Lead one of Darling Group’s venues end to end, shaping exceptional guest experiences across one of Melbourne’s leading hospitality groups.

Lead a venue end to end with real ownership

Company-wide progression and development

Market-market-competitive salary, incentives and venue discounts

Darling Group is a Melbourne hospitality group behind some of the city’s most recognisable dining and drinking venues, spanning cafés, restaurants and event spaces, each with a distinct identity and a strong point of view.

As a Venue Manager, you’ll lead one of our venues end to end, shaping the experience of every guest and building a team that loves what they do. It’s a role that blends leadership, commercial thinking and genuine hospitality, with real ownership of how your venue runs and performs.

In the role you will:

Lead the day-to-day running of your venue and its floor team

Own service standards and the guest experience, start to finish

Coach, mentor and develop supervisors and assistant managers

Drive training and development across the team

Manage rostering, labour,



stock and compliance

Own your venue’s financial performance, KPIs and profitability

Work with the group on local activity and commercial opportunities

What you'll Bring

Proven leadership experience in a premium, fast-paced dining or events venue

A talent for building, inspiring and developing high-performing teams

A genuine passion for creating exceptional guest experiences

Robust operational knowledge across rostering, inventory and service delivery

Commercial acumen, with a solid grasp of budgets, KPIs and profitability

Exceptional communication and organisational skills

Availability for weekends, public holidays and a rotating roster, plus a valid RSA

What we offer

Genuine career progression across our growing group of venues

Ongoing training, mentorship and development

Competitive salary, performance incentives and venue discounts

A supportive, high-performing team that shares a love of hospitality

📌 Venue Managers Melbourne
🏢 Darling Group
📍 Melbourne