Restaurant General Manager Jobs
Restaurant General Manager jobs are open across full-service dining, fast casual, hotel food and beverage, and contract foodservice, from assistant GM to multi-unit director, with specializations in franchise operations, fine dining, and high-volume casual. Find a role that fits from the openings below and apply directly.
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INTRODUCTION
A Healthier Future Starts With You
As a Head Coach (General Manager), you're the leader, strategist, and mentor of your store. You'll inspire your team, drive operational excellence, and deliver exceptional guest experiences using data-driven insights to build healthier communities through real food.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Lead your team by balancing people, operations, and business performance. Build an inclusive culture while coaching talent, using technology to optimize operations and drive profitability. Maintain high standards of food quality, safety, and cleanliness while adapting to a dynamic environment.
Essential Functions
- People + Team Leadership: Lead the full employee lifecycle while fostering a culture of trust, transparency, and inclusion. Ensure compliance, deliver timely feedback, and develop a strong, diverse talent pipeline.
- Food Safety + Operations: Maintain high standards for food safety, cleanliness, and equipment maintenance, resolving facility, supply, and food quality issues while prioritizing team safety.
- Customer Experience: Deliver clean, hospitable, and brand-aligned experiences, acting on guest metrics and making data-informed business decisions.
- Financial + Business Acumen: Drive sales and profit by analyzing reports, managing costs, executing strategic plans, and creating effective schedules aligned with business goals.
- Systems, Process + Technology: Operate and support all systems, troubleshoot issues, and prioritize daily operations to ensure smooth business and guest experiences.
- Execute Head Coach Career Path Duties: Perform all essential functions outlined in the Assistant Coach role, including those from the Shift Leader, Kitchen Lead, and Team Member roles.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience in high-volume, fast-paced restaurants.
- Hands-on experience with local, organic, and sustainable products.
- ServSafe Manager or Regional Manager Food Safety Certification.
- Tech-savvy and comfortable using digital tools for operations, reporting, and team communication.
- Strong financial acumen: managing budgets, labor, and P&L effectively.
- Proven experience hiring, coaching, and developing high-performing teams.
- Exceptional adaptability and problem-solving in fast-paced, dynamic environments.
- Data-driven mindset with curiosity to identify and implement operational improvements.
- Commitment to operational excellence, hospitality, and team engagement.
- Experience in fast-casual or retail operations is a plus.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Meet all physical requirements of all roles within the career path of the Head Coach including Assistant Coach role, Shift Leader, Kitchen Lead, and Team Member.
- 3+ years in food service, with at least 2 years in hands-on management.
- Experience hiring, developing, training, and motivating team members.
- Skilled in planning, managing, and forecasting financials, labor, and inventory.
- Hands-on experience managing and optimizing processes in a fast-paced environment.
- Proven ability to lead and mentor teams collaboratively.
COMPENSATION
- Competitive base salary + 20% bonus potential.
- Medical, dental, + vision plans.
- Paid vacation + wellness time.
- 401(k) program.
- Paid family leave.
- Complimentary greens and Sweetgreen swag.
- Opportunities to impact your team, community, and business.
- A collaborative team that lives our core values.
- Clear career path for personal and professional development.
WHO WE ARE
Sweetgreen is a national restaurant brand dedicated to building healthier communities by connecting people to real food. Since 2007, Sweetgreen has reimagined fast food to be fresh, flavorful, and rooted in relationships with farmers and communities. As we grow, we are committed to developing our people in our restaurants and at our support center, so that everyone can be part of the movement. When you join Sweetgreen, you not only invest in your own future but help create spaces where food, people, and purpose come together.
Sweetgreen provides equal opportunities for all employees and applicants, without regard to sex or gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, race (including traits historically associated with race, such as hair texture and protective hairstyles), religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, any service in the uniformed services of the United States, or any other consideration protected by federal, state, or local law.
California residents: Review our applicant privacy notice HERE.
sweetgreen participates in the federal government's E-Verify program to determine employment eligibility. To learn more about the E-Verify program, please click here.
INTRODUCTION
A Healthier Future Starts With You
As a Head Coach (General Manager), you're the leader, strategist, and mentor of your store. You'll inspire your team, drive operational excellence, and deliver exceptional guest experiences using data-driven insights to build healthier communities through real food.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Lead your team by balancing people, operations, and business performance. Build an inclusive culture while coaching talent, using technology to optimize operations and drive profitability. Maintain high standards of food quality, safety, and cleanliness while adapting to a dynamic environment.
Essential Functions
- People + Team Leadership: Lead the full employee lifecycle while fostering a culture of trust, transparency, and inclusion. Ensure compliance, deliver timely feedback, and develop a strong, diverse talent pipeline.
- Food Safety + Operations: Maintain high standards for food safety, cleanliness, and equipment maintenance, resolving facility, supply, and food quality issues while prioritizing team safety.
- Customer Experience: Deliver clean, hospitable, and brand-aligned experiences, acting on guest metrics and making data-informed business decisions.
- Financial + Business Acumen: Drive sales and profit by analyzing reports, managing costs, executing strategic plans, and creating effective schedules aligned with business goals.
- Systems, Process + Technology: Operate and support all systems, troubleshoot issues, and prioritize daily operations to ensure smooth business and guest experiences.
- Execute Head Coach Career Path Duties: Perform all essential functions outlined in the Assistant Coach role, including those from the Shift Leader, Kitchen Lead, and Team Member roles.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience in high-volume, fast-paced restaurants.
- Hands-on experience with local, organic, and sustainable products.
- ServSafe Manager or Regional Manager Food Safety Certification.
- Tech-savvy and comfortable using digital tools for operations, reporting, and team communication.
- Strong financial acumen: managing budgets, labor, and P&L effectively.
- Proven experience hiring, coaching, and developing high-performing teams.
- Exceptional adaptability and problem-solving in fast-paced, dynamic environments.
- Data-driven mindset with curiosity to identify and implement operational improvements.
- Commitment to operational excellence, hospitality, and team engagement.
- Experience in fast-casual or retail operations is a plus.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Meet all physical requirements of all roles within the career path of the Head Coach including Assistant Coach role, Shift Leader, Kitchen Lead, and Team Member.
- 3+ years in food service, with at least 2 years in hands-on management.
- Experience hiring, developing, training, and motivating team members.
- Skilled in planning, managing, and forecasting financials, labor, and inventory.
- Hands-on experience managing and optimizing processes in a fast-paced environment.
- Proven ability to lead and mentor teams collaboratively.
COMPENSATION
- Competitive base salary + 20% bonus potential.
- Medical, dental, + vision plans.
- Paid vacation + wellness time.
- 401(k) program.
- Paid family leave.
- Complimentary greens and Sweetgreen swag.
- Opportunities to impact your team, community, and business.
- A collaborative team that lives our core values.
- Clear career path for personal and professional development.
WHO WE ARE
Sweetgreen is a national restaurant brand dedicated to building healthier communities by connecting people to real food. Since 2007, Sweetgreen has reimagined fast food to be fresh, flavorful, and rooted in relationships with farmers and communities. As we grow, we are committed to developing our people in our restaurants and at our support center, so that everyone can be part of the movement. When you join Sweetgreen, you not only invest in your own future but help create spaces where food, people, and purpose come together.
Sweetgreen provides equal opportunities for all employees and applicants, without regard to sex or gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, race (including traits historically associated with race, such as hair texture and protective hairstyles), religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, any service in the uniformed services of the United States, or any other consideration protected by federal, state, or local law.
California residents: Review our applicant privacy notice HERE.
sweetgreen participates in the federal government's E-Verify program to determine employment eligibility. To learn more about the E-Verify program, please click here.
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Find JobsRestaurant General Manager Job Market
A snapshot from current openings nationwide, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
- KFC541
- Wendy's337
- Burger King123
- Taco Bell53
- Sweetgreen33
Top Industries Hiring
- Food & Beverage1,086
- Hospitality & Tourism279
- Retail34
- Technology & Software4
- Consulting & Professional Services1
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in restaurant general manager jobs.
- 3 to 5 years of restaurant management experience, including at least one GM or AGM role
- Demonstrated P&L management and ability to control food, labor, and overhead costs
- ServSafe Manager certification or equivalent state food safety credential
- Experience hiring, training, and scheduling hourly and salaried staff
- Proficiency with point-of-sale systems such as Toast, Aloha, or Micros
- Bachelor's degree in hospitality management or a related field, or equivalent experience
Tips for Your Restaurant General Manager Job Search
Quantify your P&L ownership on your resume
Hiring managers want to see the actual scope of your financial accountability. Include annual revenue managed, labor cost percentages you hit, and food cost targets you maintained. Vague claims about 'managing budgets' won't stand out the way hard numbers do.
Tailor your resume to the segment
A fine dining GM resume reads differently from a fast-casual one. Highlight guest experience metrics and wine program oversight for upscale roles, and throughput, speed-of-service scores, and loyalty program results for quick-service or fast-casual positions. One version rarely fits both.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists restaurant general manager openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Target operators expanding into new markets
Chains and independent restaurant groups opening new locations need GMs before the doors open, not after. Search for brands announcing new locations in your target city and apply before the posting gets competitive. Growth-stage operators often move faster and offer more autonomy.
Prepare a specific turnaround or ramp-up story
Interviewers consistently ask how you handled a struggling location or opened a new one. Have one concrete story ready that walks through the problem, your specific actions across staffing, operations, and guest experience, and the measurable outcome. Generic leadership answers don't win GM roles.
Negotiate total compensation, not just base pay
GM offers often include a bonus tied to EBITDA, comp meals, health benefits, and relocation. Before accepting, ask for the bonus structure in writing and clarify whether targets are set at the unit or regional level. What looks like a lower base can come out ahead with a reachable bonus.
Restaurant General Manager Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most restaurant general managers?
The companies hiring the most restaurant general managers right now include KFC, Wendy's, and Burger King, with the largest share of openings in Ohio, California, and Minnesota, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of June 2026. Multi-unit chains and expanding fast-casual brands tend to post the highest volume of GM openings at any given time.
How many restaurant general manager jobs are remote?
About 0% of restaurant general manager openings are fully remote or hybrid as of June 2026, since the role is fundamentally on-site and floor-based. The sub-areas most likely to allow remote or hybrid flexibility are corporate training roles, multi-unit oversight positions, and GM roles at ghost kitchen or delivery-only concepts.
How do you become a restaurant general manager?
Most restaurant general managers move up through hourly roles into shift lead or assistant manager positions, building hands-on experience in scheduling, inventory, and guest service. From there, a promotion to AGM gives you direct exposure to P&L oversight. Earning a ServSafe certification and, where relevant, a hospitality management degree strengthens your candidacy for GM roles at larger or more competitive operators.
Can you get hired as a restaurant general manager with limited experience?
Some smaller independent restaurants and emerging fast-casual brands hire first-time GMs from strong AGM or multi-department supervisor backgrounds. If you're making the leap, frame your resume around specific outcomes you drove as an assistant manager, such as turnover you reduced, sales you grew, or audits you passed. Applying to single-unit independents or new-to-market concepts gives you the best shot before moving to larger operators.
What does the restaurant general manager interview process look like?
Most restaurant GM interviews involve an initial phone or video screen with a recruiter or HR contact, followed by one or two in-person rounds with the district manager or ownership group. You'll typically be asked to walk through a specific operational challenge you solved, discuss how you build and retain a team, and sometimes complete a financial scenario or a working interview on the floor.
Where can I find and apply to restaurant general manager jobs?
You can find and apply to restaurant general manager jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search the listings to find roles that match your experience, segment preference, and location, then apply directly to each one that fits.
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