Molly Tea Hiring in New York & California | 2026

Molly Tea is recruiting management staff in New York and California, giving a fresh look at how the tea chain is staffing its US business in September 2026.

The company’s official LinkedIn jobs page currently lists a Store Manager in the New York City Metropolitan Area and an Operations Manager in California. The California role goes further than routine store management: its responsibilities include running multiple stores and leading new store openings.

That does not confirm a new store address or opening date. It does show that Molly Tea is building management capacity for a larger California operation.

What Molly Tea is hiring for

The New York Store Manager role is focused on one store’s day-to-day operation.

According to Molly Tea’s own job listing, the manager is responsible for opening and closing procedures, employee schedules, inventory, sales and labor metrics, staff training, food-safety standards and new product launches.

California is different.

Molly Tea’s Operations Manager posting calls for someone with multi-store management experience who can oversee staffing, inventory, costs, audits and store performance across California. The same listing specifically includes new store openings and ongoing operations among the job’s responsibilities.

That wording is the clearest current evidence that the brand is preparing for more operational work in the state.

Readers tracking Molly Tea’s existing California footprint can see how one established Los Angeles-area branch operates in our Arcadia guide.

Does this mean new Molly Tea stores are coming?

In California, the official job description makes new store openings part of the Operations Manager’s job.

Molly Tea has not named the locations involved in that listing, and it has not supplied opening dates there. Saying that a particular city is getting a new Molly Tea would therefore go beyond what the company has announced.

The safer reading is straightforward: Molly Tea is staffing for multi-store operations in California, including future openings, but the next addresses remain unannounced.

New York requires even more care.

The company is clearly recruiting a Store Manager in the New York City Metropolitan Area. A separate Operations Manager posting is tagged to New York, but its actual description refers to California stores and travel within California. We are not treating that mismatched listing as proof of a new New York regional rollout.

For the separate issue affecting the Molly Tea name at several New York stores, see our NYC store-name update. That dispute is a different story from the current hiring activity.

The hiring fits Molly Tea’s stated North America plan

The hiring does not appear in isolation.

In an official company update, Molly Tea said North America remained its primary focus and described a move from testing its first US store toward regional growth across major cities. The company also said it planned to build local teams and strengthen its overseas operating structure.

The new management listings fit that stated direction.

A Store Manager strengthens day-to-day execution at the store level. A multi-store Operations Manager sits above that layer, working across locations and helping bring new stores into operation.

Molly Tea’s US franchise material describes a similar chain of work: site evaluation, store preparation, training, opening support and continuing operational oversight.

What is confirmed — and what is not

As of September 4, 2026, the official evidence supports three points:

• Molly Tea is hiring management staff in New York and California.
• The California Operations Manager role covers multiple stores and new-store openings.
• Molly Tea has already identified North America as a major area for regional growth.

What the company has not confirmed is just as important.

There are no new California addresses or opening dates attached to the current Operations Manager posting. The New York Store Manager listing does not identify a new store either.

Until Molly Tea publishes those details, reports of specific upcoming locations should be treated as unconfirmed.

Is Molly Tea hiring in the US?

Yes. Molly Tea’s official jobs page currently lists management positions in both the New York City Metropolitan Area and California.

Is Molly Tea opening more stores in California?

The current California Operations Manager job explicitly includes responsibility for new store openings. Molly Tea has not yet identified the locations or opening dates in that posting.

Is Molly Tea opening another New York store?

There is no verified new address in the current official material. Molly Tea is recruiting a Store Manager in the New York City Metropolitan Area, but the listing by itself does not establish that a new location is opening.

Verification note: This update was checked against Molly Tea’s official company LinkedIn account, current Molly Tea job listings and Molly Tea’s official US material on September 4, 2026. No unnamed store has been presented here as confirmed.