The Regional Culinary Manager (RCM) is a senior culinary leader responsible for driving culinary excellence, operational consistency, talent development, and financial performance across a multi-unit portfolio within Collegiate Hospitality. Reporting directly to the Regional Culinary Director (RCD), the RCM serves as a strategic and operational partner, ensuring the successful execution of regional culinary priorities while building the next generation of culinary leadership.
The RCM provides coaching, guidance, and influence across multiple locations, working collaboratively with operations, finance, human resources, marketing, and client teams to elevate the guest experience. This role is responsible for developing high-performing culinary teams, ensuring food quality and safety standards, optimizing food and labor performance, supporting new business and retention efforts, and implementing innovation that drives guest satisfaction and business results.
As a member of the Regional Culinary Leadership Team, the RCM will lead key regional initiatives and serve as a culinary subject matter expert while supporting enterprise-wide culinary programs and best practices.
This position requires extensive travel, with approximately 80% travel throughout the East Region (Washington DC, Virginia & North Carolina). Because we operate in the hospitality and service industry, support may be required seven days per week across all meal periods, including breakfast, lunch, dinner, late-night, weekends, holidays, and special events.
