manager. This position is responsible for assisting the restaurant manager with daily operations, including providing leadership and direction to the department and providing a high level of selling and customer service to American Girl guests.
What Your Impact Will Be:
- Support the Restaurant Leadership Team in overseeing staffing, hiring, coaching/training, purchasing/vendor relations, inventories, maintaining food/beverage service standards, and ensuring safety and sanitation standards.
- Assist the team in achieving department revenue and expense goals.
- Ensure customer satisfaction with their dining experience and oversee resolution of any customer service issues.
- Ensure food quality and consistency, special requests and special dietary needs and performs tasks in absence of the Restaurant Leadership Team.
- Work with Restaurant and Store Management teams to deliver exceptional events and programs.
- Maintain on-going communications with both staff and management.
- Maintain and troubleshoot operational issues, including restaurant/kitchen equipment, Zomato Reservation system, POS, and InfoGenesis software systems.
- Leads by example in all areas of the business.
Qualifications
What We’re Looking For:
- Restaurant experience in a high-volume, fast-paced environment, with both front and back of house operations exposure, preferred.
- Experience working with children, preferred.
- Current State Sanitation Certification, ServSafe, and Safe Alcohol Consumption Certification, preferred.
- Strong working knowledge of Eatec system, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and Outlook), InfoGenesis/Universal Desktop, Zomato reservation systems, JTech paging system, POS systems, inventory systems, and basic office equipment (copiers and fax), preferred.
- Ability to perform diverse physical tasks, including constant walking and standing, and some heavy lifting (up to 50 lbs.).
- Ability to work a flexible schedule including nights, weekends, and holidays.
The pay range is indicative of projected hiring range, however base pay will be determined based on a candidate’s work location, skills and experience. Mattel offers competitive total pay programs, comprehensive benefits, and resources to help empower a culture where every employee can reach their full potential.
Additional Information
Don’t meet every single requirement? At Mattel, we are dedicated to an inclusive workplace and a culture of belonging. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. Join Mattel's Talent Community and start receiving exciting updates about our company, our employees, and our culture. Also, interested in signing up for job alerts? Do so here!
How We Work:
American Girl is subsidiary of Mattel, a purpose driven company aiming to empower generations to explore the wonder of childhood and reach their full potential. We live up to our purpose employing the following behaviors:
- We collaborate: Being a part of Mattel means being part of one team with shared values and common goals. Every person counts and working closely together always brings better results. Partnership is our process and our collective capabilities is our superpower.
- We innovate: At Mattel we always aim to find new and better ways to create innovative products and experiences. No matter where you work in the organization, you can always make a difference and have real impact. We welcome new ideas and value new initiatives that challenge conventional thinking.
- We execute: We are a performance-driven company. We strive for excellence and are focused on pursuing best-in-class outcomes. We believe in accountability and ownership and know that our people are at their best when they are empowered to create and deliver results.
Who We Are:
American Girl is a premium brand for girls and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ:MAT), a leading global toy and family entertainment company and owner of one of the most iconic brand portfolios in the world. We engage consumers and fans through our franchise brands, including Barbie, Hot Wheels, Fisher-Price, American Girl, Thomas & Friends, UNO, Masters of the Universe, Matchbox, Monster High, MEGA and Polly Pocket, as well as other popular properties that we own or license in partnership with global entertainment companies. Our offerings include toys, content, consumer products, digital and live experiences. Our products are sold in collaboration with the world’s leading retail and ecommerce companies. Since its founding in 1945, Mattel is proud to be a trusted partner in empowering generations to explore the wonder of childhood and reach their full potential.
Mattel’s award-winning workplace culture has been recognized by Forbes, Fast Company, Newsweek, Great Place to Work, TIME, and more.
Mattel is an Equal Opportunity Employer where we want you to bring your authentic self to work every day. We welcome all job seekers, and all applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, veteran and protected veteran status, disability status, and or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law.
Pursuant to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act, qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as a Restaurant Manager
Verify your degree meets specialty occupation
USCIS requires your Restaurant Manager role to normally require a specific bachelor's degree. Hospitality management, food service administration, or business degrees with a hospitality concentration are the strongest fits. A general business degree with no hospitality coursework can trigger an RFE.
Target multi-unit and hotel-group employers
Corporate restaurant groups managing multiple locations and hospitality companies operating hotel food and beverage programs file H-1B LCAs far more consistently than independent restaurants, which rarely have the HR infrastructure to sponsor.
Check LCA filing history on Migrate Mate
Search Restaurant Manager LCA filings by employer on Migrate Mate before applying. You'll see which companies have certified LCAs for this role under DOL, saving you from pursuing employers with no H-1B sponsorship track record.
Use OFLC Wage Search before negotiating salary
Pull the prevailing wage for Restaurant Manager under SOC code 11-9051 in your target metro using OFLC Wage Search. Your offered salary must meet or exceed the certified wage level, so knowing the floor before your offer letter prevents a USCIS compliance problem later.
Prepare an duties memo with your employer
Ask your employer to document that the role requires applying hospitality management theory, financial analysis, or supply chain knowledge from a specific degree program. A detailed duties memo strengthens the specialty occupation argument if USCIS issues an RFE on your I-129.
File before April 1 to stay within cap season
H-1B cap-subject petitions must be filed by April 1 for an October 1 start. If your employer misses this window, you're locked out for a full year. Confirm your employer's attorney has your documents by mid-February to allow drafting time.
H-1B Visa Restaurant Manager: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Restaurant Manager role qualify as an H-1B specialty occupation?
It depends on how the employer defines the position. USCIS requires the job to normally demand a bachelor's degree in a specific field. A Restaurant Manager role at a corporate hospitality company that applies financial controls, supply chain management, or hospitality operations theory from a degree program can qualify. A general floor manager role at a single independent restaurant typically won't meet the standard.
Which employers sponsor H-1B visas for Restaurant Manager positions?
Large hotel groups, multi-unit dining corporations, resort operators, and airport food service companies are the most consistent H-1B sponsors for this role. These employers have dedicated HR and legal teams that handle LCA filings with DOL regularly. You can browse verified H-1B sponsoring employers for Restaurant Manager roles on Migrate Mate, filtered by LCA filing history.
What happens to my H-1B status if I'm promoted from Restaurant Manager to a director role?
A promotion that changes your job duties, title, or worksite may require your employer to file an amended I-129 petition with USCIS before you start the new role. If the new position falls under a different SOC code or requires a new prevailing wage determination, a fresh LCA must also be filed with DOL. Don't assume your existing approval covers the new position.
Can my employer require me to work at multiple restaurant locations on one H-1B?
Yes, but only if your employer filed a blanket LCA covering all worksites or filed separate LCAs for each location where you'll work more than 40 hours in a year. If you're assigned to a new city or state not listed on your original LCA, your employer must file a new Labor Condition Application with DOL before you begin working there.
How does the H-1B cap lottery affect my Restaurant Manager job search timeline?
Cap-subject H-1B petitions are limited to 85,000 slots annually, with registration opening each March. If your employer is not cap-exempt, your petition enters a random lottery. A failed lottery selection means waiting until the next fiscal year cycle. Building your job search timeline around the March registration window and an April 1 filing deadline gives you and your employer the best chance of meeting the October 1 start date.