Job Description
Job Title:
Senior Vi
ce President, Global Operations
Lo
cation:
Remote (Must live within a 25-mile radius of a venue)
Reporting To
Chief
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cutive Offi
cer
Position Overview
Leading with a Purpose
As
Senior Vi
ce President, Global Operations, you are a
ccountable for the overall performan
ce, profitability, growth, and operational
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cution of F1® Ar
cade's global venue portfolio. As the
senior operational
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cutive for the business, you are responsible for developing and
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cuting the global operations strategy while ensuring ex
ceptional guest experien
ce, operational ex
cellen
ce, finan
cial performan
ce, and brand
consisten
cy a
cross all markets.
This role leads the global operations organization, in
cluding all regional operational leaders, venue leadership teams and operations support teams. You will
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cute the operational vision, stru
cture, and standards required to support a growing international business while ensuring
consistent
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cution a
cross every venue.
As a key member of the Leadership Team, reporting into the
Chief
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cutive Offi
cer, you will partner
closely with
C-Suite leaders, and other
senior leaders to translate business strategy into operational
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cution. You will play a
criti
cal role in shaping
company dire
ction, driving growth initiatives, optimizing profitability, and ensuring the su
ccessful
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cution of strategi
c priorities a
cross the organization.
Key Areas of Responsibility
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cutive Leadership
- Serve as the senior operational leader for the global business and a member of the class="bg-amber-100">Exec-co Leadership Team.
- Partner with the CEO and class="bg-amber-100">Executive Leadership Team to define and class="bg-amber-100">execute the company's strategic vision and long-term growth plans.
- Drive alignment between Operations, class="bg-amber-100">Finance, class="bg-amber-100">Marketing, Sales, Culinary, Technology, Development, and People functions.
- Provide operational insight and leadership on all major business decisions and growth initiatives.
- Act as a key ambassador for the F1® Arcade brand internally and externally.
Global Operations Leadership
- Lead all operational functions across the global venue portfolio.
- Establish and class="bg-amber-100">execute the global operations strategy, ensuring alignment with business objectives and growth plans.
- Maintain accountability for venue performance, operational consistency, guest experience, profitability, and brand standards across all markets.
- Refine and develop scalable operating models, systems, and processes that support continued domestic and international expansion.
- Drive operational excellence through performance management, continuous improvement, and innovation.
Regional Leadership & Organizational Development
- Directly lead regional operational class="bg-amber-100">executives, including US and UK operational venue leadership teams.
- Maintain ultimate accountability for all venue leadership teams.
- Build and develop a world class operations organization capable of supporting a rapidly growing international business.
- Foster a culture of accountability, empowerment, ownership, and high performance throughout the organization.
Finan
cial Performan
ce & Growth
- Partner closely with the Chief Financial Officer to develop operating budgets, forecasts, capital planning strategies, and long-range business plans.
- Drive sustainable revenue growth and profitability across the global.
- Ensure operational decisions support company financial objectives and shareholder value creation.
- Identify opportunities to improve margins, productivity, efficiency, and guest satisfaction.
- Monitor and evaluate key business performance indicators and implement corrective actions where necessary.
Brand, Guest Experien
ce &
Commer
cial Performan
ce
- Partner with the Chief class="bg-amber-100">Marketing Officer and Commercial leadership teams to maximize guest engagement, revenue growth, and brand awareness.
- Ensure operational class="bg-amber-100">execution supports the guest experience, class="bg-amber-100">marketing strategy, events strategy, and overall brand positioning.
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- Maintain consistency in operational and service standards across all markets.
Operational Ex
cellen
ce
- Drive the implementation of best practices, standard operating procedures, and performance standards.
- Promote continuous improvement and innovation throughout the operational organization.
Operational Risk, Safety & Governan
ce
- Ensure compliance with all operational, labor, health and safety, licensing, and regulatory requirements.
- Establish governance frameworks that protect the business, team members, guests, and brand.
- Identify and mitigate operational risks while maintaining a strong culture of accountability and compliance.
Skills Required
Experience
- 15+ years of progressive operational leadership experience within hospitality, entertainment, experiential, leisure, retail, or multi-unit restaurant organizations.
- Significant class="bg-amber-100">executive leadership experience overseeing large-scale, multi-region, or international operations.
- Proven success leading high-growth organizations through expansion and transformation.
- Demonstrated experience operating as a member of a senior class="bg-amber-100">executive leadership team.
Leadership & Influen
ce
- Exceptional class="bg-amber-100">executive presence with the ability to influence class="bg-amber-100">executive teams, and operational leaders.
- Proven ability to build, lead, and develop high-performing organizations.
- Strong coaching, leadership development, and succession planning capabilities.
Strategi
c &
Commer
cial A
cumen
- Deep understanding of operational strategy, organizational design, and business growth.
- Strong commercial and financial acumen with extensive P&L ownership experience.
- Ability to balance strategic planning with operational class="bg-amber-100">execution.
- Demonstrated ability to drive enterprise-wide change and transformation initiatives.
Adaptability & Growth Orientation
- Thrives in dynamic, high-growth environments.
- Comfortable leading through ambiguity, change, and rapid expansion.
- Ability to manage complexity across multiple markets, cultures, and business functions.
class="bg-amber-100">Travel & Work Requirements
- Ability to class="bg-amber-100">travel globally up to 70% of the time.
- Ability to work a minimum of 40 hours per week, with flexibility to support global business operations across multiple time zones.
Ability to
consistently demonstrate F1® Ar
cade
Core Values;
Pursuit of Excellence
Positive Energy
Integrity
Team Spirit
Basi
c Physi
cal Requirements
When working at an F1® Ar
cade venue, Team Members must be able to perform the duties of that venue. The team member will frequently sit for short periods of time, talk via
Cloud Based
class="bg-amber-100">video
conferen
cing and the phone often, and hear and manipulate obje
cts
constantly.
Additional requirements will in
clude lifting up to 10 (ten) pounds
constantly and up to 50 (fifty) pounds as required. Lifting from floor to shoulder
constantly and overhead infrequently. Twisting and rea
ching frequently. Grasping obje
cts to move or manipulate
constantly. Working in hot then
cold environments for extended periods of time. Will stand and walk for extended periods of time. Frequent hand washing and sanitation is required. Ability to use knives, sli
cing equipment, and other food preparation equipment. Team Member must be able to
communi
cate with Guests and other Team Members and manipulate handheld and desktop devi
ces.
F1® Ar
cade is an equal opportunity employer. All appli
cants will be
considered for employment without attention to ra
ce
color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
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