District Manager 2 - Airport Lounges

Role Overview SodexoMagic is seeking multiple District Managers for our Airport Lounge Business Segment in the Northeast, South and Mid/Central Regions. The District Manager oversees operations across multiple airport lounges, serving as the key liaison between field teams and corporate or client leadership. This role ensures consistent execution of Sodexo’s brand standards while driving performance in service delivery, staffing, financials, and compliance. The District Manager leads and supports in‑lounge leadership, resolves escalated issues, fosters team cohesion, and ensures alignment across all touchpoints in a fast‑paced, high‑touch environment. What You'll Do Lead daily operations by leveraging operational data, including labor productivity, guest satisfaction metrics, incident logs, and financial dashboards, to drive performance improvements. Set and monitor SLA across lounges, implementing corrective action as needed. Direct daily lounge operations across all assigned locations, ensuring full compliance with health and occupational safety, security, and operational protocols. Coach and support in‑unit senior leadership (General Managers) and teams to drive accountability, engagement, and collaboration. Enforce safety and regulatory compliance, proactively identifying and mitigating operational risks. Oversee service consistency, financial results, and brand standards across all lounges in assigned portfolio. Collaborate with cross‑functional teams— including culinary, HR, Finance—to drive alignment and ensure a cohesive execution model that meets brand expectations and SodexoMagic standards. Conduct regular site visits to assess performance, support teams, and ensure alignment. Oversee workforce planning, staffing levels, control labor costs and support premium service delivery. Manage real‑time response to operational issues such as staffing shortages, service failures, or irregular operations (IROPs). Coordinate with airport authorities, clients and internal teams to maintain business continuity. What We Offer Medical, Dental, Vision Care and Wellness Programs 401(k) Plan with Matching Contributions Paid Time Off and Company Holidays Career Growth Opportunities and Tuition Reimbursement Compensation is fair and equitable, partially determined by a candidate's education level or years of relevant experience. Salary offers are based on a candidate's specific criteria, like experience, skills, education, and training. What You Bring Proven leadership track record within top-tier luxury hotels, fine dining restaurant groups or cruise lines, with a focus on exceptional customer service. A compelling and energetic executive presence within a client team environment. Prior contract dining experience with multi‑site responsibility and sound culinary knowledge. Extensive fiscal management experience, including developing and managing individual budgets within company and client targets, fiscal analysis, utilization of data to make effective business decisions and proven ability to deliver on growth strategies—P&L management. Demonstrated ability to build, develop, and lead strong management teams. Business development skills to identify and successfully target growth opportunities among existing clients. The ability to travel up to 40-50% between lounge locations. Qualifications & Requirements Minimum Education Requirement – Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience Minimum Management Experience – 7 years Minimum Functional Experience – 7 years Location US-FL-MIAMI | US-NY-New York City | US-FL-Fort Lauderdale | US-FL-Orlando | US-TX-Dallas Salary Range $133,640 to $209,110 Equal Employment Opportunity Statement We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to individuals regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender identity, pregnancy, disability, sexual orientation, military status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. #J-18808-Ljbffr Sodexo