Senior Restaurant Area Leader

CAVA; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k enrollment with company contribution

Paid sick leave

Casual work environment

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

Job summary

A growing restaurant brand is seeking a SENIOR Area Leader to oversee multiple restaurants in Virginia. The ideal candidate will lead General Managers to enhance guest and team member experiences while supporting business growth. Key responsibilities include operational oversight, talent development, and ensuring overall brand standards. This role offers competitive benefits and a full-time commitment.

Qualifications

• Must believe in a hands-on managing style and be willing to lead by example.
• Excellent written/verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• Analytical skills to identify trends, make operational decisions and solve problems.
• Knowledgeable of and able to use PC and MS Office Suite proficiently.

Responsibilities

• Lead the General Manager (GM) leadership team to support and enable the growth goals for the company.
• Ensure that each GM upholds the standards and reputation of the CAVA Brand.
• Translate the overall business strategy into day-to-day execution, providing coaching and feedback to the GMs.
• Oversee planning, preparation and performance analysis of all restaurant P&Ls in the area.
• Execute programs introduced to the field.
• Develop internal leaders and attract high-potential external candidates.
• Guide Operations leaders to connect metrics to business processes for improvement.
• Cultivate a culture of high performance and accountability.
• Identify objectives and systems to improve consistency and synergy across restaurants.
• Partner with peers to ensure market consistency.

Skills

Leadership

Communication Skills

Analytical Skills

MS Office proficient

Tools

MS Office Suite

Job description

This range is provided by CAVA. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

At CAVA, we make it deliciously simple to eat well and feel good every day. We are guided by a Mediterranean heritage that’s been perfecting how to eat and live for four thousand years. We prioritize authenticity, curiosity and the pursuit of excellence in everything we do. We are working towards something big, together.

We foster a culture built on five core values:

• Generosity First, Always: We lead with kindness. Our best work happens when we act in service of others.
• Constant Curiosity: We are eager to learn, grow, and explore beyond the obvious.
• Act with Agility: We welcome change; it’s the only constant. We embrace, adjust, adapt.
• Passion for Positivity: We greet each day with warmth and possibility.
• Collective Ambition: We have high aspirations that are achieved when we work together with a shared purpose.

The SENIOR Area Leader is responsible for providing direction and executing operational processes and procedures for our CAVA Central Virginia Region (Northern VA, Richmond, Costal VA). This multi-unit leader will be expected to provide oversight and development of their direct reports (3-4 Above Field Leader and approximately 30 Restaurant General Managers) while working in cooperation with other functional leaders to ensure CAVA remains profitable.

What You’ll Do

• Lead the General Manager (GM) leadership team to support and enable the growth goals for the company.
• Ensure that each GM upholds the standards and reputation of the CAVA Brand, while enhancing Guest and Team Member experience, as well as profitability.
• Translate the overall business strategy into day-to-day execution, providing coaching and feedback to the GMs.
• Oversight of the planning, preparation and performance analysis of all restaurant P & L’s in the assigned area of responsibility.
• Execute on all programs introduced to the field.
• Build organizational talent by promoting the development of internal leaders, as well as championing the identification and attraction of high potential external candidates.
• Provide guidance to Operations leaders to help them connect the metrics to business processes and focus on continuous improvement strategies to achieve business objectives.
• Cultivate a culture of high performance and accountability
• Identify objectives and systems to improve consistency and synergy throughout our restaurants.
• Partner with peer Area Leader’s to ensure consistency between markets.

Qualifications

• Must believe in a hands‑on managing style and be willing to lead by example
• Excellent written/verbal communication and interpersonal skills
• Analytical skills to identify trends, make operational decisions and solve problems
• Knowledgeable of and have the ability to use a PC and MS Office Suite proficiently

We’ve got you covered. Here are just some of the benefits available to support center team members:

• 401k enrollment with company contribution
• Paid sick leave, parental leave, and community service leave
• Casual work environment
• The opportunity to be on the ground floor of a rapidly growing brand
• Medical insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k)

Seniority level

Director

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Management

Industries

Restaurants and Hospitality