General Manager - Restaurant

General Manager

Location: New Providence, NJ | Reports To: Owner | Compensation: $80,000–$100,000 base salary (commensurate with experience) + Quarterly Bonus

Employment Type: Full-Time, Exempt/Salaried

A family-owned operation building toward 15 restaurants across Northern New Jersey. We're hiring a General Manager who will run the flagship location in New Providence and help us build what comes next.

This is a real operator's role. You lead from the floor during service and run the business when it slows. We're not looking for a strong shift manager with a title — we're looking for someone who has already run a high-volume restaurant well and wants a bigger table to play at, with greater upside potential.

What You'll OwnThe Store

• Full P&L ownership: labor, food cost, prime cost, budget adherence, and complaint rate
• All four channels — dine-in, off-premise (takeout and delivery), catering, and our private event room
• Scheduling to volume in a way that protects margin without burning out the team
• Inventory, ordering, vendor relationships, and negotiation
• Presence on the floor during peak service, setting the tone for pace, hospitality, and standards

The Team

• Hiring, developing, and — when necessary — exiting your staff; you build the team you lead
• Direct leadership of the AGM/FOH manager and the kitchen manager
• Building the bench: we can't open future locations without managers who came up here

The Systems

• Developing training programs, position checklists, and certification standards
• Labor efficiency work across departments
• Assisting in the continued development of our internal playbook by building documented recipes and SOPs

Requirements

• 3+ years as a General Manager in a high-volume restaurant, pizzeria, or fast-casual environment, with a track record running a location doing $2.5M+ in annual sales volume
• Demonstrated, direct P&L ownership — you've carried a P&L, not just executed someone else's plan
• Proven experience building and formalizing systems: training programs, SOPs, scheduling models, or other tools that outlasted your shift
• Track record developing managers who went on to be promoted
• Fluency in restaurant economics: labor %, food cost %, prime cost, SPLH, and scheduling to forecast
• Proficiency with restaurant technology; our stack includes Toast, 7shifts, Google Sheets, Shipday, Ovation, Marqii, and more
• Availability to work nights, weekends, and peak service hours — this is an on-the-floor leadership role, not a 9-to-5
• Food safety certification (e.g., ServSafe) required, or ability to obtain within 30 days of hire
• Multi-unit, multi-department, or above-store experience is a strong plus, though not required

What Makes You a Great Fit

• A leader people respect because of how you show up, not because of your title
• Calm under pressure, decisive when it counts, and humble enough to keep learning
• Genuinely energized by hospitality, standards, and developing people, not just running numbers

Growth Path

This role comes with real autonomy to run your store, working directly with an owner who is in the business and accessible, not a corporate layer between you and decisions. As we open our next location (targeted within the next 12–18 months), our best-performing operator becomes the person overseeing multiple sites. That's the intent of this hire, not a maybe.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary: $80,000–$100,000, commensurate with experience
• 10% annual Performance Bonus, paid quarterly
• Paid holidays and additional benefits as outlined in our team handbook
• Direct path to above-store leadership and compensation growth as we expand

A Word on Culture

We're family-owned and culture is non-negotiable. We're building the restaurant group we'd want to work for — where people are proud of their work, standards are high because we respect each other, and doing things right matters more than doing it loud. No yelling. No chaos. No old-school nonsense.

Equal Opportunity

An equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.

Pay: $88,000.00 - $110,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Paid time off

Work Location: In person