Organization: Vail Resorts

Position Title: Senior Director, Food and Beverage Operations and Strategy - Park City Mountain

Reports to: General Manager

Location: Park City, UT

Search Contact: Prodigy Search

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BACKGROUND

Come work and play in the mountains! Whether it’s your first-time seeing snow or you were born on the slopes, joining our team means discovering (or re-discovering!) a passion for the outdoors while building lifelong connections with teammates and guests from around the world.

With 40+ resorts across 3 continents, you can join our team for a season or stay to build a career. From day one, you'll receive some of the highest compensation rates in the industry, free Epic pass(es) along with free ski and snowboard lessons, 40% retail discounts, the chance to grow through Epic Service - our leading training and development experience, and wellness benefits to fuel your success.

SUMMARY

Park City Mountain is seeking a senior resort leader to shape one of the most visible and high-impact parts of the guest experience at the largest ski resort in the US. As the strategic business leader for Food & Beverage, this role is accountable for the performance, growth, and long-term success of 11 outlets, two warehouses, and banquet operations across a dynamic, world-class mountain resort. The operation spans high-volume quick-service outlets, full-service restaurants, après and event spaces.

This leader will set the vision and drive execution across a highly seasonal business where guest expectations, weather, visitation patterns, employee experience, mountain logistics, safety, and financial performance intersect every day. As a member of the resort’s senior leadership team, this person will help shape the broader Park City Mountain experience—not simply the Food & Beverage function—while partnering with central Food & Beverage and cross-functional resort teams to deliver exceptional guest experiences, strong employee engagement, community engagement, disciplined financial results, and operational excellence.

THE RIGHT CANDIDATE WILL DEMONSTRATE

Guest Experience Focus: Ensures Food & Beverage as a signature part of the Park City Mountain experience—creating memorable moments that strengthen guest loyalty and strengthen the resort’s brand.

• Set clear service, quality, speed, and presentation standards that bring the resort brand to life across every outlet and guest touchpoint.
• Build operating models that flex with weather, demand, and mountain volume while preserving genuine hospitality.
• Use guest insights, frontline observation, and cross-functional partnerships to remove friction and continuously improve the dining experience.

Relentless Executor and Results Driver: Turns strategy into action with urgency, discipline, and clear accountability—delivering measurable results.

• Translate vision into practical plans, clear priorities, and disciplined execution.
• Use data, operating rhythms, and service standards to identify gaps and accelerate performance.
• Create clarity, remove barriers, and hold leaders accountable for results.

Enterprise Thinker: Operates as a senior resort leader first—balancing Food & Beverage priorities with the broader needs of the guest experience, employee experience, operations, and financial performance.

• Make decisions through a whole-resort lens, not a single-department view.
• Create alignment and followership through visible leadership, clear communication, and shared commitment to resort success.

Builder of High-Performing Teams and Culture: Attracts, develops, and retains strong leaders who create a culture of accountability, inclusion, engagement, and pride in delivering an exceptional resort experience.

• Develop future leaders who are ready for broader resort and enterprise opportunities.
• Make effective talent decisions by assessing capabilities, aligning people to roles where they can thrive and address performance issues directly.
• Create a winning culture where teams have ownership, understand expectations, and are motivated to continuously improve.

Adaptive Analytical Leader: Uses data, insights, and agility to lead through ambiguity, shifting conditions, and competing priorities without losing focus on the long-term business.

• Make sound decisions with imperfect information and adjust quickly as facts change.
• Anticipate changing business conditions and proactively adjust plans, resources, and operating approaches to maintain performance.
• Balance immediate operating needs with long-term strategy.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop and execute a multi-year Food & Beverage and culinary strategy that strengthens Beaver Creek’s position as a luxury family resort and culinary destination.
• Define and continuously elevate the culinary identity, guest promise, and operating model for each restaurant, cabin, club venue, banquet, event, and private experience.
• Lead annual budgets, forecasts, business plans, and performance reviews; adjust pricing, menus, hours, staffing, and programming to achieve revenue, margin, contribution, and experience goals.
• Maximize profitable growth through menu engineering, beverage strategy, promotions, capture, private events, premium experiences, disciplined cost control, inventory management, and waste reduction.
• Create a repeatable innovation pipeline for chef collaborations, cabin culinary series, intimate dinners, tastings, holiday experiences, club programming, and other differentiated concepts.
• Ensure the fine-dining cabins and private-club venues consistently deliver exceptional cuisine, personalized service, compelling ambiance, and flawless end-to-end execution.
• Build strong relationships with club leadership, members, and governance stakeholders; listen actively, communicate clearly, and convert feedback into prioritized action.
• Partner with culinary leaders and the central Food & Beverage support team to implement SOPs, best practices, menu development, quality assurance, and growth initiatives.
• Establish and audit clear standards for service, food and beverage quality, speed, presentation, cleanliness, readiness, facility condition, and brand expression across all venues.
• Build, develop, and hold accountable a high-performing management team aligned with resort goals, service behaviors, operational standards, employee experience, and business results.
• Partner with Human Resources on year-round and seasonal workforce planning, recruiting, onboarding, training, engagement, recognition, and leadership development.
• Lead a culture of safety and ensure compliance with health, sanitation, liquor-license, labor, environmental, recycling, waste-diversion, and company policy requirements.
• Plan staffing, hours, purchasing, transportation, outlet readiness, and logistics around the mountain calendar, including opening, holiday peaks, weather events, private functions, and seasonal transitions.
• Identify capital and maintenance priorities that improve the culinary, member, and guest experience; develop business cases and oversee approved projects through completion.
• Serve as an active member of the resort senior leadership team and partner across Sales, Marketing, Signature Clubs, Finance, Mountain Operations, and other functions to deliver an exceptional Beaver Creek experience.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum of five years of senior leadership experience in a complex, high-volume hospitality, resort, or food and beverage environment.
• Restaurant and resort experience, preferably in a seasonal or mountain destination setting.
• ServSafe and TIPS certifications, or ability to obtain required certifications prior to start.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Experience with PeopleSoft, InfoGenesis, or similar workforce, financial, and point-of-sale systems.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

• $145,000.00 - $165,000.00 + annual bonus + equity
• Ski/Mountain Perks! Free passes for employees, employee discounted lift tickets for friends and family AND free ski lessons 
• MORE employee discounts on lodging, food, gear, and mountain shuttles
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Employee Assistance Program
• Excellent training and professional development
• Referral Program
• Health Insurance; Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance, and Vision Insurance plans (for eligible seasonal employees after working 500 hours)
• Free ski passes for dependents
• Critical Illness and Accident plans

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CONTACT INFORMATION

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