Wedding Venue Manager MIT chez Wedgewood Weddings

Are you an experienced hospitality professional ready to take the next step into multi-department venue leadership? If you have a background in managing teams and leading high-volume operations—especially in restaurants, events, weddings, hotels, or F&B—we’d love to meet you.

Join our Management Development Program and you could be running a wedding venue within 6–12 months. Our proven training plan teaches you the ins and outs of venue management—from event logistics and culinary coordination to financial oversight and team leadership. You’ll quickly become an expert in delivering unforgettable experiences for clients and building high-performing teams.

What sets this role apart?

You won’t be starting from scratch. You’ll bring experience, and we’ll add structure, support, and a clear path forward. With ongoing support from our General Manager network, our dedicated training group, and our centralized HR, accounting, and marketing departments, you’ll be set up to succeed. 

Previous management experience in hospitality, events, weddings, or restaurants is strongly preferred. We're also open to senior-level event professionals with extensive sales backgrounds who are ready to lead.

What You’ll Do:

• Train under a top-performing General Manager at one of our beautiful venues
• Learn to manage all departments: culinary, sales, planning, and banquet operations
• Develop staff through hiring, training, coaching, and daily leadership
• Drive financial performance with a focus on revenue, labor, and cost control
• Manage day-to-day operations and high-volume events with precision and poise.
• Uphold our culture and brand standards with positivity, professionalism, and integrity
• Work a flexible schedule including weekends, evenings, and holidays

You are:

• A proven leader with experience managing people in a hospitality or sales-focused setting
• Familiar with high-volume service or events and love a fast-paced environment
• Motivated by results and know how to energize a team to meet sales and service goals
• A natural motivator—comfortable teaching, coaching, and holding others accountable
• Detail-oriented and organized with strong time management skills
• Comfortable with Outlook, Word, and Excel
• Passionate about hospitality and ready to grow your career

Enough about you; this is what you need to know about us: We're a family-owned business that's been revolutionizing the wedding industry since 1986. Everyone knows weddings are stressful, and that's where we come in! With 70+ venues coast to coast and growing, we offer beautiful locations and stress-free planning with our all-inclusive packages. Our expert team specializes in handling all the logistics, meaning clients can sidestep the headaches of planning a wedding.

We're a team of hospitality enthusiasts who do whatever it takes to create flawless, fun, and unique events. Our goal? Delivering the best value, service, and convenience to every client, every time. That's why we hire people who are passionate about making each celebration truly special.

Why choose us:

• You’ll love the competitive pay; favorable bonus plan; PTO; paid holidays; sick leave; medical, dental, vision, accident and life insurance; a company funded health reimbursement account; or our 401(k) with company match.

• An opportunity to be part of something special and contribute to our couples’ amazing celebrations.

• Highly recommended workplace: 90% of our full-time team members endorse us as a great place to work, thanks to our collaborative culture and focus on employee satisfaction.

Are you ready to join our team and revolutionize the wedding industry? Come grow with us and make every day a celebration!

Pay Rate: $75,000-$81,000

Quarterly Bonus: $2,500

Training Bonus: $5,000 

Training Location: La Jolla, CA 

*MUST be able to relocate to any Southern California location in the counties of San Diego, Riverside, San Bernardino, Los Angeles and Orange following training period - or other locations outside of California*

The important extras: 

• As is typical in the hospitality industry, this position requires regular availability to work evening, weekend, and holiday shifts, as well as shifts of more than 8 hours and workweeks of more than 40 hours.
• Wedgewood Weddings provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.