Chief Growth Officer

What’s In It For You

At Thomas Cuisine, we know our success begins and ends with our people. It’s the reason we work hard to attract and retain the best and brightest talent. From day one, you will be an integral member of our leadership team, where you will have the opportunity to steer a growing company with partners who care just as much about strategic, purposeful growth as you do.

Key Responsibilities

• Formulate long-term growth strategy in collaboration with the Board and executive team including the evaluation of existing and new verticals, geographies, adjacencies, acquisitions, and offerings.
• Monitor the marketplace and analyze opportunities, providing competitive analysis, strategies, and tactics.
• Build and sustain a top performing business development team with hands-on engagement throughout the sales cycle.
• Develop partnership management strategy by forming key relationships that align with our growth plan.
• Direct and oversee the company marketing function to expand brand awareness and cultivate new clients.
• Collaborate with finance and operations on pricing strategies and business models to achieve growth goals.
• Develop and oversee client retention strategy including identification of risk, opportunities for service expansion, and proactive contract extensions or renewals.
• Regularly attend Board meetings and provide updates on growth strategy and objectives.

Success Profile

• Growth strategy is clear, focused, and executable. Delivers a scalable growth roadmap aligned to priority markets, client segments, and financial targets.
• REAL Food fuels competitive differentiation. Positions REAL Food principles as a core driver of client value, brand strength, and market expansion.
• Client-centric growth drives results. Expands and retains accounts through a deep understanding of client needs, delivering solutions that increase scope, revenue, and long-term partnership value.
• Disciplined, profitable expansion. Balances new business growth with pricing rigor, margin discipline, and sustainable operating models.
• Cross-functional alignment accelerates execution. Aligns sales, operations, culinary, sourcing, and finance to deliver seamless launches and consistent growth outcomes.
• Innovation scales with intent. Introduces and scales new concepts, service models, and offerings that meet evolving client and market demands.
• Data informs smarter growth decisions. Uses market intelligence, pipeline analytics, and margin insights to prioritize opportunities and manage risk.
• Brand leadership strengthens market position. Elevates Thomas Cuisine’s reputation as a growth-oriented, mission-driven leader in REAL Food and foodservice innovation.
• Purpose and performance grow together. Drives revenue and margin growth while advancing Thomas Cuisine’s commitment to REAL Food, integrity, and impact.