Regional Director of Operations – Healthcare Foodservice

Job Description

Regional Director Of Operations | Compass Group

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Unidine Healthcare, located in Gainesville, Georgia. Unidine is an industry-leading hospitality food service group, driven by exceptional people who share a passion for crafting memorable guest experiences through scratch cooking, innovative programs, and modern dining solutions for hundreds of clients nationwide. The company focuses on using the freshest ingredients and staying ahead of industry trends to offer extraordinary experiences in restaurants, bars, cafeterias, and bistros. This Regional Director of Operations role is critical, providing strategic leadership, operational oversight, and client relationship management for a portfolio of healthcare foodservice accounts. The position offers the opportunity to make a significant impact across multiple healthcare settings while maintaining an exceptional work-life balance with minimal overnight travel.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person – Gainesville, Georgia
• Pay: $140000–$155000 yearly
• Team: Key member of the regional leadership team, coaching and developing site leaders.
• Mission: To provide strategic leadership, operational oversight, and client relationship management for a portfolio of healthcare foodservice accounts across Northeast Georgia.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Leadership Development: Lead, mentor, and develop Directors of Dining Services and healthcare foodservice leaders across multiple locations.
• Guest Experience: Drive exceptional patient, resident, visitor, and retail dining experiences while ensuring high standards of quality, safety, and hospitality.
• Client Relations: Build and maintain strong relationships with hospital executives, long-term care administrators, and key client stakeholders.
• Operational Oversight: Oversee operational performance, regulatory compliance, food safety, quality assurance, and client satisfaction initiatives.
• Financial Management: Own financial performance for the region, including budgeting, forecasting, labor management, and P&L accountability.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Multi-unit leadership experience in healthcare foodservice, including acute care, long-term care, rehabilitation, or behavioral health environments.
• Experience: Proven success managing large-scale operations, budgets, and client relationships, with strong financial acumen and a demonstrated ability to develop high-performing teams and leadership bench strength.
• Skills: Excellent communication, relationship-building, and influencing skills, strategic thinking, strong analytical, and problem-solving abilities, and experience leading change and driving measurable improvements in service, quality, and financial performance.
• Bonus: Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.