Director, Ops Services
Reports to: VP, Ops Services
About the Role
Sweetgreen is building the future of fast-casual dining — and our people are the most important ingredient. The Director, Ops Services will guide New Restaurant Openings, Training Rollouts, Learning & Development, and oversee our Infinite Kitchen experience. This role operates in a fast-paced environment and requires considerable training and operations experience.
What You'll Do
Guide cross-functional and operations readiness for New Restaurant Openings and Remodels to ensure great guest and team member experiences; enable use of new technology and processes to drive stronger openings and team member engagement
Plan and lead training cascade for new restaurant initiatives
Ensure service standards and operational enhancements are successfully trained and executed in our restaurants
Gather feedback from restaurant teams, field leaders, guests, and support center to enhance training and execution
Partner with the People Team to evaluate and optimize training programs, materials, facilitation guides, and communication strategies
Plan Infinite Kitchen technology roadmap and enable operational and financial excellence at Infinite Kitchen locations by supporting day-to-day Infinite Kitchen operations
What You'll Bring
Bachelor's in Business, Hospitality, Operations, Culinary Management, or related field.
10+ years of experience in restaurant training and/or operations
Fast-casual or high-growth food & beverage experience is preferred.
Genuine love of hospitality and training - exceptional operator, communicator, teacher, and learner
Proven strength at developing innovative and engaging training programs
Experience managing rollout of complex, cross-functional initiatives by partnering with People, Marketing, Culinary, and Technology teams and translating to field leaders and restaurants
Operates comfortably across field leaders, restaurant teams, cross-functional support teams, and executive leaders
Nice to Have
Experience building a training function for a multi-unit restaurant, hospitality, or retail brand
Leveraging AI to assist in training content creation and rollout
New store openings experience as a trainer
Experience as an instructional designer or leading instructional designers
Come join the sweetlife!
About sweetgreen
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
Salary range for this role:Starting salary range based on experience $140,000—$185,000 USD
Sweetgreen provides equal opportunities for all employees and applicants, without regard to sex or gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, race (including traits historically associated with race, such as hair texture and protective hairstyles), religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, any service in the uniformed services of the United States, or any other consideration protected by federal, state, or local law.
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sweetgreen is a destination for real food. We believe the choices we make every day about what we eat, where it comes from, and how it’s made have a lasting impact on our communities. From the seed to the store, we’re involved in every step of the supply chain, working with partners and farmers we know and trust. We make our food from scratch in each sweetgreen every day, using whole produce delivered that morning. As sweetgreen grows, we’re dedicated to working with the right people. We’ve built a team of over 5,000 hardworking individuals who care about developing future leaders and live our core values daily. We meet farmers before we meet landlords. We turn our new neighbors into friends. We’re building a brand that connects to local neighborhoods and leaves communities better off than we found them.
Our mission is to inspire healthier communities, by connecting people to real food. With over 220 locations across PA, MA, DMV, NY, CA, IL, TX, CO, and FL, we’ve worked hard to build a company with passion and purpose - and we’re just getting started.
