Experiential Food & Hospitality Programs Lead

Great Performances; New York (NY); On-site; USD 81,000 - 99,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation time

401(k)

Medical, dental and vision insurance

Transit benefits

Paid and unpaid safe and sick time

FSA

Job summary

Great Performances is seeking a creative Amenity Events & Programming Manager to develop programming across our corporate, café, retail, and amenity locations in New York. You will shape annual calendars, partner with chefs, and guide activations from concept through on-site execution.

The ideal candidate loves food, hospitality, and experiential marketing, can manage multiple programs, and collaborate with Culinary, Operations, Marketing, and Design teams.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience in hospitality, food and beverage, culinary programming, events, experiential programming, marketing, or a related field.
• Strong knowledge of food trends, seasonality, guest experience, and hospitality operations.
• Demonstrated experience developing food-focused programs, events, activations, or guest experiences from concept through execution.
• Experience collaborating with chefs, culinary teams, operations teams, and other cross-functional partners.
• Strong project management and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple programs, timelines, budgets, and locations.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Hands-on and comfortable supporting tastings, launches, events, and onsite execution.
• Flexibility to work evenings and weekends as needed.
• Responsibilities may evolve based on the needs of the organization.

Responsibilities

• Develop annual and monthly programming calendars for client-facing events, experiences, and activations.
• Create food festivals, pop-ups, tastings, chef collaborations, restaurant partnerships, wellness programs, seasonal activations, and cultural food experiences.
• Stay current on emerging food, restaurant, hospitality, wellness, and cultural trends and translate them into relevant programming.
• Develop concepts tailored to the audience, space, and operational needs of each location.
• Work with chefs, managers, and operational teams to bring programs from concept through onsite execution.
• Partner with culinary and commissary teams on menus, sourcing, quantities, production, packaging, equipment, and logistics.
• Develop clear, practical activation plans and tools that allow successful programs to be replicated across multiple locations.
• Support tastings, program launches, events, and onsite activations.
• Travel between Great Performances locations throughout New York City as needed.
• Partner with Marketing and Design on program messaging, signage, promotional materials, calendars, and collateral.
• Coordinate photography and content development for activations, menus, and new programming.
• Identify opportunities for chef, restaurant, brand, and community partnerships.
• Maintain an organized library of successful concepts, menus, photography, collateral, and programming resources.

Skills

Project management

Organization

Communication

Job description

Great Performances is seeking a creative Amenity Events & Programming Manager to develop programming across our corporate, café, retail, and amenity locations in New York. You will shape annual calendars, partner with chefs, and guide activations from concept through on-site execution.

The ideal candidate loves food, hospitality, and experiential marketing, can manage multiple programs, and collaborate with Culinary, Operations, Marketing, and Design teams.