Operations Manager - Leading QSR Brand - Dublin

About the Business

An exciting opportunity to join one of the fastest-growing restaurant brands in the world as it continues its expansion across Ireland and Northern Ireland.

With a strong international presence, significant investment behind its growth and an ambitious development pipeline, the business is building its footprint across new markets. Following a successful launch in Dublin, further openings are planned across Ireland and Northern Ireland.

This is an opportunity to join at an early stage of the expansion and play a key role in shaping the operational standards, teams and infrastructure that will support future growth.

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The Role

This is a ground-floor opportunity to help scale a fast-growing QSR brand across Ireland and Northern Ireland. As Operations Manager, you will take operational ownership of the Dublin and Belfast restaurants, leading General Managers and playing a central role in opening new sites across the island.

This is a genuinely hands-on position. You will spend most of your week in the restaurants, supporting teams during peak trading, working alongside kitchen and front-of-house teams, and ensuring operational standards are consistently delivered.

The successful candidate will lead from the front, combining strong commercial awareness with the energy and drive needed to build a growing restaurant estate.

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Key Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop General Managers across the Dublin and Belfast sites.

• Maintain a visible, hands-on presence in restaurants, particularly during peak trading.

• Own commercial performance across all locations, including sales, labour, food costs, waste and average spend.

• Analyse site performance and work with General Managers to address underperformance quickly.

• Ensure consistent product quality, preparation standards and presentation across every restaurant.

• Drive speed of service, throughput and queue management in a high-volume environment.

• Lead new site openings, covering recruitment, training, launch and post-opening support.

• Help develop the operational framework to support future openings across Ireland and Northern Ireland.

• Maintain excellent food safety, health and safety, and compliance standards.

• Manage operations across both jurisdictions, accounting for differences in employment law, regulation and supply.

• Build a strong team culture and represent the business as it enters new markets.

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About You

• Proven multi-site Operations Manager or Area Manager experience within QSR or fast casual.

• A background in high-volume, branded, food-led operations.

• Experience opening new sites or launching a brand in a new market is highly desirable.

• Strong commercial understanding, including multi-site P&Ls, labour models and food cost control.

• An energetic, hands-on leader who leads from the front and enjoys being present in the restaurants.

• A proven track record of developing General Managers and building high-performing teams.

• Highly organised, commercially driven and comfortable managing competing priorities across multiple locations.

• Experience operating across Ireland and Northern Ireland would be advantageous.

• Willingness and ability to travel regularly between Dublin and Belfast.

• Excited by the opportunity to help build and scale a growing restaurant brand across a new market.

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What's on Offer

• Salary of up to €75,000.

• The opportunity to join a globally recognised, high-growth restaurant concept.

• A key role in shaping the operational strategy and future growth of the business across Ireland and Northern Ireland.

• Significant involvement in new openings and the development of the wider estate.

• An opportunity to make a genuine impact in an ambitious, expanding business.

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