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Purpose Brands, the parent company of Orangetheory, Anytime Fitness, Waxing the City and The Bar Method, is seeking a Learning and Development Manager to join its team within The Bar Method. This is a great position for someone who is looking to expand their career, and join a company with a fun, fast-paced and inspirational culture.
As a Manager, Learning and Development, you will directly impact the success of the enterprise by influencing the performance and profitability of each Bar Method Franchisee through the design, delivery and facilitation of learning experiences. Successful candidates will leverage their instructional design, project management skills, communication and people skills to assess current state learning programs and methodologies, identify areas of opportunity, gather feedback and develop solutions which they will then build, test, implement and scale across the franchise network in partnership with the Bar Method corporate team.
This role reports to the Vice President of Operations for The Bar Method.

Purpose/Impact: (Duties & Essential Functions)

Instructional Design + Training Facilitation - 60%

• Partner with the Sr. Director of Field Support, Technique and Brand Operations team to develop and implement training assets to ensure the development of studio owners and team.
• Apply research-based instructional design theories, practices and methodology to develop high performance, innovative training assets and experiences appropriate for studio audiences.
• Gather firsthand feedback from internal and external resources on all training events, tools and resources, and use feedback gathered appropriately to continuously improve and innovate training design and delivery.
• Establishes a measurement process and plan to continuously improve and innovate training design and delivery.
• Design, build, schedule, resource and facilitate training webinars and events for both franchise and corporate audiences; events could occasionally occur in-studio.
• Acquire and maintain a working level of knowledge on a day in the life of a Bar Method studio
• Partner with subject matter experts across the organization to align training objectives and develop content to support organizational priorities and project goals
• Partner cross departmentally to develop supporting material / media (audio, video, simulations, role play, games)

Communication - 30%

• Strategy Development: Create, maintain, and execute comprehensive content strategies aligned with company objectives to enhance brand presence
• Content Creation: Develop a framework the Bar Method team can use to create informative and engaging content across multiple channels, focusing on meeting the needs of our audience and driving engagement.
• Provides guidance and direction to help structure content within our Franchisee-facing tools - Resource Center, Academy, and Workvivo, ensuring it is easy to navigate and accessible to users.
• Partners with the Brand Operations Manager to create a communications calendar to support all Franchisee communications, ensuring consistent, timely, and transparent messaging across the system.
• Build and maintain trust with Franchisees by crafting communications that are clear and aligned with both brand standards and Franchisee needs.
• Helps coach and mentor other team members on communication framework to use and follow
• Owns the franchisee-facing communication channels and continuously optimizes for clarity and engagement.

Strategy and Leadership - 5%

• Design, develop, communicate and implement processes to enable the efficient development and delivery of training for Bar Method
• Assist Bar Method leadership with the development of the annual training plan, budget and calendar of events to support the strategic plan and organizational objectives
• Manage assigned training project and events to align with planned budget and priorities
• Present regular status updates to leadership, monthly team updates, and as needed ad hoc updates for all projects underway

And other duties as assigned.

Strengths

• Fostering Teamwork: As a team member, the ability and desire to work cooperatively with others on a team; as a team leader, interest, skill, and success in getting groups to learn to work together cooperatively.
• Technical Expertise: Depth of knowledge and skill in a technical area
• Building Collaborative Relationships: The ability to develop, maintain, and strengthen partnerships with others inside or outside of the organization who can provide information, assistance, and support

Background

• 3+ years direct experience with end-to-end development and delivery of training to support large scale corporate / business initiatives
• Demonstrated ability to design and build engaging learning content for remote audiences - evergreen and live formats
• Demonstrated results in training effectiveness and front-line adoption across a disperse audience
• Demonstrated ability to effectively manage projects and design training to encourage effective change management
• Demonstrated and recognized presentation and facilitation skills
• Creative, out of the box thinking and problem solving skills
• Strong strategic and tactical communication planning and execution skills
• Comfortable dealing with uncertainty; demonstrated ability to create structure and prioritize work effectively
• Ability to learn quickly and easily adapt to a dynamic work environment
• Excellent collaboration, leadership, communication and decision-making skills; ability to work in all phases of project development - strategy, implement, measure, improve
• Must be comfortable and effective in influencing stakeholders at all levels in the organization
• Ability to influence without authority; servant leadership mentality
• Comfortable working in a fast paced, accountability driven and results oriented culture
• Ability to build authentic working relationships amongst the team and with colleagues across functions

Preferred Job Qualifications

• Experience working in a franchise environment
• Experience in the fitness industry

Salary Range: $75k-85k

What's in it for you?

We offer a competitive salary along with exceptional benefits such as:

• Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage
• Hybrid Work Environment
• Life and Disability Insurance
• Unlimited Time off + Paid Holidays
• Flexible Friday's between Memorial Day and Labor Day
• 401(K) Savings Plan Matching at 4%
• 10 Coaching and Therapy sessions
• Mental Health Benefits
• Brand Discounts & Reimbursements
• In-house workout facilities
• Professional Development Opportunities
• Team Building, Employee Engagement Activities & so much more

WORK SCHEDULE
Purpose Brands LLC, currently observe the following hybrid work model for employees at our Boca Raton (FL), Woodbury (MN), and Seattle (WA) offices:

• Remote optional: Fridays
• On-site days: Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays

DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION STATEMENT
Purpose Brands is committed to encouraging, facilitating, and upholding an environment centered on diversity, equity, and inclusion across every facet of the Purpose Brands. We will work to create a sustainable culture that supports a healthy space for learning and growing, valuing, and empowering every employee, inspiring a diverse franchise network, and uplifting the members and communities we serve.

EEO STATEMENT
Purpose Brands provides equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law. Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated.