General Manager

Discover Strength; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance contribution

401K (planned for 2027)

Paid time off

Continuing education and professional

Free personal training

Ascend through the Discover Strength

Job summary

Discover Strength is hiring a General Manager for a Bee Cave studio in the Austin area. The role is full-time, on-site, and involves leading a team of Exercise Physiologists, delivering world-class workouts, and driving local sales and marketing efforts.

You will spend 15-25 hours/week on the floor with clients, building a business from the ground up, and aligning with Discover Strength core values. Competitive salary and benefits accompany the role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field is preferred but not required.
• Minimum three years' work experience.
• Minimum one year management experience preferred.
• Minimum one year sales experience contacting leads and executing local marketing preferred.
• Experience in health club, fitness, or exercise setting.
• Demonstrated leadership in personal training or strength and conditioning.
• Experience leading teams, including hiring, training, performance management, and fostering an inclusive work environment.
• Proven ability to develop and implement business strategies, drive growth, and manage change.

Responsibilities

• Coach and develop a team of professional Exercise Physiologists.
• Create a culture of consistent delivery of world-class workouts.
• Drive sales by calling leads, executing local marketing tactics, and participating in business networking groups.
• Inspire your team with excellence in customer service.
• Deliver world-class workouts yourself as trainer on the floor.
• Manage the physical plant - be it plumbing or equipment repair.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Sales experience

Communication

Time management

Organizational skills

Customer service

Entrepreneurial mindset

Business development

Self-direction

Education

Bachelor's degree in exercise science

Tools

CRM systems

Spreadsheets

Project management

Job description

Company Description

Discover Strength is leading the movement in resistance exercise as medicine. We know that busy people don't have time for workouts that don't work. Our growing national network of studios offers both one-on-one and small group personal training that is efficient, evidence-based, effective, and expert driven.

Fitness concepts come and go because they tend to base their offering on trends and market-driven fads. Because Discover Strength's methodology is based upon the preponderance of peer-reviewed research, it will always be the more efficient, safest, and most effective way to strength train.

At Discover Strength, we believe that the most important and rewarding work of our lives is that of leading and managing others. In order to do that, you need to be given the opportunity to run your own studio and lead your team, which is exactly what you will be hired to do as General Manager of a Discover Strength studio.

This is a full-time, exempt, on-site General Manager role located in the Austin, Texas suburb of Bee Cave.

$65,000 - $85,000 annually.

Key Roles and Resposibilities

• Coach and develop a team of professional Exercise Physiologists
• Create a culture of consistent delivery of world-class workouts
• Drive sales by calling leads, executing local marketing tactics, and participating in business networking groups
• Inspire your team with excellence in customer service
• Deliver world-class workouts yourself as trainer on the floor
• Manage the physical plant - be it plumbing or equipment repair

How You'll Thrive

• You live and model the Core Values of Discover Strength.
• You WANT to lead, manage, coach, and uplift others.
• You are hard-working and welcome a broad range of responsibilities.
• You'll spend 15-25 hours/week on the floor working directly with clients.
• You're enthusiastic about the opportunity and challenge of building a business from the ground up.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (exercise science related field preferred, but not required)
• Minimum three years' work experience
• Minimum one year management experience preferred
• Minimum one year sales experience contacting leads and executing local marketing preferred
• Experience in health club, fitness, or exercise setting
• Demonstrated leadership in personal training or strength and conditioning
• Excellent communication, time management, and organizational skills
• Experience leading teams, including hiring, training, performance management, and fostering an inclusive work environment
• Proven ability to develop and implement business strategies, drive growth, and manage change.
• Ability to work independently with high accountability and sound decision-making in a self-directed or entrepreneurial setting
• Familiarity with basic business tools and software (e.g., spreadsheets, project management, CRM systems)
• Health insurance contribution
• 401K (planned for 2027)
• Paid time off
• Continuing education and professional growth via Discover Strength's Education program
• Free personal training
• Ascend through the Discover Strength 10-year Core Growth Plan
• Quarterly Leadership Institute
• Annual off-site Summit with leaders and managers