Managing Partner

OverviewJoin to apply for the Managing Partner role at Happy Endings HospitalityBase pay range: 150,000.00 / yr - 200,000.00 / yr. This range is provided by Happy Endings Hospitality. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.Job Title AKA : Multi-Unit General ManagerThe Role (what You'll Actually Do)Own the entire operation of a single site doing ~$10M across multiple concepts, with two distinct service models, one team, one heartbeat.Orchestrate in real time: Place 5-6 managers and 60-80 staff where they're needed as demand shifts across brands and dayparts.Build the machine while you run it: Install durable SOPs, labor models, station design, and cross-brand expo / kitchen flows. Turn "tribal knowledge" into documented standards.Drive the P&L: Deliver 4-wall EBITDA, manage prime cost, improve throughput / ticket times, and protect the guest experience.Develop leaders: Turn capable managers into system builders. Create bench strength that makes you replaceable.Raise the bar: Launch and land LTOs, tighten quality, and make the shared-resource model a competitive advantage.What success looks like (your scorecard)4-Wall EBITDA vs. Budget (primary)Prime Cost (food + labor) at target with zero quality tradeoffThroughput / TT improvements by brand and daypartGuest metrics (ratings / NPS) = target; complaint recovery at standardSystemization: documented SOPs live; compliance audits = 90%Bench depth: 2 "ready-now" assistants; 6 certified trainersExample DeliverablesWorking labor model for each brand + cross-coverage planKitchen / expo workflow documented for multi-brand serviceScheduling templates by demand curve; OT under controlManager cadence: pre-shift / weekly / period business reviews liveTraining paths for hourly ? trainer ? supervisorYou in a nutshellBuilt or fixed high-volume restaurants without heavy corporate scaffoldingElite pattern recognition; you see the choke point before it hitsP&L-fluent: you make decisions that move EBITDA, not just good vibes (though it's a core value)You create leaders, not followers; teams level up around youBilingual (English / Spanish) strongly preferred; ServSafe Manager required (or within 30 days)Nice to haveExperience running both fast-casual and full-service under one roofOpened a restaurant or led a major turnaround / system installComfortable with data tools (POS exports, labor models, basic BI)Compensation (NOVA market, DOE)Base : $150K-$175KTarget bonus : Up to 30-35% of base, paid quarterly, tied to the scorecard aboveProfit-share kicker : % of 4-wall EBITDA above a hard floor, with a sensible capOTE : $215K-$245K, top-out ˜$265K-$270K for exceptional performancePath to partnership : Possible Phantom equity (1-2%) performance-vested over 3 yearsSchedule & realitiesEvenings / weekends / peaks are when the magic (and the problems) happen. Expect to be present for the business' battle rhythm and to build a leadership bench that doesn't need you every hour.About Happy Endings HospitalityHappy Endings Hospitality (HEH) runs chef-driven, high-volume concepts in NOVA. At Founders Row we operate three brands out of one shared kitchen, switching between fast-casual and full-service standards on the fly. We've proven the model. Now we're hiring the person who can scale it and harden the systems.If you need corporate playbooks to succeed, skip this. If you've built order out of chaos and love it—read on.More detail about Happy Endings Hospitality, part of Happy Endings Hospitality, please visit level: ExecutiveEmployment type: Full-timeJob function: General Business and ManagementIndustries: Restaurants #J-18808-Ljbffr

Created: 2025-09-18