General Manager

Lucky Duck, the newest addition to the Delaware Waterfront opening February 2026, is looking to fill the General Manager position! Lucky Duck is a Riverside Tavern reimagined - focusing on great cocktails & Guinness pours and modern Americana fare with warm and comforting aesthetics and upbeat tunes. Lucky Duck will be the first bar on the waterfront open year-round.

We're looking for an experienced General Manager whose passionate about hospitality, and capable of creating and establishing a tight, detailed FOH Operation from scratch. This Manager is ideally a Swiss army knife, both in charge of the bar program and overall operations of the business. This person would report directly to ownership.

Responsibilities include :

• Direct Liaison to Business Owners across all channels of the business
• Overseeing responsibilities of bar program, hiring and training for FOH, and operational procedures of the business
• Create and set the Lucky Duck culture and discipline from inception
• FOH scheduling - ensuring shifts have proper coverage, fair distribution and employee relations
• Organizing staff communications and streamlining processes to improve the guest experience
• Payroll processing
• Monitoring finances, including sales and expenses
• Act as Manager on Duty / Operations champion during service, including running pre-shift meetings, Liaise with head chef and F&B manager for day-to-day updates
• General Maintenance coordinator (handyman / plumber / etc).
• POS & Reservation System owner & champion
• Daily Operations / program execution leader. Proactively establishing and communicating special event operating procedures
• Marketing and PR / Media liaison including coordinating programming at LG, point person for all media spotlights, etc.
• Handling customer complaints / conflicts / emergencies

Qualifications include :