Full-Time

Associate Operations Manager

Posted on 5/11/2026

CloudKitchens

CloudKitchens

201-500 employees

Shared kitchen spaces for delivery-only restaurants

Compensation Overview

$62k - $70k/yr

+ Equity Awards + Bonus

Washington, DC, USA

In Person

Must be on-site five days a week at the Washington, D.C. office.

Category
Operations & Logistics (1)
Required Skills
Sales
Customer Service
Data Analysis
Requirements
  • Experience leading and training a dedicated facility team, including scheduling, training, and performance management
  • Experience managing an efficient order fulfillment process and delivering excellent customer service
  • Experience managing a janitorial team and upholding cleaning and sanitation protocols, ensuring compliance with local health and safety regulations
  • Ability to cultivate a positive and inclusive work environment, fostering teamwork and communication across teams and departments
  • Experience leading facility tours and proactively engaging with restaurants as part of relationship building and leading the overall sales pitch
  • Ability to develop and maintain internal relationships to set proper expectations with potential customers and continually seek out value-added opportunities that other teams can test out
  • Experience serving as the primary point of contact for restaurant partners, building and maintaining trusting relationships, and solving issues
  • Experience quarterbacking the onboarding process for new restaurant partners, including assistance with permits, online delivery platform setup, and launch strategy planning
  • Experience managing the overall partner experience, preventing churn, and extending partner lifecycle
  • Experience participating in planning sessions with management and peers, using data to make decisions
  • Experience reviewing and reporting KPI metrics to facility management and contributing to goal setting
  • Experience managing and reporting the facility profit and loss, understanding key drivers for achieving facility-level profitability
  • Experience conducting routine inspections and maintenance audits on HVAC units, refrigeration units, water heaters, and ice machines with training and support from subject matter experts
  • Experience performing general upkeep and coordinating with external vendors for specialized services
  • On-site role based in Washington D.C. office and five days a week in the office
Responsibilities
  • Lead and train a dedicated facility team, handling scheduling, training, and performance management
  • Manage an efficient order fulfillment process and deliver excellent customer service
  • Manage a janitorial team; uphold cleaning and sanitation protocols, ensuring compliance with local health and safety regulations
  • Cultivate a positive and inclusive work environment, fostering teamwork and communication across teams and departments
  • Lead facility tours where you will proactively engage with restaurants as part of relationship building, and leading the overall sales pitch
  • Develop and maintain internal relationships to set proper expectations with potential customers and continually seek out value-added opportunities (for customers) that other teams can test out
  • Serve as the primary point of contact for restaurant partners, building and maintaining trusting relationships, and solving any issues that arise
  • Quarterback the onboarding process for new restaurant partners, including assistance with permits, online delivery platform setup, and launch strategy planning
  • Manage the overall partner experience, preventing churn, and extending partner lifecycle
  • Participate in planning sessions with management and peers, utilizing data to make decisions
  • Review and report KPI metrics to facility management and contribute to goal setting
  • Manage and report the facility P&L, understanding key drivers for achieving facility-level profitability
  • Conduct routine inspections and maintenance audits on HVAC units, refrigeration units, water heaters, and ice machines with training and support from subject matter experts
  • Perform general upkeep and handle minor repairs and maintenance; coordinate with external vendors for specialized services

CloudKitchens provides fully equipped shared kitchen spaces for delivery-only restaurants in prime locations. It rents production-ready kitchens and handles financing, construction, permitting, maintenance, and security, plus its proprietary technology that centralizes delivery orders and analyzes demand. Operators can open in as little as one month and test multiple concepts with lower upfront investment and risk. The company aims to help chains and local restaurants grow their delivery business by offering turnkey spaces and ongoing management so they can focus on making great food and keeping employees happy.

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

Late Stage VC

Total Funding

$1.4B

Headquarters

Los Angeles, California

Founded

2018

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Expanded to over 400 U.S. locations, including new Houston and Sacramento facilities.
  • Raised mega-round from Microsoft, acquiring $130M in 40+ properties across 24 cities.
  • VC poured $1B into ghost kitchens, with chains adopting CloudKitchens model.

What critics are saying

  • Partners sue for deceptive practices, misleading projections, hidden fees in 2022.
  • Reuben Stringfellow sues Kalanick for harassment, discrimination, retaliation.
  • DoorDash network cuts tenant orders 25-35% in 50+ cities.

What makes CloudKitchens unique

  • CloudKitchens converts underused properties into delivery-optimized kitchen centers.
  • Proprietary Otter platform integrates POS, displays, and robotic automation for tenants.
  • Operates internationally as Kitchen Central in Brazil, U.K., South Korea, India.

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Hybrid Work Options

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Headcount

6 month growth

8%

1 year growth

14%

2 year growth

11%
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While the majority of consumers are not sold on ghost kitchens, a significant portion relishes the reprieve that the all-digital model gives from face-to-face interaction.By the NumbersThe PYMNTS Intelligence report, “Connected Dining: The Robot Will Take Your Order Now,” drew from a survey of a census-balanced survey of nearly 2,000 U.S. consumers to gauge their opinions about different restaurant technologies and explore what factors made them feel enthusiastic, curious or hesitant.The study found that, among the roughly half (48%) of consumers who are interested in virtual kitchens, 30% of them reported that this interest comes at least in part from the fact that these digital eateries do not require any interaction with other people.The Data in ContextOverall, the ghost kitchen space is evolving. For instance, major restaurant aggregator Uber Eats made dramatic changes to how it handles virtual brands earlier this year, instating new regulations and cutting 8,000 online storefronts from its platform.“With the boom in virtual restaurants over the past several years, we’ve noticed a wide range of approaches to creating virtual restaurant brands,” John Mullenholz, Uber’s head of virtual restaurants and dark kitchens for the U.S. and Canada, said in a statement.Some brands are shifting away from ghost kitchens towards more traditional channels. Take, for instance, Brinker International, the parent company of Chili’s Grill & Bar, Maggiano’s Little Italy and two virtual brands, which shared earlier this year that it is turning its focus away from its “unprofitable” virtual brands, according to CEO Kevin Hochman, toward its brick-and-mortar business.Moreover, ghost kitchen startup CloudKitchens, led by Uber co-founder and ex-CEO Travis Kalanick, has also come on hard times this year, reportedly firing staff and closing warehouses. Its buildings were said to be only at half capacity at the end of the first quarter, with the company failing to win enough restaurant contracts to fuel sales