Restaurant Leader

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Starting from $60,000 annually plus monthly training incentive of $1,500. Pay is based on location, experience, and qualifications. Monthly incentives after training vary and are based on restaurant profitability.

At Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers®, we serve only the most craveable chicken finger meals – it’s our One Love! Known for our great Crew and cool Culture, we follow a Work Hard, Have Fun philosophy. Raising Cane’s is the fastest-growing chicken concept around and is on track to be a Top 10 Restaurant Brand in the United States. Each Crew member is important to our rapid growth and enduring success.

Now is your chance to join the Team and Raise The Bar!

• Company‑provided Life and Disability insurance
• Hospital Indemnity, Accident and Critical Illness
• Medical, Dental, Vision & Pharmacy Benefits
• Dependent Care & Healthcare Flexible Spending Accounts
• 401(k) With Employer Match (age 21 & older)
• Access to financial advisors for budget and retirement planning
• One Pass Gym Membership Program
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Crew member Assistance Program
• Pet Insurance

• Weekly Pay!
• Competitive pay + monthly bonus
• Paid Time Off & Sick time
• 8 paid Holidays a year
• Early closure for company events
• Casual Work Attire
• Perkspot Employee Discount Programs
  • Raising Cane's pays weekly (except in some states, e.g., California where the company pays bi‑weekly).
  • Some locations may vary

The Restaurant Leader is responsible for strategic direction for their restaurant and must maintain operations standards and drive results through people development, sales and profit growth. This role is tasked with teaching, modeling and upholding Raising Cane’s culture standards for all crew members, customers and partners.

The physical work environment includes working in a fast‑paced kitchen environment (which requires extended periods of physical exertion, such as walking, standing, lifting and bending) and interacting with customers. It also includes both inside and outside work in varied temperatures, working with and around food products, common allergens, industrial equipment, commercial cleaning products that require the use of personal protective equipment and physical activities necessary to complete the responsibilities of the job.

• Ensures overall financial success of the restaurant and is responsible for forecasting and budgeting
• Ensures overall restaurant compliance to company standards, policies and laws
• Hires and terminates management‑level crew members including status change and payroll process
• Creates crew member work and training schedules
• Develops management‑level crew members including performance management
• Acts as manager on duty, opens and closes the restaurant, manages cash handling
• Monitors profit and loss statements, develops and executes strategy in all areas of financial and operational performance

• Enforces Raising Cane’s policies and standards
• Uses required tools, forms and logs to support shift execution, document results and take corrective action when needed
• Deploys crew members during a shift and provides exemplary customer service
• Utilizes reward and recognition program for crew members in the restaurant
• Authorizes employee functions requiring manager approval (e.g. discounts, time‑clock overrides, etc.)
• Ensures cleanliness of the restaurant and ensures the facility is in good working order
• Achieves and maintains training restaurant status
• Achieves “meets expectations” or better metrics in all crew member and operations performance metrics
• Completes other duties as assigned

• Detail‑oriented, organized and able to manage multiple priorities that may be constantly changing
• Self‑driven, flexible, and highly energetic with strong analytical, written and verbal communication skills
• Able to work effectively and efficiently both independently and collaboratively
• Able to recognize problems, set goals, create…