Market Leader - Denver Market
Highlands Ranch, Colorado
FULL_TIME | USD 75000.00 YEAR
Benefits:
  • 401(k) matching
  • Bonus based on performance
  • Company parties
  • Competitive salary
  • Dental insurance
  • Employee discounts
  • Free food & snacks
  • Free uniforms
  • Health insurance
  • Opportunity for advancement
  • Paid time off
  • Profit sharing
  • Training & development
  • Vision insurance

Market Leader – Denver, CO

Full-Time | Salaried | Multi-Unit Restaurant Leadership

Lead the Market. Grow the Brand. Build Something Great.

At Taziki's Mediterranean Café, we're looking for a passionate, entrepreneurial, and results-driven Market Leader to help shape the future of our growing Denver market.

This is more than a traditional multi-unit operations role. We're looking for someone who takes ownership—not only of restaurant performance and people development, but also of growing the business, building local relationships, strengthening our brand presence, and creating meaningful connections within the community.

Our ideal candidate is a strong operator, a natural relationship builder, and a proactive business leader who sees opportunity beyond the four walls of our restaurants.

If you're someone who loves developing people, driving results, connecting with communities, and building a brand that people genuinely love, we want to meet you.

Your Opportunity to Make an Impact

As our Denver Market Leader, you'll take ownership of the market's operational success, business development, local marketing initiatives, and long-term growth.

You'll partner with restaurant leadership and corporate support teams while serving as a driving force behind Taziki's presence in the Denver community.

Lead and Develop Great People

  • Lead, coach, and support General Managers across multiple Denver-area restaurants.
  • Build high-performing management teams through recruiting, mentoring, and leadership development.
  • Identify future leaders and establish strong succession plans.
  • Partner with HR and Field Training to strengthen employee engagement, retention, and Manager-in-Training development.
  • Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, hospitality, and continuous improvement.
Drive Operational and Financial Excellence

  • Take ownership of market performance, including sales, profitability, labor, food costs, and operational standards.
  • Analyze P&Ls, financial reports, labor trends, and key performance indicators to identify opportunities for improvement.
  • Conduct restaurant visits, operational evaluations, and follow-up action plans.
  • Maintain exceptional standards in food quality, cleanliness, hospitality, and guest experience.
  • Ensure restaurant teams consistently deliver on the Taziki's brand promise.
Own Market Growth, Marketing, and Business Development

We want a Market Leader who doesn't just manage the business—we want someone who actively grows it.

  • Take ownership of local market growth strategies, identifying opportunities to increase sales, guest traffic, catering revenue, and brand awareness.
  • Lead local store marketing initiatives in partnership with the corporate Marketing team, ensuring strategies reflect the unique opportunities within the Denver market.
  • Develop and execute business development plans that drive sustainable sales growth across restaurant locations.
  • Identify opportunities for new partnerships, local promotions, community activations, and revenue-generating initiatives.
  • Build relationships with local businesses, schools, organizations, and community leaders to expand Taziki's reach.
  • Collaborate with Community Sales Ambassadors and restaurant leadership to strengthen catering sales and local outreach.
  • Monitor local market trends, competition, and guest preferences to identify opportunities for growth.
  • Establish measurable goals and hold teams accountable for executing marketing and business development initiatives.
  • Take a proactive, entrepreneurial approach to strengthening Taziki's position in the Denver restaurant market.
Build Meaningful Community Connections

At Taziki's, we believe great restaurants are more than places to eat. They're places where people connect.

As Market Leader, you'll help bring that philosophy to life throughout Denver.

  • Serve as a local ambassador for the Taziki's brand.
  • Build authentic relationships with the neighborhoods and communities surrounding our restaurants.
  • Create opportunities for Taziki's to participate in community events, school partnerships, local initiatives, and charitable activities.
  • Encourage restaurant teams to become active, recognizable members of their communities.
  • Strengthen guest loyalty by creating memorable experiences and meaningful relationships.
  • Help position Taziki's as a trusted, valued part of the Denver community.
Build a Foundation for Future Growth

  • Identify operational and business opportunities that support the market's long-term development.
  • Develop strong leadership teams and scalable processes that prepare restaurants for continued growth.
  • Support new restaurant openings, operational readiness, and Certified Training Store development as opportunities arise.
  • Collaborate with corporate leadership to align market priorities with the company's broader business objectives.
  • Bring forward ideas, solutions, and strategies that help the market evolve and succeed.
What Success Looks Like

Success in this role goes beyond managing restaurant operations.

You'll be making a meaningful impact when:

  • Restaurants consistently deliver strong sales, profitability, and operational results.
  • Local marketing and business development initiatives generate measurable growth.
  • Catering sales, guest traffic, and community awareness continue to strengthen.
  • Taziki's develops a recognizable and positive presence throughout the Denver market.
  • General Managers are confident, capable, and empowered to lead their teams.
  • The market has a strong pipeline of future leaders.
  • Restaurants are known for exceptional hospitality, consistency, and community involvement.
  • You've helped build a sustainable foundation for continued market growth.
What We're Looking For

Required Qualifications

  • 3–5+ years of restaurant General Manager experience, with demonstrated success leading restaurant operations.
  • Strong knowledge of restaurant financial performance, including P&L management, labor, food costs, and profitability.
  • Proven ability to coach, develop, and hold leaders accountable.
  • Experience driving sales growth and executing local marketing or business development initiatives.
  • Strong relationship-building, communication, and problem-solving skills.
  • A proactive, entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to identify opportunities and turn ideas into results.
  • Ability to manage competing priorities and make sound business decisions.
  • Reliable transportation and willingness to travel throughout the Denver market.
  • Flexibility to support operations during occasional evenings, weekends, and holidays.
  • Food Manager Certification or ability to obtain.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Previous multi-unit restaurant leadership experience as an Area Leader, District Manager, Market Leader, or similar role.
  • Demonstrated success growing restaurant sales, catering revenue, or local market share.
  • Experience building community partnerships and leading grassroots marketing initiatives.
  • Experience supporting new restaurant openings, operational improvements, or market development.
  • Strong track record of developing General Managers and promoting talent internally.

You're more than an operator. You're a builder.

You take ownership of your results, your people, and your market.

You understand that growing a restaurant business requires more than great food and efficient operations. It requires relationships, visibility, creativity, and a genuine connection with the people you serve.

You lead by example, think strategically, and aren't afraid to roll up your sleeves.

You know how to balance financial performance with people development, operational excellence with innovation, and business growth with authentic hospitality.

Most importantly, you lead with integrity and embody our core values:

Connection. Collaboration. Challenge. Fresh. Details.

Why Build Your Career with Taziki's?

At Taziki's, we believe great restaurants start with great people, exceptional leadership, and meaningful community connections.

As our Denver Market Leader, you'll have the opportunity to:

  • Own your market: Play an influential role in shaping the strategy, performance, and growth of our Denver restaurants.
  • Grow the brand: Help strengthen Taziki's visibility and build lasting relationships throughout the community.
  • Make a real impact: Bring your ideas, experience, and leadership approach to a market with growth potential.
  • Develop future leaders: Build high-performing teams and help others advance their careers.
  • Collaborate with leadership: Work closely with operations, HR, Marketing, Field Training, and corporate leadership.
  • Build for the future: Help create a stronger, more sustainable foundation for continued growth.
We value leaders who think beyond daily operations, challenge the status quo, and take pride in building something meaningful.

Ready to Lead What's Next in Denver?

If you're an experienced restaurant leader who wants to do more than manage locations—someone who wants to grow a market, develop exceptional teams, strengthen community connections, and make a lasting impact—we'd love to hear from you.

Apply today to become Taziki's next Market Leader in Denver, Colorado.