Restaurant General Manager Jobs
Restaurant General Manager jobs are open across full-service dining, fast casual, hotel food and beverage, and multi-unit chains, from assistant general manager to area director level, with specializations in P&L management, franchise operations, and team development. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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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.
What You'll Do
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.
What Makes You Stand Out
- 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 Requirements
- 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
What Perks You'll Get
- 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.
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.
What You'll Do
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.
What Makes You Stand Out
- 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 Requirements
- 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
What Perks You'll Get
- 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.
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Who's Hiring
- Cook Out Restaurants923
- Burger King171
- Hoogland Restaurant140
- KFC137
- Noodles & Company96
Top Industries Hiring
- Retail
- Sports & Recreation
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in restaurant general manager jobs.
- 3-5 years of restaurant management experience, with at least 1 year in a general manager role
- Demonstrated ability to manage P&L, labor costs, and food cost percentages
- ServSafe Manager Certification or equivalent state food safety credential
- Experience hiring, training, and developing hourly and salaried staff
- Proficiency with point-of-sale systems and restaurant scheduling software
- 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 impact clearly
Hiring managers expect hard numbers. Pull your average weekly covers, labor cost percentage, and annual revenue under your management from past roles. Restaurant general manager resumes without financial metrics rarely clear the first screen.
Tailor your resume to concept type
A fast-casual background reads differently than fine dining or multi-unit franchise experience. Match the language in your resume to the concept you're targeting so your experience feels directly transferable, not like a stretch.
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 openings by unit volume
Restaurant general manager roles vary widely by revenue and seat count. Filter your search toward concepts whose annual volume matches or slightly exceeds your current experience so you're positioned as a proven fit, not a reach candidate.
Prepare operational scenarios for interviews
Expect situational questions on handling a line walkout, a failed health inspection, or a sudden drop in guest scores. Rehearse specific examples from your own experience, including what you changed afterward and what the measurable outcome was.
Negotiate your bonus structure separately
Base pay is rarely the whole picture for a general manager role. Before accepting, ask how the bonus is calculated, what percentage of GMs hit it, and whether it is tied to individual unit performance or a regional rollup.
Restaurant General Manager Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most restaurant general managers?
The most active employers for restaurant general managers right now are Cook Out Restaurants, Burger King, and Hoogland Restaurant, and the most openings are in North Carolina, Georgia, and Virginia, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Multi-unit chains and franchise groups tend to post the highest volume of 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 September 2026, which is low compared to most management roles. The sub-areas most likely to allow remote or hybrid arrangements are multi-unit consulting, ghost kitchen operations, and corporate training and development functions within larger restaurant groups.
How do you become a restaurant general manager?
Most restaurant general managers move up from assistant general manager or shift supervisor roles after demonstrating strong performance in labor management, guest satisfaction, and cost control. Getting ServSafe certified, volunteering for opening or closing manager responsibilities, and building experience with scheduling and inventory software all accelerate the path. Formal hospitality education can help but is rarely required if your operational results are strong.
Can you get a restaurant general manager job with limited management experience?
Some smaller independent restaurants and emerging fast-casual concepts hire candidates into general manager roles with two or three years of supervisor or assistant manager experience, especially when the candidate has strong financial literacy and a history of building teams. Targeting smaller-volume units or new store openings gives you the best shot at stepping into a GM title earlier in your career.
What does the restaurant general manager interview process look like?
Most restaurant general manager interviews run two to four rounds. The first is typically a phone screen with a recruiter or district manager focused on your background and tenure. A second round usually involves a structured in-person interview covering operational scenarios, financial management, and culture fit. Final rounds often include a restaurant walk-through or a meeting with a regional director, and reference checks typically happen before an offer is extended.
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 in one place. Find roles that match your experience and concept background, then apply directly to each listing.
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