Venue Manager

Venue Manager | Gold Coast QLD | Up to $110,000 + Bonus

This is a take-the-reins, own-the-numbers, lead-from-the-floor kind of appointment. One of the Gold Coast’s most dynamic, high-volume social hubs is looking for its next Venue Manager.

The venue has strong trade, established systems, and an entertainment-led offering across live sport, dining, and atmosphere. It is already performing, now it needs the operator who can take it to the next level.

If you have been waiting for a role that finally matches what you are capable of, this is the one worth a serious look.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead daily operations across bar, floor, kitchen, and entertainment

• Take ownership of financial performance, including budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and P&L

• Drive revenue growth while maintaining cost control and margin discipline

• Identify opportunities to strengthen trade and lift venue performance

• Build, lead, and develop a large team through clarity, structure, and consistent leadership

• Maintain standards across compliance, safety, presentation, and execution

• Create a guest experience that drives loyalty and repeat trade

• Work with marketing and events teams on promotions, activations, and live sport campaigns

• Manage suppliers, contractors, and service partners for efficiency and profitability

• Build a culture of ownership, accountability, consistency, and performance

ABOUT YOU

• Proven experience as a Venue Manager or Senior Manager in a large, high-volume environment

• Strong financial literacy with confident P&L management experience

• Able to run a venue without constant oversight and take full ownership of outcomes

• Emotionally mature, resilient, and steady under pressure

• Takes direction, works constructively with ownership, and leads without ego

• Strong leadership presence with professionalism, consistency, and energy on the floor

• Deep understanding of food, beverage, and service operations

• Highly visible in service and confident leading from the front during peak trade

• Confident communicator across every level of the business

• Current RMLV and Approved Manager’s Licence in Queensland highly regarded

• Exposure to systems such as H&L, Tanda, Now Book It, Drinking the Profits, Cooking the Books, or Mr Yum highly regarded, though experience across all is not essential

WHAT’S ON OFFER

• Salary up to $110,000 for the right operator

• Performance-based bonus aligned to venue outcomes

• Real autonomy to shape operations, culture, and commercial performance

• Immediate commencement available

• Backing of an established hospitality group expanding nationally

• Long-term career progression, not just a job title

APPLY NOW

If you are the operator who has been quietly ready for the next step, this is the one worth picking up the phone for.

Apply now or contact Luke Hemmings on 0490 831 652.