General Manager

Love Recruitment; Northampton; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a General Manager for a new padel venue in Northampton. The successful candidate will lead a passionate team, ensuring top-notch customer service and driving commercial success. Ideally suited for an existing GM or a deputy manager, this role offers significant growth potential. Candidates should have leadership experience in hospitality and a passion for customer engagement. Flexibility to work weekends is required.

Qualifications

• 1-3+ years’ leadership experience in hospitality, leisure, or lifestyle venues at HOD level or above.
• A people-first leader who thrives on connection and team energy.
• Flexibility to work every other weekend.

Responsibilities

• Lead and motivate your team across FOH and coaching.
• Drive commercial performance through court occupancy and cafe revenue.
• Oversee daily operations, ensuring safety and high standards.

Skills

Leadership experience

Customer service

Team motivation

Job description

General Manager in Northampton - BRAND NEW Padel Venue
£35k plus bonus

Are you a hands‑on leader who thrives in community‑focused environments? This is an incredible opportunity to launch and lead the first site of a new, ambitious and growing Padel brand with true family values as the core. Their debut site offers a large space offering a competitive court number, cafe offering, corporate hire space and their own unique take and stamp on the huge craze that is padel

This would suit a hungry deputy manager looking for their next step up as equally as an existing GM or equivalent looking for a new challenge. There is huge potential to grow with the business as they do!

An overview of this hugely exciting new role:

Lead and motivate your team across FOH and coaching

Offer best in show customer experience, always with the 'family first' mentality

Drive commercial performance through court occupancy, cafe revenue and corporate/ partnership bookings and sponsorships

Oversee daily operations, ensuring safety, quality, efficiency and high standards

About you:

1-3+ years’ leadership experience in hospitality, leisure, or lifestyle venues at HOD level or above

A people‑first leader who thrives on connection and team energy

Someone who is hands‑on and wanting to be in a customer facing/ roll your sleeves up environment working alongside the founders to achieve success

A background in sports/ fitness is not a pre‑requisite for this role but a passion for it is a must!

Flexibility to work every other weekend

Your recruiter for this role is Maddie Cummings, Recruitment Director at Love Recruitment group, and can be contacted simply by applying for the role below. Maddie and Love Recruitment specialise in recruitment for the whole fitness & leisure sector and work on a number of jobs in the fitness & leisure industry. If keen to be considered please ‘Apply Now’.