Restaurant Manager

The Company  

Seaport Entertainment Group is a premier entertainment & hospitality company that owns and operates a unique collection of assets positioned at the intersection of entertainment and real estate. Seaport Entertainment Group's focus is to deliver unparalleled customer experiences through a combination of restaurant, live entertainment, sports, retail and hospitality offerings integrated into one-of-a-kind real estate. Our assets include the Seaport neighborhood in Lower Manhattan and the Las Vegas Aviators Triple-A Minor League Baseball team.

About the Role

We are looking for a Restaurant Manager for our new full-service concept, that will be located at 19 Fulton on the cobblestones, to open late Spring of 2026.

The Restaurant Manager will report to the General Manager and/or Assistant General Manager. He or She will be responsible for assisting and managing the restaurant staff to ensure operation efficiency. All duties are to be performed in accordance with departmental and 19 Fulton's policies, practices and procedures. 

What You Will Do

• Executes the vision of 19 Fulton through service and operational excellence. 

• Gather guests' feedback and recommend improvements to our menus. 

• Ensure positive guest service in all areas. Respond to complaints, taking any and all appropriate actions to turn dissatisfied guests into return guests. 

• Coordinate communication between the front of the house and back of the house. 

• Keeping customers happy and handling complaints. 

• Address any employee and customers' concerns; escalate to General Manager or Assistant General Manager if needed.  

• Develop good customer relationships. 

• Open and close restaurants. 

• Responsible for ensuring that employees under supervision deliver superior service levels. 

• Liaise between managers, customers and employees. 

• Provide training to staff to follow restaurant procedures. 

• Order supplies while staying within budget limitations. 

• Adhere to all relevant health department rules & regulations, and all customer service guidelines.  

• Interacts with guests to make sure they have a great dining experience. 

• Ability to manage expectations, processes, and multiple projects simultaneously. 

• Fosters a collaborative and engaged working relationship with all company employees promoting a team focus centric culture that will lead to a positive employee experience, resulting in business effectiveness and high levels of productivity.   

• Responsible for performance management of direct and indirect reports; ensuring appropriate handling of performance concerns are addressed in a timely, fair, and consistent manner and approach.  

• Supports recruiting, hiring, supervision, scheduling, development, mentoring and training of managers and hourly employees. 

• Demonstrates and holds direct reports accountable for acting with the highest levels of professional standards and ensures all employees work within an environment of respect, understanding, inclusiveness, caring and fairness.    

• Ensure that proper security procedures are in place to protect employees, guests, and company assets. 

• Ensure a safe working and guest environment to reduce the risk of injury and accidents; complete accident reports promptly in the event that a guest or employee are injured. 

• Operate ethically to protect the assets and image of the company. 

• Must be able to maintain a schedule availability flexible to the business demands.   

• Performs other duties and responsibilities as required or requested. 

• Must be able to maintain a schedule availability flexible to the business demands.  

• Must be flexible and performs other duties and responsibilities as required or requested. 

About You

• Previous full-service restaurant experience required. 

• Strong experience in upholding guest service standards. 

• Two years of supervisory experience, preferably within a full-service restaurant. 

• Bachelor's degree in a related field required. 

• POS and computer literate with the ability to learn and adapt to using all programs. 

• Exhibits excellent communication (verbal and written), customer service, team building and problem-solving skills.  

• Ability to work in a fast-paced, busy, and somewhat stressful environment; maintain physical stamina and proper mental attitude and ability to deal effectively with guests, management, employees and outside contacts while working under pressure and meeting deadlines. 

• Possess strong interpersonal (verbal and written), collaboration skills with a demonstrated high degree of emotional intelligence to manage and lead a diverse team; must support and promote a culture of inclusiveness, respect, and a positive employee experience.  

• Must be passionate, entrepreneurial, and dedicated to success. 

Physical Requirements 

• Ability to perform the essential job functions consistently, safely and successfully with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state, and local standards, including meeting qualitative and/or quantitative productivity standards.  

• Ability to maintain regular, punctual attendance consistent with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state, and local standards 

• Must be able to lift and carry up to 50 lbs. 

• Ability to stand for prolong periods of time.  

• Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly frequent movements from place to place within the property.  Bend, lift, carry, reach/extend arms, and hands above shoulder height frequently, or otherwise move in a constantly changing environment.  

• Climbing steps regularly.  

Compensation: $70k – 80k

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES

Please note that The Seaport Corporation does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Recruitment Fee Agreement, SEG will not consider or agree to