Talent & Development Manager (East Region)

WHY WORK AT JOE & THE JUICE

JOE & THE JUICE is a people-centric food and beverage company built around culture, not just juice, sandwiches, coffee, and much more. When joining us, you step into a high-energy community where the music is loud, the bar is your stage, and your personality matters as much as your skills.

We believe in four simple virtues that shape everything we do:

Positive Attitude

Inclusion

Social Ties

Growth

For us, this means that when you choose a cup-half-full mindset, welcome people from every background, build real friendships across the bar by creating great guest experiences, and use every shift as a chance to learn something new — you become more than just a Juicer; like us, you continue to search and find purpose and meaning in what you do.

From your first day, you’ll be part of an international network of Juicers who support each other, celebrate wins together, and push each other to grow. You will learn by doing, move through a clear Moneyball career path, and be part of a company where most leaders have earned their stripes behind the bar (fun fact: over 75% of our employees started as Juicers!).

If you love fast-paced service, music, people, and the idea of turning a job into a lifestyle, JOE can become a place to build skills, friendships, and a career that can take you across cities, countries, and roles.

Talent & Development Manager, East Region

New York, New York (In office role)

WHY WORK AT JOE & THE JUICE

JOE & THE JUICE is a people-centric food and beverage company built around culture, not just juice, sandwiches, coffee, and much more. When joining us, you step into a high-energy community where the music is loud, the bar is your stage, and your personality matters as much as your skills.

We believe in four simple virtues that shape everything we do:

Positive Attitude

Inclusion

Social Ties

Growth

For us, this means choosing a cup-half-full mindset, welcoming people from every background, building meaningful relationships, creating memorable guest experiences, and treating every shift as an opportunity to learn and grow.

From your first day, you will become part of an international community of Juicers and leaders who support each other, celebrate wins together, and challenge one another to grow. At JOE, development happens through experience, opportunity, and a clear career path. Many of our leaders started their journey behind the bar and have grown into leadership roles across markets, countries, and functions.

If you love fast-paced environments, people, culture, and building something that continues to grow, JOE can be a place to build skills, relationships, and a meaningful career.

THE ROLE

As the Talent & Development Manager, East Region, you will help lead the talent strategy across JOE & THE JUICE’s growing East Coast business, with responsibility for recruiting execution, recruiter leadership, talent development, and key People initiatives.

You will partner closely with Operations, People, Training, Brand & Culture, and business leaders to ensure we are building strong talent pipelines, developing future leaders, and creating scalable processes that support continued growth.

This role is both strategic and hands-on. You will manage and develop recruiters supporting the East Region while helping implement talent programs, HRIS and People systems, development initiatives, succession planning, internal mobility, and process improvements across the business.

The ideal person enjoys building, improving, and implementing while remaining close to the day-to-day needs of our teams and markets.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

East Region Talent Leadership

Oversee Talent Acquisition and Talent Development priorities across the East Region

Partner with Regional Directors, Market Managers, District Managers, Store Managers, and People leadership to understand current and future talent needs

Maintain visibility into open roles, staffing risks, succession plans, internal talent, and upcoming New Store Openings

Build proactive regional talent plans that support both existing operations and continued expansion

Serve as a trusted talent partner and escalation point for high-priority or complex hiring and development needs

Ensure East Region talent priorities remain aligned with broader U.S. People and business strategies

Recruiter Leadership & Development

Directly manage, coach, and develop recruiters supporting the East Region

Set clear expectations, priorities, goals, and accountability across the recruiting team

Lead regular recruiter 1:1s, pipeline reviews, market reviews, and performance conversations

Develop recruiter capabilities across sourcing, interviewing, stakeholder management, candidate experience, market planning, and recruiting analytics

Create greater consistency in recruiting practices while allowing recruiters to remain close to their local markets

Provide hands-on recruiting support for critical roles and priority hiring needs when necessary

Talent Acquisition Strategy

Develop recruiting strategies for Store Managers, Assistant Store Managers, Shift Supervisors, Juicers, corporate positions, and other key roles

Build and maintain evergreen pipelines for recurring and hard-to-fill positions

Develop proactive hiring plans for New Store Openings and expansion markets

Identify and test new sourcing channels, partnerships, technology, and tools that improve speed and quality of hire

Lead and support hiring events, community partnerships, school relationships, referral strategies, and local market outreach

Partner with Brand & Culture on employer branding and initiatives that strengthen JOE’s presence in local talent markets

Drive a consistent, engaging, and high-quality candidate experience

Talent Development & Succession

Partner with Talent & Development leadership and Operations to strengthen succession planning across the East Region

Help identify high-potential talent and build development plans for future Shift Supervisors, Assistant Store Managers, Store Managers, and field leaders

Support talent reviews and People Development Planning across the region

Create stronger visibility into internal talent and future leadership readiness

Support internal mobility, promotions, career pathways, and development opportunities

Partner with Training and Operations to ensure talent development programs translate into stronger leadership capability in stores

Help drive initiatives designed to increase the percentage of leadership roles filled internally

Support implementation of leadership development programs and other U.S. development initiatives

HRIS, Systems & Implementation

Support the implementation and optimization of HRIS, ATS, onboarding, performance, learning, and talent management systems

Partner with People, Payroll, Operations, IT, and global stakeholders throughout system implementation and rollout

Participate in system testing, workflow design, rollout planning, manager training, and adoption

Help translate field and operational needs into practical system requirements

Identify opportunities to simplify processes, automate manual work, and improve the employee and manager experience

Support change management related to new Talent and People processes

Help ensure systems and workflows enable managers to take greater ownership of hiring, onboarding, development, and employee lifecycle activities

Talent Programs & Projects

Support implementation of U.S. Talent & Development programs and strategic priorities

Lead or support special projects related to recruiting, development, onboarding, internal mobility, succession, and workforce planning

Partner cross-functionally to move projects from concept through implementation

Create tools, resources, and processes that make Talent programs easier for