Managing Director (Tended)

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR We are looking for an owner-operator: a senior hospitality, beverage, or event-staffing leader who wants to run a business, not hold a title. The ideal Managing Director has:

Ten or more years of leadership in bartending, catering, events, or hospitality operations, including meaningful time selling and owning a P&L
A track record of building or scaling a staffing, catering, or event operation
Credibility in beverage alcohol and hospitality, with fluency in the compliance realities of alcohol service and event staffing
Conviction about genuine hospitality as a differentiator, and the standards discipline to maintain it at scale
Entrepreneurial conviction: comfortable with compensation weighted toward commission tied to the gross profit of the whole agency, converting to salary as it scales, with equity as the long-term upside

COMPENSATION Full-Time W2, structured as a true partner: a commission-to-salary glide plus a meaningful equity stake in Tended. Because Tended is a pre-revenue entity, the Managing Director begins commission-only and converts to guaranteed base salary as the business scales. Compensation is set by the agency’s trailing-twelve-month gross profit (revenue collected, less the direct costs of delivery such as staffing and vendor pass-throughs, cost of goods, direct labor, and materials), evaluated at each quarter-end close. Base salary ratchets up only and never decreases. Total cash compensation is capped at $250,000; beyond the cap, the upside of growth accrues through your equity stake. Benefits include health, vision, and dental insurance with 75 percent of premium covered; a 401(k) with a 3.5 percent company match after one year of service; three weeks of paid vacation; seven recognized holidays plus year-end company closure; and business expenses. A complete compensation package description, equity terms, and full job description are shared during the interview process.