General Manager

Recruiting Partner: Nichelle Ritter

The Colony, Texas | Food & Beverage & Lodging | Not Remote | $90,000 to $130,000 | Job ID: 170791

Job Summary

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We are seeking an experienced General Manager to lead operations for a large-scale, high-volume hospitality and entertainment venue. This role blends hands-on operational leadership with strategic oversight and is responsible for execution, financial performance, team leadership, and delivering a consistently strong guest experience across bars, entertainment programming, and shared public spaces.

The General Manager is a visible leader who sets expectations, builds structure, and ensures operational excellence. This role requires comfort operating in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with multiple points of service, high guest volume, and frequent events.


Key Responsibilities

Operational Leadership & Execution

  • Lead all day-to-day venue operations, ensuring consistent execution of standards, policies, and procedures
  • Maintain a visible leadership presence during peak business periods and major events
  • Ensure strong coordination across bar operations, entertainment, facilities, and venue teams
  • Uphold high standards for service, cleanliness, safety, and guest experience

Bar, Beverage & Service Operations

  • Oversee execution, staffing, and cost controls across all bar and beverage operations
  • Lead bar leadership and bartenders as venue employees
  • Ensure consistency in beverage builds, service standards, and guest experience
  • Manage ordering, inventory, receiving, and cost of goods for beverage programs
  • Oversee beverage menu rollouts and seasonal updates

Financial Performance

  • Maintain ownership of venue-level P&L performance
  • Drive profitability through disciplined labor management, scheduling, and overtime controls
  • Identify opportunities for revenue growth and cost savings
  • Partner with accounting to ensure accurate inventory counts, invoicing, and financial reporting

People Leadership & Culture

  • Lead, coach, and develop management and hourly teams
  • Oversee hiring, onboarding, training, and performance management
  • Build strong bench strength and accountability across leadership roles
  • Foster a professional, high-energy, and guest-focused work environment

Entertainment & Events

  • Collaborate with internal partners to plan and execute entertainment, events, and activations
  • Ensure operational readiness, staffing, and execution for live events and high-volume periods
  • Review performance and operational effectiveness of programming and make adjustments as needed

Facilities, Vendors & Compliance

  • Maintain facility standards in compliance with health, safety, and sanitation regulations
  • Oversee third-party vendors and service providers
  • Ensure compliance with all applicable alcohol service, employment, and safety laws

Experience & Qualifications

  • 10+ years of hospitality leadership experience
  • 3–5 years as a General Manager or senior leader in a high-volume, complex venue
  • Strong operational instincts with the ability to lead from the floor when needed
  • Proven experience managing bar and beverage operations at scale
  • Strong financial acumen with full P&L ownership
  • Experience leading large teams with layered management structures
  • Excellent communication, judgment, and decision-making skills
  • ServSafe and alcohol service certification (or ability to obtain upon hire)
  • Ability to work extended hours, including nights, weekends, holidays, and on-call as required
  • Ability to stand for extended periods and lift up to 50 lbs

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Paid Time Off
  • 401(k)

 

JOB ID: 170791

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