The Manager, Culinary Development & Operations provides enterprise‑level culinary leadership for onboard dining, ensuring the delivery of innovative, scalable, and operationally sound culinary experiences that align with brand standards, guest expectations, and financial targets. This role leads key aspects of culinary concept development, product standardization, and fleetwide implementation, while developing culinary talent and partnering closely with Operations, Product Development, Procurement, Finance, and Marketing.
A strong focus on continuous improvement is central to the role, including proactively identifying opportunities to enhance or replace existing menu items. The Senior Manager is also responsible for maintaining accurate and complete documentation of product reviews, recipe development and iterations, costing analyses, and photography to ensure disciplined tracking, evaluation, and successful execution of all culinary initiatives.