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Austin, Texas, USA | US$80,000–$100,000 + relocation assistance + E-3 visa support
Take your culinary career to the USA 🇦🇺 🇺🇸 Experienced Australian chefs, your next chapter could be in Austin, Texas.
Are you a hands-on chef who loves creating exceptional food, leading a kitchen and bringing new ideas to life? Ready for an international move that gives you the opportunity to make a genuine impact?
Citizens Rec is looking for an experienced Head Chef / Executive Chef to join our growing team in Austin, Texas, with opportunities to support our New York locations as we continue to grow.
Founded by two Australians who wanted to bring the café and pub culture they loved back home to the US, Citizens has evolved into Citizens Rec: a modern Australian café and elevated neighbourhood pub. We bring together specialty coffee, scratch-made café favourites, elevated pub classics and globally inspired flavours in a welcoming, playful environment where food and community come together.
We're looking for a chef who shares that philosophy, someone who loves cooking, takes pride in their craft and wants to help shape what comes next.
What's on offer?
- Salary: US$80,000–$100,000 per year, depending on experience, with flexibility for exceptional candidates with broader leadership responsibilities.
- Relocation assistance
- E-3 visa support: Available for eligible Australian citizens, subject to visa requirements and approval.
- International career opportunity: Relocate to Austin, Texas, and gain experience supporting our New York restaurants.
- Creative ownership: Contribute to menu development, seasonal specials and new dish creation.
- A hands-on leadership role: Lead from the kitchen, not from behind a desk.
The opportunity
This is a role for a chef who wants to stay close to the food while taking ownership of kitchen performance, people development and culinary direction.
You'll lead daily service, develop dishes from concept to plate, build a strong kitchen team and ensure our food consistently reflects the Citizens Rec philosophy: real food, made here.
You'll also have the opportunity to help evolve our menus, introduce fresh ideas and support consistent culinary standards across Austin and New York.
What you'll be doing
Lead from the kitchen
- Take an active, hands-on role during service, maintaining food quality, consistency, speed and presentation.
- Set the standard for preparation, organisation, cleanliness and kitchen execution.
- Lead, coach and develop your team while creating a positive, accountable kitchen culture.
- Work closely with restaurant management to deliver a smooth, high-performing operation.
Create food worth coming back for
- Develop, test and refine seasonal dishes, daily specials and menu updates.
- Write recipes, standardise portions and specifications, and cost new dishes accurately.
- Bring modern Australian café culture and elevated pub classics to life through fresh ingredients and globally inspired flavours.
- Balance creativity with commercial performance, consistency and the realities of busy restaurant service.
Own kitchen performance
- Manage food costs, purchasing, inventory, waste and stock control.
- Build effective supplier relationships and maintain high ingredient standards.
- Establish practical kitchen systems, procedures and preparation plans.
- Use reporting tools, including Restaurant365, to monitor performance and support informed decisions.
Help shape a growing brand
- Work with leadership to roll out menus and culinary standards across locations.
- Support and develop kitchen leaders and team members across Austin and New York, including travel as required.
- Contribute ideas that strengthen our food offering while preserving the character and quality of the brand.
What we're looking for
We're interested in chefs who have developed their skills through real kitchen experience and are ready for their next challenge.
You'll ideally bring:
- Around 5–8 years of professional kitchen experience, including 2–3 years leading a busy, scratch-cooking kitchen.
- Proven experience leading high-volume restaurant service while maintaining quality and consistency.
- A genuine passion for cooking from scratch and working with quality ingredients.
- Demonstrated involvement in menu development, recipe writing, dish testing and food costing.
- Strong commercial understanding of food costs, purchasing, stock control and waste management.
- The ability to train, motivate and retain a kitchen team.
- A practical, hands-on leadership style and the confidence to lead by example.
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to balance culinary creativity with operational discipline.
Experience across café, brunch, modern Australian, contemporary pub or globally inspired menus would be particularly relevant.
Experience with Restaurant365 is advantageous.
Must possess a Bachelor's degree in Culinary Arts, Hospitality Management, or a related field; OR equivalent extensive, high-level professional kitchen management experience (12+ years) to meet US E-3 specialty occupation standards.
Most importantly, you're a chef who cares about the details, takes pride in what leaves the pass and enjoys helping a team get better.
Why Citizens Rec?
We believe great hospitality is about more than serving a meal. It's about creating places where people feel welcome, connect with their neighbourhood and want to return.
Our food philosophy centres on thoughtful, scratch-made cooking, quality ingredients and a fresh interpretation of Australian café and pub culture. From breakfast and specialty coffee through to elevated pub classics, dinner and drinks, we want our kitchens to deliver food with character.
You'll be joining a brand built by Australians, with the opportunity to bring your own experience and ideas to a growing business operating across Texas and New York.
If you're ready to take on a new market, develop your leadership and make a meaningful contribution to a growing hospitality brand, we'd love to hear from you.
Ready for your next adventure?
Location: Austin, Texas, USA, with travel to New York as required
Salary: US$80,000–$100,000 per year, depending on experience
Visa: E-3 visa support available for eligible Australian citizens
To apply, please submit your CV and a brief introduction outlining your kitchen leadership experience, menu development background and interest in relocating to the United States.
Bring your experience. Bring your ideas. Help us bring a little more Australia to America.
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in head of quality management jobs.
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, science, or a related technical field
- 10 or more years of progressive quality management experience in a regulated industry
- Demonstrated leadership of ISO 9001 or industry-specific QMS implementation and certification
- Proficiency with CAPA systems, internal audits, and root cause analysis methodologies such as 8D or Six Sigma
- Experience managing supplier quality programs and third-party audits
- ASQ Certified Quality Manager, Six Sigma Black Belt, or equivalent professional certification
Tips for Your Head of Quality Management Job Search
Align your resume to QMS frameworks
Hiring managers scan for ISO 9001, IATF 16949, or FDA 21 CFR Part 820 on the first pass. Name the specific frameworks you've owned, not just implemented, and tie each to a measurable outcome like a reduction in nonconformances or audit findings.
Highlight cross-functional leadership experience
Head of quality management roles are judged on influence without authority. Your resume should show examples of driving corrective action across engineering, operations, and supply chain, not just within a quality department. Generic team leadership claims won't stand out.
Target openings by industry certification fit
A role in medical devices requires 21 CFR Part 820 fluency that a food manufacturing posting won't care about. Filter your search by industry first, then confirm the posting's regulatory environment matches your certification background before applying.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists head of quality management openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Prepare a system-failure case study for interviews
Interviewers for this role almost always ask you to walk through a quality failure you owned end to end. Prepare a specific example that covers root cause analysis, corrective action, stakeholder communication, and what changed in the system afterward.
Negotiate scope alongside compensation
Before accepting an offer, clarify whether quality is a standalone function or embedded under operations, and whether you have direct or dotted-line authority over plant-level quality staff. These structural details affect your ability to deliver results more than title or pay grade.
Head of Quality Management Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most head of quality managements?
Wolfoods, Cavender's, and Lowe's Home Improvement are hiring the most head of quality managements right now, with openings concentrated in California, New York, and Florida, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Activity tends to cluster in manufacturing-heavy states and regions with large pharmaceutical or aerospace footprints.
How many head of quality management jobs are remote?
About 45% of head of quality management openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting the hands-on nature of most quality leadership roles. The sub-areas most likely to offer remote flexibility are quality systems strategy, supplier quality management, and compliance documentation roles not tied to a physical production floor.
How do you become a head of quality management?
Start with a technical degree and several years in quality engineering or quality assurance before moving into supervisory roles. Build deep expertise in a specific regulatory environment, earn a recognized quality certification such as ASQ CQM or Six Sigma Black Belt, and take on cross-functional projects that show you can drive systemic change. Most people reach this level after leading a quality department and managing an external certification audit from start to close.
Can you get a head of quality management job without direct leadership experience?
It's unlikely without some management experience, but candidates who have led quality improvement projects across departments, managed an audit program, or served as a lead during a regulatory inspection can make a credible case. Emphasize the scope of your influence, the size of the quality systems you've owned, and any formal mentoring or cross-functional team lead roles, even if the title wasn't a manager one.
What does the head of quality management interview process look like?
Expect a screening call with HR, followed by a technical interview with a VP of Operations or Chief Quality Officer that focuses on your QMS experience and a specific system failure you've resolved. A panel round typically involves cross-functional peers from engineering, regulatory, and supply chain. Final-round conversations often include a case study or presentation on how you would assess and improve the company's current quality posture.
Where can I find and apply to head of quality management jobs?
You can find and apply to head of quality management jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Find roles that fit your background and apply directly to each listing from the job page.
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