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Salary: USD 129,000 - 171,000 / annual
Anduril Industries, a defense technology company, is seeking an Associate Director of Kitchen Operations for the West Coast region. This senior leadership role oversees food and beverage operations across a growing portfolio of corporate campuses and production facilities throughout the West Coast, combining financial management, new campus development, construction partnership, vendor leadership, and team management.
You will lead existing food and beverage operations while owning F&B development and operational readiness for new campuses and facilities coming online across the region. This highly cross-functional role requires strong business judgment, operational expertise, and the ability to move seamlessly between strategic planning and execution.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading F&B operations across a diverse West Coast portfolio, driving consistency in service, quality, safety, employee experience, and financial performance
- Owning F&B operational readiness for new campuses from planning and design through opening and stabilization
- Partnering with Construction, Real Estate, Workplace, Finance, and other cross-functional teams throughout development
- Reviewing architectural plans, elevations, equipment layouts, and construction documentation with understanding of MEP infrastructure impact on F&B operations
- Identifying F&B infrastructure, operational, schedule, and cost risks early and driving solutions
- Managing operating budgets, P&Ls, forecasts, and financial analysis across assigned programs
- Evaluating vendor performance, commercial terms, pricing, and operating results
- Leading strategic relationships with food service operators and F&B partners
- Ensuring food safety, sanitation, regulatory compliance, and risk management
- Leading, coaching, and developing F&B operations team members
- Serving as senior escalation point for complex operational, vendor, project, and employee experience issues
- Establishing repeatable standards and playbooks for future campus openings
- Traveling regularly across West Coast locations and other company sites
REQUIREMENTS:
- 8+ years of progressive food and beverage, hospitality, corporate dining, culinary, or related operations experience
- Experience leading complex, multi-site F&B programs within large corporate campuses, production environments, hospitality, or similarly operationally complex organizations
- Strong financial acumen with experience managing P&Ls, budgets, forecasts, and vendor economics
- Experience partnering with Construction, Real Estate, Facilities, or Development teams on new construction, renovations, expansions, or major facility projects
- Ability to read and interpret architectural plans, elevations, equipment layouts, and construction documentation
- Working knowledge of MEP systems and how infrastructure decisions affect food and beverage operations
- Strong expertise in food safety, operational risk, and regulatory compliance
- Demonstrated success managing complex third-party food service and hospitality vendors
- Experience leading and developing teams in a fast-paced, rapidly growing environment
- Strong project management, communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills
- Willingness and ability to travel frequently across a geographically distributed portfolio
