General Manager

General Manager – Restaurant & Café

Location: Cambridge, MA

Schedule: Onsite | Full-Time

Compensation: Approximately $100,000 Base Salary

A Restaurant Leadership Role With a Schedule You Can Actually Live With

We are partnering with a well-established, high-volume restaurant group in Cambridge to hire an experienced General Manager to lead a unique all-day concept combining a bustling café with a full-service lunch and dinner restaurant. And unlike many GM opportunities in hospitality, this role offers a schedule designed to provide some consistency:

• Sundays & Mondays off


• Primarily 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM shifts


• Only one closing shift per week, approximately 3:00 PM – 11:00 PM


• Major holidays are protected


• Flexible PTO

This is an opportunity for a proven restaurant leader who enjoys being on the floor, building strong teams, creating a great guest experience, and managing the details behind a successful operation.

The environment is fast-paced but highly stable, with a long-tenured management team and a strong emphasis on hospitality, quality, consistency, and culture.

Previous General Manager experience is required. We are looking for someone who has already successfully led a full-service restaurant and wants to find a long-term home where they can make an impact.

What You’ll Do

As General Manager, you will have ownership of the day-to-day operation while leading and developing the restaurant's management and front-of-house teams.

• Lead daily operations across café, lunch, and dinner service


• Manage, coach, and develop a large front-of-house team and supporting management staff


• Oversee scheduling, payroll, hiring, onboarding, training, and ongoing development


• Maintain high standards for hospitality, service, cleanliness, and overall guest experience


• Manage high-volume shifts while remaining calm, organized, and visible on the floor


• Oversee ordering and support inventory and operational controls


• Manage reservations, private events, and third-party takeout/delivery operations


• Monitor staffing levels and adjust operations based on daily and seasonal volume


• Partner with ownership and operations leadership on sales goals and business performance


• Create accountability while maintaining a positive, welcoming, team-oriented culture


• Identify opportunities to improve processes, service, and restaurant operations


• Develop future leaders within the organization

What We’re Looking For

The ideal candidate will bring:

• 2+ years of General Manager experience within a full-service restaurant


• Experience managing a high-volume restaurant operation


• Strong people leadership and team-development skills


• A hospitality-first mentality


• Experience managing multiple service periods and operating styles


• Strong attention to det

Benefits & Perks

• Approximately $100,000 base salary


• Health insurance, with the company covering approximately 50% of the premium


• Health benefits eligibility after 90 days


• Flexible PTO, starting around two weeks with flexibility based on experience


• Thanksgiving and Christmas off


• No traditional PTO blackout periods


• Sundays and Mondays off


• Predominantly daytime schedule, with most shifts running 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM


• Only one closing shift per week, approximately 3:00 PM – 11:00 PM


• Parking included


• Stable, long-tenured leadership team


• Opportunity for long-term growth as the organization explores future locations and concepts

Why Join?

This is a stable, established restaurant with a leadership team that believes strongly in taking care of its people. You’ll be joining an operation that values hospitality, personality, creativity, adaptability, and quality — without the late-night schedule that comes with many restaurant leadership positions.

If you're an experienced restaurant General Manager who thrives in a busy environment, loves building great teams, and wants a restaurant leadership career that still provides some predictability and work-life balance, we would love to connect.

We look forward to your application!