Director People Compliance + Relations

Director, Team Member Relations & Compliance

At CAVA we make it deliciously simple to eat well and feel good every day. We are guided by a Mediterranean heritage that's been perfecting how to eat and live for four thousand years. We prioritize authenticity, curiosity and the pursuit of excellence in everything we do. We are working towards something big, together.

We foster a culture built on five core values :

• Generosity First, Always : We lead with kindness. Our best work happens when we act in service of others.
• Constant Curiosity : We are eager to learn, grow, and explore beyond the obvious.
• Act with Agility : We welcome change; it's the only constant. We embrace, adjust, adapt.
• Passion for Positivity : We greet each day with warmth and possibility.
• Collective Ambition : We have high aspirations that are achieved when we work together with a shared purpose.

The Director, Team Member Relations & Compliance leads enterprise-wide efforts to ensure CAVA's people practices, policies, and procedures meet all federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations. This role serves as the subject matter expert on employment compliance, wage and hour standards, workplace policy interpretation, and internal governance. As a trusted advisor to legal, operations, and People + Culture leaders, this role helps mitigate risk while enabling a positive, inclusive, and high-integrity work environment across all Support Center, Restaurant, and CAVA Foods locations. In addition, this role fosters team collaboration to uphold our practices, policies, and procedures by guiding the team member relations function and promoting shared accountability across the enterprise.

This job description is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all the duties and responsibilities of the position, and such duties and responsibilities may change without notice.

At CAVA, Directors align teams, foster cross-functional collaboration, and translate strategy into action. We look for leaders who develop talent, challenge the status quo, and stay grounded in guest and team member service, inclusion, and long-term impact.

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