The Director of Open Gate Brewery will lead the two U.S. locations of Guinness Open Gate Breweries (OGB) in Baltimore and Chicago. This person should have a strong background in hospitality and will provide the overarching strategic vision and direction to maximize brand impact and sales in both brand homes.

The Director is tasked with managing a team of operators, marketers, brewmasters and third parties. This person must maintain a culture focused on best-in-class hospitality, brand experience, and brewing creativity, while incorporating Guinness/craft beer best practices.

The Director should be a dynamic leader, who balances P&L discipline with creativity-someone who is dedicated to bringing Guinness to life in our brand homes in ways consistent with the brand's values. Collaboration is key to success in this role, in working effectively with the Commercial and Guinness brand team, distributors, etc. We are looking for a seasoned general manager with an entrepreneurial spirit, who proactively works across a wide range of functions (including Diageo leadership, Diageo North American Supply, Irish brewers, craft breweries in MD and elsewhere, site management, key trade groups, finance, etc.) involved in the brewery for constant betterment. This person is also a local face in the cities of Chicago and Baltimore, and will often represent us and build critical local and state relationships. The role can be based out of either location (with regular travel between both sites).

In F25, the target plan for both OGB sites is to deliver $25MM of revenue, while driving 480k+ visitors, through unique consumer experiences, tastings, events, and creative activations. Efficient and strategic overhead management will be needed to continuously improve profitability.

This person should be able to build the annual operating plan, set and hit financial targets, and constantly seek to improve the experience and cut superfluous costs. The person should become a leading voice in the better beer community and a vital contributor to beer culture via collaborations, DBC/Supply outreach, hosting brewers and actively contributing in research, education and relevant initiatives. The Director should be an excellent people manager, who enjoys developing team members.

Each OGB location includes a tap room, private event space, retail shop, restaurant and a microbrewery. Baltimore's outdoor space is significant, and that location also has an extensive brewery tour. The Director owns the relationship with our third party operating partners, with over 100+ employees onsite across both locations. The Director must ensure the consumer experience exceeds expectations set by Guinness and the Storehouse, and warrants solid reviews on Yelp, Google, etc.

This person should be a brand enthusiast and natural host, who seeks to run our brand homes with the dual task of providing the best brand experience and maximizing our revenue and margin.

Budget responsibilities: Manage $25MM in operations overhead and $2MM A&P

Minimum Qualifications and Experience Required:

• Minimum 5-15 years' experience in senior hospitality general management roles, with experience in hospitality operations, marketing and innovation
• Strong leadership and ability to influence and engage senior stakeholders across the organization
• Demonstrated ability in research, financial analysis, presentation and facilitation skills, strategic insight, development of models and presentations
• Craft beer and engineering experience preferred

Leadership and Dial Up Behaviors

Lean in to our "dial up behaviors" and core values

• Be externally curious
• Collaborate efficiently
• Experiment and learn
• Act decisively

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