or apply directly on sweetgreen's site. We never take the application ourselves.
Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 28 days sweetgreen's roles stay open a median of 38 days
- Reposted
- Yes taken down and listed again at least once
- Salary listed
- No 0% of sweetgreen's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at sweetgreen
- high 29 stale, 1 reposted of 64 open
- Hiring momentum
- 89 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from sweetgreen's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for sweetgreen.
About this role
As the Head of Culinary at sweetgreen, you will lead the culinary team and develop the overall culinary strategy, ensuring high-quality menu items that align with brand values. Your responsibilities include driving menu innovation, commercializing culinary concepts, nurturing core menu offerings, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. You will also be the primary face of culinary credentials to customers and stakeholders, providing updates on initiatives to senior leadership.
- benefits
- 5/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of sweetgreen as an employer.
What you need
- 10+ years of experience in multi-unit restaurant companies, developing and executing menus
- 5+ years of experience leading teams across culinary, food science, and commercialization
- Deep understanding of restaurant operations and management of hourly employees in a fast-casual or full-service restaurant setting
- Strong communication, collaboration, and leadership skills
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects and initiatives simultaneously
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Nice to have
- Master's degree preferred
What you get
- Highly competitive pay + bonus plan
- Three different medical plans to suit your and your family's needs
- Dental and Vision insurance
- Flexible PTO plan
- 401k program
- Employee HSA and FSA
Worth weighing
- Candidates must be willing to relocate to the Greater Los Angeles area
- Salary range based on experience is $160,000 — $229,000 USD, but starting salary is not specified
- Role involves managing a large team across 280+ restaurants, which may be challenging
Summarised from sweetgreen's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by sweetgreen on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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