About the Role
As a District Manager, you will help lead the team that defines what great looks like at LPQ. You will develop strong restaurant leaders, set the bar for hospitality and execution, and drive results across people, performance, and profitability, ensuring every restaurant in your district delivers an exceptional guest experience.
Responsibilities
- Lead a district of LPQ restaurants with a focus on consistent execution, exceptional hospitality, and pride in the guest experience.
- Coach restaurant leaders to deliver warm, consistent service and to use guest feedback to continually elevate the experience.
- Develop and support General Managers and Assistant General Managers through clear expectations, ongoing coaching, and accountability.
- Build strong bench strength by identifying talent early, creating development plans, and preparing leaders for growth.
- Partner with restaurant leaders to understand and manage their business, including labor, food costs, inventory, and forecasting.
- Ensure food safety and quality standards are upheld daily through visible leadership, training, and follow-through.
- Use data and insights to spot trends, solve problems at the root, and drive meaningful improvements across the restaurants.
- Create and execute district level sales and traffic driving strategies, scaling what works across all locations.
- Lead engaging district meetings that reinforce standards, share best practices, and drive consistent follow through.
Requirements
- Proven experience leading a minimum of 8-12 restaurants in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.
- A passion for hospitality and a track record of building consistent, guest-focused experiences.
- Experience building internal talent pipelines and developing GMs and AGMs for long-term success.
- Strong people leadership skills, including coaching, development, and holding leaders accountable with care and clarity.
- Strong business and financial acumen, with the ability to translate numbers into action at the restaurant level.
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to prioritize, delegate, and lead through others.
- Unwavering commitment to using data to inform decision-making day to day, hour to hour.
- Clear and confident communication skills with the ability to build trust at all levels.
Skills
- Hospitality
- Guest experience
- Talent development
- People leadership
- Coaching
- Accountability
- Business acumen
- Financial acumen
- Organizational skills
- Prioritization
- Delegation
- Data-driven decision-making
- Communication
Location
- New York
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- District Manager
Salary/Compensations
- $100,000-$120,000 plus bonus
Benefits
- Real work-life balance - daytime hours
- Medical, dental and vision benefits
- 401k with company match
- Quarterly Bonuses
- Quarterly gift card and discounts to be used at any of our brands
- Monthly cell phone reimbursement of $35
- A robust and "unlimited" employee referral program
- Life insurance
- Commuter Benefits
- Pet Insurance
- Genuine opportunities for growth across a family of brands
- A collaborative culture where your impact is seen, valued, and celebrated
About the Company
- Convive Brands is a New York-based hospitality group that builds and operates high-quality restaurant brands.
- Convive operates 50+ restaurants nationwide across two concepts: Le Pain Quotidien and Little Beet.
- As a patient, long-term investor-operator, it aims to build significant enterprise value through both organic growth and acquisition.
- With a focus on building a company rooted in long-term success in an ever-changing and hyper-competitive industry, we are growing our team with excitement about the future and grounded in how to get there.
- Challenges and opportunities exist at every level, alongside truly incredible upside.
- Convive employees embody confidence in navigating change, building and leading growing teams, and supporting strategic execution in the hospitality space.
Equal Opportunity
- Convive Brands is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, age, veteran status, or other protected class.
- Convive Brands celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
