Corporate Director of Food + BeverageReports to: SVP of Restaurants, Bars, + EventsAparium Hotel Group is seeking a Director, Food + Beverage to help strengthen performance, consistency, and innovation across our growing portfolio of distinctive hotels, restaurants, bars, and event venues. Reporting to the Senior Vice President of Restaurants, Bars, + Events, this corporate role balances strategic leadership with hands-on support in the field.
WHAT YOU WILL DO
- Partner with Regional Leaders, General Managers, and property Food + Beverage teams to improve operational and financial performance.
- Serve as a trusted advisor while reinforcing property-level ownership and accountability.
- Evaluate guest experience, service standards, leadership effectiveness, and business results across the portfolio.
- Develop and implement operating standards, systems, tools, training programs, and best practices.
- Support hotel openings, transitions, operational turnarounds, and other strategic priorities.
- Identify opportunities to grow revenue, strengthen margins, improve labor productivity, and elevate the guest experience.
- Guide Food + Beverage concept development, programming, budgeting, forecasting, and business planning.
- Coach property leaders and help build a strong pipeline of Food + Beverage talent.
- Partner across Creative, Brand, Marketing, Commercial, People + Culture, and Technical Services to bring concepts and strategies to life.
POSITION REQUIREMENTS
- Willingness to travel 60% + of the time, sometimes a little less, sometimes a little more (with longer periods of travel during openings)
- Minimum of five (5) years at a senior multi-unit leader level, within upscale hospitality companies
- Experience in companies with best-in-class service and training cultures
- Experience in developing and implementing programs and solutions at scale
- Extensive experience successfully opening restaurants, bars, and hotels in various roles
- Professional proficiency of the English language in reading, writing and verbal communication
HOW YOU LEAD
- Highly analytical in thought and recommendations; although will never act like the smartest person in the room; and continually seek out the facts; can express a point of view without it be driven by an ego
- Engages others in general conversation tactics to build rapport quickly; and can lead and adapt communication and presentation tactics to engage audience; displays adaptable interpersonal skills for a wide range of audiences and stakeholders
- Approaches fact finding and discovery missions in a collaborative effort; values input and experiences of others that creates additional insight to uncover deeper issues that need to be addressed or removed as a barrier to implementation
- Passionate in driving results of their effort and others; can influence others to take direction to execute on strategy through tactical methods; and is comfortable in prioritizing their work and that of others
- Comfortable in being a "general" in identifying strategic needs, yet can be a "soldier" to ensure the implementation of a strategic plan is implemented
- Prioritizes and organizes their own work when necessary by working flexible or extended hours to accommodate increased workload or new project assignments; can flex to the needs of a rapidly growing company
- Values the importance of making decisions with integrity, maintaining confidentiality across internal work groups and knows how to use discretion when appropriate; understands the difference between transparency and confidentiality.
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
- Salary: $150,000-$175,000
- Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, 401(k), disability, life insurance, commuter benefits, parking discounts, and travel perks
