Regional Dining Services Director - Multi-Site Hospitality

HutsonWood; Tennessee; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

HutsonWood is seeking a Regional Director of Dining Services to provide strategic and operational leadership across our senior living and healthcare communities. This role partners with community and clinical leadership to elevate dining operations, hospitality, nutrition, and resident satisfaction.

The ideal candidate brings a strong background in dining, culinary, hospitality, or nutrition, with multi-site leadership experience and a passion for delivering exceptional dining experiences across

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition, Dietetics, Hospitality Management, Culinary Arts, Food Service Management, or related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of progressive multi-site leadership experience in senior living, healthcare dining, hospitality, restaurant operations, or a related field preferred.
• Demonstrated experience leading dining or culinary operations across multiple locations strongly preferred.
• Experience in senior living, long-term care, skilled nursing, or healthcare nutrition strongly preferred.
• Strong knowledge of hospitality, culinary operations, food safety, sanitation, budgeting, labor management, and customer/resident service.
• Demonstrated ability to coach, develop, and support dining leadership teams.
• RDN credential required for communities where clinical nutrition oversight is a direct responsibility; not required solely for Independent Living settings.
• Current state licensure or certification where required.

Responsibilities

• Provide regional oversight and leadership for dining and culinary operations across assigned communities.
• Establish consistent dining standards, service expectations, operating procedures, and quality benchmarks.
• Coach and develop Dining Services Directors, Executive Chefs, Culinary Managers, and other dining leaders.
• Conduct regular community visits, dining observations, kitchen inspections, and operational reviews.
• Develop and implement improvement plans related to dining quality, hospitality, sanitation, financial performance, and resident satisfaction.
• Lead menu development and ensure quality, variety, nutritional balance, presentation, and resident choice.
• Monitor food quality, food costs, labor costs, purchasing, waste, overtime, and other key performance indicators.
• Ensure compliance with applicable food safety, sanitation, regulatory, and infection prevention requirements.
• Partner with clinical teams regarding nutrition, therapeutic diets, allergies, dietary restrictions, supplements, and other special nutritional needs.
• Help create engaging, restaurant-style dining experiences that promote choice, independence, socialization, and resident satisfaction.
• Support community openings, acquisitions, transitions, renovations, and dining program implementations.
• Develop and deliver training and onboarding programs for dining and culinary teams.
• Partner with Sales and Marketing to showcase dining programs to prospective residents and families.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Operations leadership

Dining services

Hospitality management

Budgeting

Food safety

Staff coaching

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition, Dietetics, Hospitality Management, Culinary Arts, Food Service Management, or related field

Job description

HutsonWood is seeking a Regional Director of Dining Services to provide strategic and operational leadership across our senior living and healthcare communities. This role partners with community and clinical leadership to elevate dining operations, hospitality, nutrition, and resident satisfaction.

The ideal candidate brings a strong background in dining, culinary, hospitality, or nutrition, with multi-site leadership experience and a passion for delivering exceptional dining experiences across