Manager, Core Operations (International)

Dine Brands Global; Pasadena (CA); Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Dine Brands Global, based in Pasadena, CA, is seeking a Core Operations Manager to guide testing, implementation, and ongoing business process management for international restaurant operations. The role focuses on turning business needs into scalable solutions, insights, and clear visual storytelling across multiple brands.

You will manage projects across food, beverage, labor, IT systems, training, marketing, supply chain, and development, coordinating cross-functional teams to ensure

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, or related discipline.
• Casual dining/restaurant operations experience.
• Experience in international multi-unit operations preferred.
• Project management experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate across US and International operations to share field feedback and adapt domestic strategies for international markets.
• Implement new processes, policies, and training for local markets.
• Partner with International Operations leaders to localize requirements.
• Coordinate and integrate efforts across multiple projects and programs.
• Develop and execute testing and implementation strategy for multi-year initiatives.
• Lead cross-functional teams to meet stakeholder needs and alignment.
• Identify project risks and propose solutions to enable resolution.
• Interact with operational leaders and senior franchise/company leadership.
• Provide executive-level updates as needed.

Skills

Analytical skills

Project management

Bilingual English/Spanish

Communication skills

Restaurant ops experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in business or related discipline

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Based in Pasadena, California, Dine Brands Global, Inc. (NYSE: DIN), through its subsidiaries and franchisees, supports and operates restaurants under the Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill + Bar®, IHOP®, and Fuzzy’s Taco Shop® brands. As of December 28, 2025, these three brands consisted of over 3,500 restaurants across 20 international markets. Dine Brands is one of the largest full-service restaurant companies in the world and in 2022 expanded into the Fast Casual segment. For more information on Dine Brands, visit the Company’s website located at www.dinebrands.com.

Job Location Type

Hybrid

The Role

The Core Operations Manager will be responsible for managing strategic and tactical aspects that support testing, implementation, and ongoing business process management for international restaurant operations.

This role will provide operational insight, recommendations, and direction for system programs or initiatives launched that impact sales, profit, Guest and Team Member satisfaction.

The ideal candidate brings strong restaurant operations expertise paired with experience translating business needs into scalable solutions, actionable insights, and clear visual storytelling.

This position provides project management support for testing, projects, and initiatives across a broad array of subjects under the umbrella of operating restaurants, including but not limited to food, beverage, labor optimization, training, IT systems, marketing, supply chain and development.

This position also manages projects and leads cross-functional teams, ensuring all programs and initiatives are completed and operationally ready for implementation.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate across US and International operations teams to share field feedback that improves restaurant processes, drive a global-minded strategy with local relevance, and adapt successful domestic strategies for international markets while respecting local differences.
• Implement new and improved processes, policies, and training where needed for local markets.
• Partner with International Operations leaders to localize operations requirements where needed.
• Manage, coordinate, and integrate efforts across a portfolio of projects and programs.
• Develop and execute testing and implementation strategy for multi-year corporate initiatives.
• Lead cross functional team of subject matter experts to meet the needs of the various stakeholders and effectively facilitate organizational alignment.
• Develop win‑win business solutions - independently identify project related risks & issues - elevating and proposing solutions where necessary to define a path to resolution.
• Frequently interact with operational leaders in addition to senior level franchise and company leadership.
• Create and present professional, executive level updates as needed.
• Target Salary $115k-$130k depending on experience

Skills And Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, or related discipline, or equivalent restaurant operations experience
• Casual dining or restaurant operations experience
• International multi-unit casual dining restaurant/food industry experience preferred
• Project Management experience a plus
• Knowledge of restaurant industry
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
• Strong organizational skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Fully bilingual (English & Spanish)
• Proficiency in Microsoft office applications, including Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Teams.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Dine Brands Global strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, veteran status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act and/or other applicable laws and regulations in other jurisdictions.

Dine Brands reviews criminal history in connection with a conditional offer of employment. The following is a list of all material job duties which Dine Brands reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: implement brand standards such as food safety at all restaurants for a uniform guest experience; physically inspect restaurant premises belonging to franchisees; and facilitate frequent and close interactions with franchisees, franchisee employees, guests, and other third parties.

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