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[Remote] Senior Product Manager, Kitchen Operations & Innovation

🌍 Remote · United States 💼 Full-time

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Toast is hiring a Senior Product Manager to own the strategy and end-to-end delivery of its Kitchen Display System (KDS). The role focuses on enterprise kitchen workflows, kitchen data and AI-powered insights, and growing adoption across restaurant segments.

Responsibilities

  • Own and drive the KDS product strategy — enterprise workflow depth, data differentiation, SMB attach growth, and the agentic AI roadmap — connecting investments to Toast's kitchen adoption vision and near-term business outcomes including ARR growth, support ticket reduction, and enterprise retention
  • Define where agentic AI creates real value in the kitchen: proactive prep time adjustments based on real-time order load, automatic kitchen configuration changes tied to labor schedules or ordering channel mix, intelligent ticket routing and load balancing — and build the investment case to pursue the highest-leverage bets
  • Own KDS delivery end-to-end, working directly with large restaurant groups to translate complex, high-stakes workflow requirements into scalable product decisions that serve the whole market
  • Lead the KDS kitchen data strategy: define what kitchen efficiency insights should look like for operators at every scale, from API-first analytics for enterprise operators to actionable reporting for SMBs, and sequence the investments to unlock it
  • Shape and validate the business case for the next-generation KDS strategy — the long-horizon bets that drive future growth

Skills

  • Proven experience defining and owning product strategy for a complex, operationally critical product
  • Creative and strategic: you don't just optimize existing products — you identify the next meaningful bet, make the case for it, and drive it from zero to conviction
  • Curiosity and a point of view on AI and agentic product opportunities in operational environments — you don't need to have shipped an agent, but you should have a clear perspective on where autonomous action creates real value vs. real risk
  • Track record of working directly with enterprise customers, translating nuanced, high-stakes workflow requirements into product decisions that scale well beyond a single logo
  • Strong instincts for the SMB operator: you understand what it means to run a restaurant kitchen without a data analyst, an IT team, or a change management budget — and you can build for that reality
  • Executive presence to drive alignment without authority across engineering, design, enterprise customer success, sales, and product leadership in a high-stakes, cross-functional environment
  • *bonus points if it spans hardware and software and/or have experience in food & beverage

Benefits

  • We provide AI tools across all disciplines, from Engineering and Product to Sales and Support.
  • We embrace a hybrid work model that fosters in-person collaboration while valuing individual needs.

Company Overview

  • Toast is a point-of-sale and restaurant management platform designed for businesses in the food service and hospitality industry. It was founded in 2011, and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, with a workforce of 5001-10000 employees. Its website is https://pos.toasttab.com.
  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • Toast has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 32 in 2026, 25 in 2025, 32 in 2024, 39 in 2023, 66 in 2022, 29 in 2021, 17 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.
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