Job brief: Operations Manager | Boston

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• Listed on Blank Street's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-04 (3 days ago); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-07.
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• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
• No layoff notices (WARN) under this name in the state files JoRoute reads.

What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: $90,000 to $120,000 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Boston, Massachusetts · Boston
• Posted: 2026-11-02

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Manager. The title says "Manager".

Must have

• Know your numbers inside out: Master your stores' KPIs and PnL, and set clear priorities for your area every week and every quarter.
• 5+ years of leadership experience in hospitality, retail, or another fast-growing consumer business.
• Full Time: 50 hours per week, 5 days of availability required and must be available to work 2 peak days (usually weekend days, weekend as described as Friday, Saturday, Sunday)

Conditions

• Make the standards stick: Coach your GMs to build the systems, behaviors and processes that keep our hospitality standards high every shift, whether you're in the store or not.
• Able to travel regularly between stores within your market.
• 15 days of paid annual leave (on top of company-observed holidays and sick time)

Main duties

• Plan for demand: Take quarterly sales forecasts from HQ, translate them store by store and make sure every GM knows what's coming (growth, slowdowns, seasona…
• Build the labor plan: Set labor targets a quarter out, including headcount and transfers between stores, and coach GMs to build rotas against them.
• Build and Develop an A-Team
• Develop your GMs: Grow GMs into future leaders through our training pathways, regular 1:1s and direct feedback.
• Own the talent pipeline: Calibrate hiring and promotion decisions across your area and set quarterly succession targets from barista to GM, so every store ha…

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for manager jobs in Boston, MA: $151k a year (143 listings, 26 employers). This listing is 31% lower.
• Across Blank Street's 39 open listings, 21% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Blank Street hires

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