Director, University Dining
Core
Strategic leadership of professional food service operations across a multi-location university campus, delivering over 1.3 million meals annually to students, faculty, and staff.
Role type
Senior Director of Food Service Operations
Builds
Campus dining centers, retail food courts, catering services, and student employment programs
Domain
Higher Education / Food Service Management
Required skills
Strategic planning, budgeting and financial analysis, supervisory leadership, menu development, food safety and sanitation compliance, procurement and contract management, stakeholder liaison, operational policy development
Preferred skills
Sustainability initiatives, student employment program integration, marketing and branding, catering operations management, data analytics for decision-making
Technologies
Point-of-sale systems, menu management platforms, operational software solutions
Responsibilities
Direct creation of food menus, pricing structures, and service quality goals; exercise supervisory authority over 2.0 FTE employees including hiring and performance management; develop operating policies for food safety and sanitation; establish unit objectives and manage the unit budget; serve as liaison to internal and external stakeholders; oversee catering operations and student employment programs
Seniority
Senior, strategic leadership with hands-on operational oversight