Regional Manager
Seattle, WA - USA
Job Summary
REGIONAL MANAGER MULTI-UNIT FITNESS OPERATIONS
Greater Puget Sound Area
Base Salary: $85000$110000 Annual Performance Bonus: Up to $15000 Medical Dental & 401(k) Benefits Employee Ownership Opportunity
ABOUT FIT 845
FIT 845 is a growing multi-unit fitness company operating F45 Training and FS8 studios throughout the Greater Puget Sound Area. Our mission is simple: empowering people elevating fitness.
We believe great fitness businesses are built by great people strong leaders and disciplined operating systems. Over the past several years weve built a portfolio of high-quality studios and developed the processes technology sales systems and leadership infrastructure to support continued growth.
We are currently entering our next stage of expansion with additional studios under development and plans to continue growing beyond our current footprint. As we scale we are investing heavily in our leadership team and in creating an organization where talented people can grow their careers take on greater responsibility and help shape the future of the company.
FIT 845 believes in continuous improvement accountability developing people and giving strong leaders room to lead. We are also intentionally building an employee-owned future with a long-term goal of employees collectively owning approximately 40% of the company.
Were building more than a collection of fitness studios. Were building a company designed to grow and a team that can grow with it.
ABOUT THE ROLE
We are looking for an exceptional Regional Manager to lead our studios through the development and leadership of our Studio Managers and help drive the next stage of FIT 845s growth.
This is a senior leadership position with responsibility for people financial performance sales member experience operational execution and the development of the leaders running each studio.
Over the next 12 months we expect to add three more studios to our portfolio. Eight studios is not the destination. As those locations come online we will begin evaluating the next wave of growth opportunities.
The right person may already be an Area Manager District Manager Regional Manager Director of Operations or accomplished multi-unit operator who wants greater influence over the company they are helping grow.
EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY
Build the business. Share in the value you help create.
FIT 845 is intentionally building an employee-owned future. Over the next 15 years our goal is for employees to collectively own approximately 40% of the company.
As one of our senior leadership positions the Regional Manager will have the opportunity to build meaningful ownership in FIT 845 over time through our employee ownership program with a level of participation that reflects the seniority and impact of the role.
The goal is simple: the people who help create long-term value at FIT 845 should have the opportunity to share in it.
WHAT YOULL LEAD
You will lead a growing portfolio of studios through a team of Studio Managers.
Your job is not to personally run every studio.
Your job is to develop exceptional Studio Managers who can.
Youll be responsible for:
Coaching and developing Studio Managers into increasingly capable self-sufficient business leaders.
Driving studio performance across revenue growth membership growth retention sales conversion profitability labor efficiency and controllable expenses.
Maintaining meaningful visibility in our studios and understanding the member experience team leadership and business beyond what appears on a dashboard.
Creating a disciplined leadership rhythm through Studio Manager 1:1s KPI reviews action plans development plans and consistent follow-through.
Building a strong leadership and coaching bench as we continue adding studios.
Leading Studio Manager recruiting and helping identify develop and retain outstanding talent throughout the organization.
Recognizing underperformance early and addressing it through clear expectations coaching accountability and appropriate performance management.
Ensuring our fitness product member experience sales execution and operating standards remain consistently strong across locations.
Partnering with our Sales & Marketing Lead to strengthen CRM execution conversion membership growth and sales performance.
Partnering with our Business Operations Manager so operating systems and field execution stay aligned.
Continuously improving our processes people and studios as the organization grows.
A STRONG OPERATING FOUNDATION
FIT 845 has spent years developing the systems processes reporting and operating standards that support our studios.
As we grow we continue to strengthen those systems improve management development enhance our dashboards and performance rhythms expand our sales infrastructure document best practices and refine how the organization operates.
We believe strongly in continuous improvement. The Regional Manager will be expected to challenge assumptions identify better ways of operating and help us continually raise the standard while building on an established operating foundation.
WHO WERE LOOKING FOR
We are intentionally setting a high bar for this position.
Strong candidates will likely bring:
Significant experience leading multiple locations and multiple managers.
A demonstrated ability to develop managers rather than simply direct them.
Strong business and financial acumen including comfort interpreting P&Ls and operating KPIs.
Experience driving revenue growth sales performance customer or member retention and profitability.
The ability to walk into a location quickly understand what is working and what is not and help the manager build the right action plan.
Strong recruiting coaching feedback and performance-management skills.
Experience building teams and leadership benches in a growing organization.
The ability to hold people accountable while maintaining strong relationships and a healthy culture.
Strong judgment about when to coach when to intervene and when to give a capable leader room to operate.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Comfort operating in an entrepreneurial company that moves quickly while still expecting disciplined execution.
Experience in boutique fitness health and wellness hospitality premium service multi-unit retail or another high-touch consumer business would translate particularly well.
Direct F45 Training or FS8 experience is welcome but not required.
WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE
Well know youre succeeding when:
Studio Managers become stronger and more self-sufficient.
Studios consistently achieve their operating and financial objectives.
Revenue and memberships continue growing.
Member retention remains strong.
Sales execution becomes increasingly consistent across locations.
Staffing becomes proactive rather than reactive.
Performance issues are identified and addressed early.
Our leadership bench becomes deeper.
Member and coaching standards remain consistently high from studio to studio.
The organization becomes easier not harder to operate as additional locations are added.
One of our clearest definitions of great leadership: you can take a two-week vacation and the business does not miss a beat.
Ultimately the Regional Manager should create leverage. The company performs better because of the leaders you have developed and the operating discipline you have created not because every decision has to go through you.
LOCATION TRAVEL & ONBOARDING
This is a full-time leadership position based in the Greater Puget Sound Area and requires regular travel among our studio locations.
As part of onboarding the Regional Manager will attend a one-week FS8 Induction in Austin Texas during the first 90 days.
With multiple FS8 studios in our next phase of growth this training is an important part of understanding the product brand operating model and member experience the Regional Manager will be leading.
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
Base salary: $85000$110000 depending on experience and qualifications
Annual performance bonus: Up to $15000 based on defined performance objectives
Medical benefits
Dental benefits
Company-sponsored 401(k) retirement plan
Employee ownership opportunity
WHY FIT 845
We are at an exciting stage of the companys development.
We have built a strong operating foundation are opening additional studios and are strengthening the leadership structure sales infrastructure management development operating systems and technology that will support the next stage of growth.
When our next studios are operational we intend to keep growing.
For someone who wants to lead a growing multi-unit organization develop a team of leaders drive meaningful business performance help shape the next stage of a company and have the opportunity to build meaningful ownership in what theyre helping create this is a different opportunity.
If that sounds like the kind of company you want to help lead and grow wed like to meet you.
OUR SELECTION PROCESS
We take this hire seriously. The Regional Manager will have a significant impact on our people our studios and the next stage of FIT 845s growth so we use a structured selection process designed to give both FIT 845 and each candidate the opportunity to determine whether there is a strong long-term fit.
Our process includes:
1. Leadership Qualification Questionnaire
Candidates begin with a short online qualification questionnaire focused on multi-unit leadership experience management responsibility and financial accountability. Candidates who meet the initial qualifications will be invited to continue to the formal application process.
2. Formal Application
Qualified candidates complete the official FIT 845 application and provide their résumé and professional background.
3. Initial Phone Conversation
Selected candidates will have a brief introductory phone conversation focused on experience communication motivation and overall alignment with the role.
4. Leadership & Business Assessment
Advancing candidates will complete a practical exercise based on the kinds of business and leadership situations the Regional Manager will encounter at FIT 845. We want to understand how you think prioritize diagnose problems and develop leaders not simply how well you interview.
5. Structured In-Person Interview
Well go deeper into your experience leading multiple locations developing managers driving financial performance building teams and managing accountability.
6. Final Leadership Working Session
Finalists will participate in a working session built around a realistic FIT 845 leadership scenario. This is intended to give both sides a better sense of what it would actually be like to work together.
Applications and candidates are reviewed on a rolling basis and strong candidates may move through the process at different speeds.
If youre excited by the opportunity and believe your experience meets the bar we encourage you to start the process.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
FIT 845 LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable federal state or local law.
Applicants who need a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or selection process may contact FIT 845 at or .
Required Experience:
Manager
About Company
About FIT 845 FIT 845 is a growing multi-unit fitness company operating F45 Training and FS8 studios throughout the Greater Puget Sound Area . Our mission is simple: empowering people | elevating fitness. We believe great fitness businesses are built by great people, strong leaders, a ... View more