Food and Beverage Development Manager

180 Seminole Hard Rock Support Services; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

The Seminole Tribe of Florida's Seminole Hard Rock Support Services is seeking a Food & Beverage Development Manager to lead enterprise-wide initiatives across all properties, ensuring openings are on time, on brand, and operationally ready.

You will drive R&D, trend analysis, and concept evolution, coordinating cross-functional teams and overseeing brand standards, menus, and system integrations to deliver a consistent guest experience.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in food & beverage operations, project management, or hospitality development.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and execute complex projects.
• Strong organizational, planning, and time-management skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
• Experience with new property openings, brand rollouts, or multi-unit operations preferred.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and project tracking tools.
• Creative mindset with a passion for innovation, concept development, and trend-forward thinking.
• Strong knowledge of mixology, beverage development, and bar operations; hands-on bartending experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead and drive major cross-functional food & beverage initiatives from planning through execution.
• Establish and maintain accountability across all project stakeholders.
• Ensure timelines, deliverables, and milestones are met with consistency.
• Identify risks, remove obstacles, and maintain project momentum across initiatives.
• Oversee beverage program launches, menu rollouts, and system integrations.
• Drive brand standards initiatives and training execution frameworks.
• Coordinate cross-functional leadership across Procurement IT Marketing Human Resources Design & Construction Training Finance & Legal Compliance & Security.
• Align teams around shared timelines and operational goals.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Communication

Organizational skills

Time management

Hospitality industry knowledge

Tools

Microsoft Office

Project tracking tools

Job description

Our team members are the key to our company’s success, and their health and well-being, as well as that of their families, is very important to us. We offer a comprehensive benefits package that allows our team members stay healthy, plan for their future and maintain a healthy work-life balance. Benefits may vary with employment status. To see our fill list of Team Member Benefits please visit our career site: www.gotoworkhappy.com/benefits

Food & Beverage Development Manager is responsible for leading the execution and coordination of enterprise-wide food & beverage initiatives across all properties. This role ensures that development projects, openings, and brand rollouts are delivered on time, on brand, and operationally executable. In addition to execution leadership, this role is responsible for driving research and development initiatives, staying ahead of industry trends, and bringing innovative ideas forward to enhance both existing and new food & beverage concepts. The Manager actively explores emerging products, guest preferences, service models, and technology to ensure the organization remains competitive, relevant, and differentiated in the market. This position serves as the central point of accountability for project momentum, cross-functional alignment, and operational readiness, while also acting as a key contributor to creative concept evolution, continuous improvement, and brand innovation. The role reduces execution gaps and enables leadership to focus on strategic growth

Key Responsibilities

• Project Leadership & Execution Lead and drive major cross-functional food & beverage initiatives from planning through execution
• Conviction when communicating departmental directive with stakeholders, leads, and peers
• Establish and maintain accountability across all project stakeholders
• Ensure timelines, deliverables, and milestones are met with consistency and discipline
• Identify risks, remove obstacles, and maintain project momentum across all initiatives
• Oversee execution of: Beverage program launches
• Menu rollouts
• POS/KDS/BOSS integrations
• Brand standard initiatives
• Training execution frameworks
• Operational Administration
• New Property Development & Openings
• Own F&B development execution for new property openings
• Ensure all F&B operational components are aligned and on schedule
• Oversee: Opening readiness
• Operational checklists
• Training coordination
• Systems readiness
• Deliver consistent, high-quality openings with reduced operational risk and stronger day-one performance
• Cross-Functional Leadership
• Lead coordination across key departments, including: Procurement IT (system integrations) Marketing Human Resources Design & Construction Training Finance & Legal Compliance & Security Entertainment Gaming New technology (Audio, visual, lighting, hardware)
• Align all teams around shared timelines, deliverables, and operational goals
• Serve as the central connector ensuring communication, clarity, and execution consistency
• Operational Standards & Brand Consistency
• Ensure brand standards scale effectively with organizational growth
• Oversee the rollout and sustainability of F&B standards, tools, and processes
• Drive consistency across properties to strengthen brand integrity and guest experience
• Ensure all initiatives are operationally executable at the property level
• Team & Leadership Support
• Reduce executive dependency by owning project execution and follow-through
• Support development of operational leaders by reinforcing accountability and execution standards
• Contribute to strengthening the leadership pipeline and organizational depth
• Financial & Operational Impact
• Improve speed to operational readiness and reduce launch inefficiencies
• Drive improved labor efficiency through better planning and coordination
• Support revenue optimization during openings and initiative rollouts
• Contribute to enhanced guest experience and satisfaction
• Drives research and development initiatives, to enhance new and existing food and beverage operations
• Contributes to the creation of service initiatives, including but not limited to beverage menus, libations, wine, table side service, sequence of service, limited time offers.
• Partnering with our culinary team to engineer menus and elevate the guest journey into a seamless, memorable experience

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in food & beverage operations, project management, or hospitality development
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and execute complex projects
• Strong organizational, planning, and time-management skills
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities
• Experience with new property openings, brand rollouts, or multi-unit operations preferred
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and project tracking tools
• Creative mindset with a passion for innovation, concept development, and trend-forward thinking
• Strong knowledge of mixology, beverage development, and bar operations; hands-on bartending experience preferred

Disclaimer While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the current job or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change, (e.g. emergencies, changes in personnel, workload, rush jobs or technical developments).

Be Iconic represents the roots of our culture. The Seminole Tribe of Florida remains the only unconquered tribe in the United States of America. The Tribe established Seminole Gaming in 1979, when it opened the first high-stakes bingo hall in the United States. Building on its rich heritage of courageous and groundbreaking achievements, the Seminole Tribe of Florida acquired Hard Rock International in March 2007 - the first transaction of its kind by a Native American tribe. Today, Hard Rock International remains one of the most globally recognized companies in the world, with Hard Rock Hotel, Casino, Cafe and Rock Shop® venues in over 74 countries. With the continued growth of Seminole Gaming and Hard Rock International, Seminole Hard Rock Support Services was created to support all of our brands and lines of business. With the largest global footprint in the hospitality industry for over 50 years, our number-one job is to bring fun and excitement to our team members and our guests!