Associate Director, Kitchen Operations - West Coast

The role

This senior leader will manage food and beverage operations across a West Coast portfolio of corporate campuses, production facilities, and offices. The role involves financial management, new campus development, construction partnership, and vendor leadership.

What you will do

• Lead food and beverage operations across a West Coast portfolio.
• Own F&B operational readiness for new campuses and facilities.
• Partner with Construction, Real Estate, Workplace, and Finance teams.
• Review architectural plans, elevations, equipment layouts, and construction documentation.
• Identify F&B infrastructure, operational, schedule, and cost risks.
• Manage operating budgets, P&Ls, forecasts, and financial analysis.
• Evaluate vendor performance, commercial terms, pricing, and operating results.
• Lead strategic relationships with food service operators and F&B partners.
• Ensure food safety, sanitation, regulatory compliance, and risk management.
• Lead, coach, and develop F&B operations team members.

Required qualifications

• 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.

Benefits

• Comprehensive, competitive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees.

Before you apply

• By submitting your application, you consent to Anduril Industries using a third-party service provider to conduct pre-employment risk, integrity, and due diligence screening.

About the company

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology.