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Restaurant General Manager jobs: 103 open roles

Open restaurant general manager jobs taken from employers’ own career sites and checked to still be open.

The market for restaurant general manager work

Every figure names its source. Skills and AI-skill shares describe the whole Operations function this title sits in. Outlook, pay and AI-use figures are for the government category “General and operations managers”, the closest occupation to this title.

Verified open restaurant general manager jobs
103

Source: NextChapter, checked against employer career sites, last 7 days.

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Employment outlook
Projected to grow 5% from 2025 to 2035 (faster than average).

Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2025–2035.

National median pay, all levels
$105,770

Source: BLS OEWS, 2025.

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Openings a year nationally, growth plus replacement
285,000

Source: BLS Employment Projections.

AI use at work
Among general and operations managers, AI is already used for some of the tasks.

Source: Anthropic Economic Index.

Operations openings that ask for AI skills
2%

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

Operations openings that are remote
3%

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

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Skills most often named in openings

  1. 1. procurement12%
  2. 2. supply chain11%
  3. 3. logistics9%
  4. 4. project management7%
  5. 5. excel7%
  6. 6. audit4%
  7. 7. lean3%
  8. 8. forecasting3%

AI skills worth building for this work

  1. 1. AI tools in daily work
  2. 2. Gen-AI assistants (ChatGPT, Copilot, Claude)
  3. 3. Prompt design
  4. 4. AI coding assistants
  5. 5. AI workflow automation
  6. 6. Automation platforms (Zapier, n8n, Power Automate)

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Where restaurant general manager experience can go next

Career moves the skills carry over to, closest fit first. Time is how long a move usually takes.

  • Program management

    Close fit · Quick switch (weeks)

    Program management formalizes what operations leaders already do: coordinate many teams to a date.

    Carries over: Running cross-team work, Process improvement, Reporting to leaders

  • Operations management and chief of staff

    Close fit · Quick switch (weeks)

    Chief of staff and business operations roles are the senior version of running operations, closer to the leadership team.

    Carries over: Running the business day to day, Reporting to leaders, Fixing what breaks

  • Procurement and vendor management

    Adjacent · A few months

    Procurement is cost control and vendor negotiation as a specialty, with steady demand.

    Carries over: Vendor management, Cost control, Negotiation

  • Logistics and supply chain

    Adjacent · A few months

    Supply chain roles reward operators who can run planning and fix bottlenecks.

    Carries over: Process and throughput, Planning, Vendor coordination

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Open restaurant general manager jobs

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Operations jobs in the rankings

Rankings about operations jobs

Operations jobs · Top Operations employers · All rankings

Where restaurant general manager jobs are

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Employers hiring restaurant general managers

  • Gecko Hospitality 47
  • Sweetgreen 19
  • NOODLES 11
  • Pilot Company 3
  • Town & Country Credit Union 3
  • Border Foods 3
  • Pyramid Global Hospitality 2
  • RH 1
  • Altius Search Group 1
  • Chilis 1

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