About Paulie's Pizza
Paulie's Pizza is a fast casual restaurant on one of Sydney's most iconic dining strips, serving NY-style slices from a 22-year levain and 24-hour hand-stretched sourdough. We've just landed our beer & wine licence, picked up some press features, and have some large brand collaboration in the works. It's an early, exciting stage and we're looking for the right person to help build it from here, working alongside founder Paul Allam (co-founder of Bourke Street Bakery, whose artisan bread and pastry has grown from a single Sydney corner store into one of Sydne's most recognised bakery names with seventeen locations in Sydney and NYC. Paul's hospitality background also spans Hi Hi Burger and The Bread & Butter Project.)
Key Responsibilities
- Lead day-to-day operations across the restaurant and bar
- Shape our beer & wine program and accompanying menu
- Help grow our late-night operations
- Oversee catering and delivery platforms, including Uber Eats
- Inspire and develop the front-of-house team
- Deliver exceptional guest experiences and service standards
- Drive operational performance, profitability, and cost control
- Oversee recruitment, training, rostering, and labour management
- Ensure compliance with WHS, food safety, and licensing requirements
- Monitor financial performance and work toward business targets
- Foster a positive, accountable, high-performing team culture
- Lead events and activations, including brand collaborations
- Work closely with kitchen and bar to ensure seamless service delivery
About You
- Operational experience essential - you've genuinely run the back end of a venue, not just worked the floor
- A few years' hospo experience running restaurants or bars
- Strong commercial acumen - comfortable with cost control and driving performance
- Hospitality is in your blood - this isn't a job you fell into, it's who you are
- Know how to train and build a great team, not just manage one
- Creative and innovative - you see opportunities others miss
- Real energy and initiative - a proactive, hands-on leadership style
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills
- Working knowledge of hospitality compliance, licensing, WHS, and food safety
- Current RSA certification
What's on Offer
- A regular wage plus 15% equity in Paulie's from day one - no buy-in required
- A key leadership role with real influence and autonomy
- Real creative control and ownership over how the business is run
- Direct partnership with the founder, not a corporate reporting line
- A dynamic, energetic, hands-on working environment
- The chance to help shape one of Oxford Street's pizza spots from an early, exciting stage
Pay: $70,000.00 – $85,000.00 per year
Benefits:
Work Location: In person
