Vice President, New Store Openings – Transfers
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Vice President of New Store Openings leading franchise profitability and growth strategies across WellBiz Brands. Managing new store openings and transfer processes, ensuring operational success and revenue ramp.
Responsibilities:
- Drive enterprise NSO strategy, ensuring alignment with company growth objectives and franchise development targets across all brands.
- Maintain full accountability for new unit performance, including revenue ramp, membership acquisition, and time to profitability.
- Establish and evolve scalable operating models that enable efficient, repeatable, and high-performing new store openings.
- Partner with executive leadership to prioritize investments, remove barriers, and ensure successful execution of growth initiatives.
- Accountable for enterprise-wide performance of new studio openings, ensuring consistent execution of operational readiness, staffing, training, and launch plans.
- Drive performance during the critical first 90–180 days, with a focus on achieving key revenue, utilization, and membership milestones.
- Develop and implement standardized frameworks to accelerate ramp timelines and improve early-stage studio outcomes.
- Ensure consistent delivery of brand standards while balancing operational flexibility where needed.
- Scale and optimize the end-to-end presale growth engine across all brands.
- Lead digital marketing vendor management and campaign performance, including offer development, to drive strong presale conversion and Day 1 revenue, holding partners accountable to defined KPIs and ROI.
- Partner with marketing and analytics teams to continuously refine targeting, messaging, and channel effectiveness.
- Establish performance benchmarks, reporting frameworks, and accountability measures to ensure consistent presale success across markets, using campaign and vendor performance insights to inform strategic decisions and investment priorities.
- Serve as a visible and credible executive leader to franchisees during the NSO and transfer process.
- Establish and oversee the strategy for onboarding new franchisees and managing ownership transfers, ensuring seamless transitions and sustained performance.
- Build trusted relationships with franchise partners, proactively managing expectations and driving alignment with brand and business goals.
- Direct the NSO performance framework, including KPIs, reporting, and forecasting models.
- Leverage data to identify trends, inform strategic decisions, and proactively mitigate risks impacting new store success.
- Continuously refine processes and programs based on performance insights to improve efficiency and outcomes.
- Build, lead, and evolve a high-performing, multi-level NSO organization, including Director-level leadership.
- Act as a key strategic partner to the COO and executive leadership team.
Requirements:
- 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in multi-site consumer services (e.g., fitness, wellness, beauty, retail, or franchising).
- Proven success owning or significantly influencing revenue-driving functions, unit economics, or business performance metrics.
- Deep expertise in presale strategy and execution, with demonstrated success driving strong Day 1 revenue and rapid ramp to profitability.
- Experience leading leaders, including Director-level and above, and building scalable, high-performing organizations.
- Strong background in franchise operations, including new store openings, transfers, and multi-unit growth strategies.
- Demonstrated ability to operate at the executive level and influence C-suite stakeholders.
- Experience managing complex, cross-functional initiatives in high-growth or evolving environments.
- Strong analytical and financial acumen, with the ability to translate data into actionable insights and strategic decisions.
- Exceptional communication and leadership presence, with the ability to influence and align stakeholders at all levels.
- Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree or relevant certifications (e.g., MBA, PMP) preferred.
Benefits:
- Flexible time off and holiday schedule
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
- Health Savings Account
- Flexible Spending Account
- 401K match
- Monthly allowance for spending at WellBiz Brands, Inc. owned brands
- Cell Phone reimbursement
- Free Employee Assistance Plan




















