Social Recruiting Manager

The Range NYC LLC•New York, NY

16d•Remote

About The Position

Five Iron Golf is hiring a Social Recruiting Manager to own full-cycle hiring for its hospitality teams across all corporate locations in the country. The role recruits for back-of-house positions, front-of-house positions, and venue leadership, from hourly kitchen and service staff to General Managers and Executive Chefs. It manages a high-volume portfolio across 40+ venues and supports confidential searches, new-market launches, and venue openings. The Social Recruiting Manager reports to the Head of People and partners with General Managers, Directors of Operations, Culinary leadership, and People Operations. This is a full-time, salaried, remote role; NYC-based candidates are preferred. Travel to venues and openings is required as needed. Compensation is $125,000 per year.

Requirements

At least 3 years of full-cycle recruiting experience in hospitality, restaurants, or multi-unit entertainment, with a record of high-volume hourly hiring.
Experience recruiting both hourly front-of-house and back-of-house staff and salaried leaders such as chefs and General Managers.
Ability to manage 30 or more open requisitions across multiple markets and time zones simultaneously.
Working knowledge of restaurant operations and the ability to assess candidates for roles such as line cook, bartender, or General Manager.
Strong organization, follow-through, and attention to start dates, offer details, and handoffs.
Discretion and sound judgment when handling confidential searches and candidate information.
Proficiency with an ATS such as Paylocity, Harri, Workday, or similar, and with Google Workspace or Excel trackers.
Clear, warm communication with candidates and leaders at every level.
Willingness to travel to venues for openings and hiring events.

Nice To Haves

Hands-on experience working in a restaurant, bar, or entertainment venue.
Experience staffing new restaurant or venue openings from the ground up.
A culinary and hospitality talent network in major markets such as NYC, Chicago, Philadelphia, Seattle, or Detroit.
Experience partnering with external recruiting agencies.
An interest in golf, sports, or competitive socializing.

Responsibilities

Manage a high-volume portfolio of open roles across 40+ venues, including hourly, salaried culinary, and leadership positions.
Write and post job listings; source candidates through job boards, social media, referrals, culinary schools, and hospitality networks; and build candidate pipelines ahead of need.
Screen candidates, schedule interviews, and coordinate meet-and-greets, assessments, and final interviews with venue and regional leaders.
Conduct reference checks and partner with leadership to build and extend competitive offers.
Lead confidential searches for General Managers, Assistant General Managers, and other venue leaders, including backfills that cannot be posted publicly.
Manage external talent agency partners when additional reach is needed.
Plan onboarding for new leaders, including training rotations at sister venues before public announcements.
Build hourly teams for new venue openings and relocations, partnering with on-site leaders to run hiring events and track interviews and hires.
Identify and prioritize internal candidates for promotions.
Flag at-risk roles, line up backup candidates, and keep searches moving when finalists withdraw or delay.
Equip General Managers to conduct hourly hiring using clear processes for interviews, verbal offers, and paperwork handoff to People Operations.
Keep General Managers, Directors of Operations, and Culinary leadership informed about pipeline status, start dates, and hiring risks.
Write handoff plans to maintain recruiting continuity during PTO, leave, or role transitions.
Maintain accurate ATS and hiring tracker records, including requisitions, candidate stages, offers, and target start dates.
Report on time-to-fill, pipeline health, and source effectiveness, and use data to improve recruiting.
Represent the Five Iron brand in candidate interactions and provide a positive hiring experience.