Assistant Manager - Airport Lounge (JFK)

Hyde Park Hospitality, LLC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 75,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance (Health)

Vacation and PTO

401K Plan with Company Matching

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Employee Discounts

Job summary

Hyde Park Hospitality is seeking an Airport Lounge Assistant Manager for our Sapphire Lounge at JFK. You will lead daily service operations, manage guest service staff, and uphold high standards in a seven-day operation.

The role requires weekends/holidays availability, strong hospitality focus, and ability to drive guest satisfaction while maintaining safety and cleanliness.

Qualifications

• Leadership experience in upscale hospitality venues (1–3 years).
• Focus on guest satisfaction and high service standards.
• Ability to recruit, hire and develop frontline staff.
• Proficient in coordination and communication across teams.
• Knowledge of health, safety and sanitation best practices.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day operations and ensure excellence standards.
• Oversee sanitation, quality control and facility-related activities.
• Deliver exceptional guest experiences and maintain client relations.
• Maintain relationships with guests, clients and other departments.
• Ensure compliance with sanitation and cleaning standards.
• Operate within budget and seek efficiency improvements.
• Direct up to 30 team members; oversee training and development.
• Fill in for General Manager when needed; manage HR tasks.
• Ensure TSA and local airport authority regulations are followed.

Skills

Guest Experience

Decision Making

Communication

Team Building

Integrity

Developing Others

Technical Credibility

Analytical Thinking

Continual Learning

Hospitality Focus

Tools

MS Office

Job description

The Airport Lounge Assistant Manager is a hands-on manager role and will be very active in daily service operations at the premium lounge, by Airport Dimensions supporting the Sapphire Lounge by The Club in the John F. Kennedy International Airport. The Assistant Manager will have responsibility for daily operations and service staff including concierges, guest service attendants, food and beverage runners, and appearance care (custodial staff) in a private club. The Assistant Manager needs to have a strong eye for detail, provide overall excellent service standards and lead the team. They will report directly to the General Manager/Assistant General Manager and can be asked to assist with duties that fall under the General Manager.

This is a seven-day operation; candidates must be available to work weekends and holidays when needed.

The Successful Candidate Should Possess:

• Hospitality Focus:focus on guest satisfaction and providing memorable first in class experiences. Generous, friendly, and warm spirited.
• Guest Experience:Maintains a friendly, cheerful, and courteous demeanor at all times ensuring highest level of guest experience. The ability to anticipate and meet the needs of guests, delivering best in class products and services with the commitment of continuous improvement. This includes seeking to meet guest needs, expectations, and demands quickly and effectively; remaining calm and professional when dealing with difficult guests; reviewing complaints from internal/external guests and taking action to remedy the complaint; and treating the guest as valuable.
• Decision Making:The ability to make a good decision or lead a good decision-making process. The understanding when to decide, when to consult subordinates or peers and bring in a collaborative approach to the process, and when to step back to let others decide.
• Communication and Influence:Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey information that will be complex, and/or to others who may have limited knowledge of the subject in question. Role will require intermediate negotiation, influence, cooperation, tact, ability to articulate clearly, use of correct grammar, cultural context, and diplomacy, etc.
• Team Building:The ability to inspire, motivate, and guide others to foster team commitment, spirit, pride, and trust. This includes clearly communicating and reinforcing goals of team, unity, cooperation, and excellence.
• Integrity / Honesty:Behaving in an honest, fair, and ethical manner through all words and actions. Modeling high standards of ethics.
• Developing Others:The ability to motivate and inspire others to perform and contribute to the organization by providing ongoing feedback and opportunities to learn through formal and informal instruction.
• Technical Credibility:Full use and application of standards, principles, theories, concepts, and techniques in area of expertise. Focuses primarily on own area of specialty. Exposure to related disciplines.
• Analytical Thinking:The ability to systematically gather information from a variety of sources, analyze information, identify implications of data, and draw appropriate conclusions. Draws appropriate conclusions, generates viable alternative solutions to a question or a problem, and evaluate the consequences of choosing each alternative.
• Continual Learning:Assess and recognizes own strengths and weaknesses and pursues self-development.

Job Responsibilities:

• Manages overall day to day operations of the account ensuring the standards of excellence are met
• Assists in the responsibility for all operational activities including quality improvement, sanitation, infection control and all facility-related activities
• Consistently deliver exceptional guest experiences to guests
• Maintains excellent relationships with guests and clients as well as other departments
• Ensures compliance with proper sanitation and cleaning standards
• Operates within the budget and identifies new ways to improve the business
• The airport lounge is a seven-day operation; some weekends and holidays will be included in the work schedule
• Conducts HR functions including recruiting and hiring
• Direct the activities of up to 30 team members at any given time
• Oversees team training and development
• Motivate, coach, mentor and develop frontline (hourly) and management staff
• Ensure the completion of training programs, including all required certifications
• Achieve company and client financial targets and goals
• Uphold and elevate high standards regarding health, safety, and cleanliness
• Assist with cleaning rooms, hallways, lobbies, lounges, restrooms, corridors, elevators, stairways, break rooms if assigned by a manager
• Ensure Hyde Park Hospitality standards are met including compliance with company food and safety programs
• Fill in during the absence of the General Manager and Assistant General Manager
• Comply and ensure your team follows all TSA and local airport authority regulations
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications And Experience:

• Management experience in fine dining, hotel, or other upscale hospitality venue of 1 – 3 years
• Demonstrated leadership abilities with creating and growing a successful team
• Possess the ability to manage multiple priorities, demonstrate professional communication skills, and exhibit a passion for a high-level of guest service
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with a range of audience including front line employees, clients, and corporate management
• Requires ability to maintain a presentable and polished appearance in keeping with service standards in a best-in-class environment
• Excellent communication and computer skills are needed, including knowledge of MS Office products
• Ability to follow all lawful safety, health, and liquor rules and regulations
• Must be able to pass and obtain security background check and clearance to work in airport environment
• Specific physical characteristics and abilities are required to perform the work, such as above-average agility and dexterity and long periods of walking, standing, bending or carrying moderately heavy items
• Maintaining current state approved alcohol certifications and food handlers / food safety manager certifications as required
• Other duties as needed

Salary Range:

$75,000.00-$80,000.00 Annually

FLSA Status:

Exempt

Location:

On-site

Benefits:

• Medical Insurance (Health, Dental, Vision)
• Disability Insurance
• Vacation and PTO
• 401K Plan with generous Company Matching
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Employee Corporate Discounts for nationally recognized products and services (childcare, electronics, entertainment, hotels, home, groceries, restaurants, auto, travel, and pets)

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Hyde Park Hospitality (HPH) is a young—but dynamic and fast-growing—company built on deep roots in the food business. HPH earned Crain’s Fast 50 Award in 2026 for being one (ranked 30th) of the fifty fastest growing businesses in the Chicago-area! We provide services ranging from airport concessions, management staffing, brand licensing, to contracted food and facilities management. With a 75% diverse senior management team, HPH values diversity and welcomes everyone with necessary qualifications and experience, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, and any other protected status, to apply. Learn more about us at hph-us.com.