We are looking for a Regional Sales Manager - Private Dining & Events to join Gordon Ramsay Restaurants, based in Boston, Massachusetts.
This is a market-facing sales and business development role responsible for driving Private Dining & Events and incremental restaurant revenue for Ramsay's Kitchen and Gordon Ramsay Burger in Boston. The role combines proactive business development and reactive event sales with local relationship building, strategic partnerships, and market activation.
The Regional Sales Manager will develop strong relationships across Boston's corporate, hotel, concierge, convention, tourism, and events communities, identifying opportunities that increase brand awareness, generate new business, and position Ramsay's Kitchen and Gordon Ramsay Burger as preferred destinations for dining, groups, and events.
Key Responsibilities
- Drive Private Dining & Events and incremental restaurant revenue across Ramsay's Kitchen and Gordon Ramsay Burger through proactive business development, account management, and conversion of inbound inquiries.
- Manage the full sales process from initial prospecting and inquiry through site visits, proposals, contracting, and finalized Banquet Event Orders (BEOs).
- Build and maintain relationships with corporate accounts, hotels and concierges, meeting and event planners, DMCs, convention and destination partners, tour operators, and other key demand generators.
- Develop a strong hotel and concierge network to drive restaurant referrals, VIP dining, group business, and Private Dining & Events opportunities.
- Identify upcoming conventions, conferences, sporting and cultural events, and citywide demand drivers, developing strategies to capture incremental business.
- Identify and develop local partnerships, activations, networking opportunities, and community events that increase brand visibility and connect the restaurants with priority audiences.
- Partner with Marketing and Restaurant Operations to activate relevant local opportunities and ensure initiatives support measurable commercial goals.
- Maintain and grow existing client relationships, driving repeat and referral business through consistent account management and follow-up.
- Conduct site visits, client entertainment, networking events, showcases, and restaurant familiarization experiences to develop and convert business.
- Maintain accurate sales activity, pipeline, client communication, contracts, and event information within Tripleseat and company systems.
- Partner closely with Operations and Culinary to ensure contracted event details and client expectations are clearly communicated for successful execution.
- Represent Gordon Ramsay Restaurants professionally throughout the Boston market and embody our values of Quality, Integrity, Hard Work, and Family Values.
Experience & Qualifications
- Minimum 5 years of sales and business development experience within restaurants, hotels, events, hospitality, tourism, or a related industry.
- Must be based in the Greater Boston area. This is an in-market role requiring regular presence at our restaurants and throughout the Boston business and hospitality community.
- Demonstrated success in proactive new business development, not solely reactive or inbound event sales.
- Experience developing relationships within the corporate, hotel, concierge, convention, DMC, tourism, or meetings and events communities strongly preferred.
- Strong knowledge of the Greater Boston market and an existing local network highly desirable.
- Commercially driven with the ability to manage a pipeline, achieve revenue targets, and turn relationships and partnerships into measurable business.
- Excellent interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills with the ability to confidently represent a high-profile global restaurant brand.
- Experience with Tripleseat strongly preferred; proficiency with Microsoft Office and CRM/POS systems required.
- Schedule flexibility, including occasional evenings and weekends, and ability to travel throughout the Greater Boston market.
What's in it for you
- Competitive base salary of $80,000-$90,000, plus commission and bonus opportunity, with on-target earnings of $120,000-$150,000
- 401(k)
- Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
- Flex Time
- Employee Assistance Program
- Access to world-class training and development opportunities globally
- Staff and Friends & Family discounts across participating Gordon Ramsay Restaurants in the US and UK
If you'd like to develop your career within a best-in-class global restaurant business, apply today.
