Fitness and Recreation Manager - Programs, Partnerships and Growth
Top Benefits
About the role
Position: Fitness and Recreation Manager - Programs, Partnerships and Growth
Location: Eastern Ontario Salary: Up to $65,000 base salary annually Position Type: Full Time Posting Type: Open vacancy Additional Compensation: Annual performance bonus and revenue growth incentives Benefits: Complimentary fitness facility access and career advancement opportunities
Our client is seeking an energetic and entrepreneurial Fitness and Recreation Manager to lead the growth and operations of a large fitness and wellness facility.
This is a hands on leadership opportunity for someone who can develop engaging programs, build community partnerships, increase membership, and drive sustainable revenue. The successful candidate will oversee daily operations while helping establish the facility as a leading destination for fitness, recreation, sports, and wellness.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and execute the strategic vision for the facility
- Increase membership, community participation, revenue, and profitability
- Create fitness, wellness, recreation, sports, and community programming
- Build partnerships with businesses, athletic organizations, institutions, and community groups
- Negotiate agreements with instructors, program providers, and external partners
- Lead employees, trainers, instructors, and collaborators
- Oversee scheduling, customer service, safety, cleanliness, and daily operations
- Develop marketing, member engagement, and retention strategies
- Manage budgets, expenses, forecasts, and performance indicators
Qualifications
- Management experience in fitness, wellness, tourism, recreation, sports, hospitality, or entertainment
- Proven success growing programs, memberships, partnerships, or revenue
- Strong business development, sales, and negotiation skills
- Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to build and improve operations
- Strong leadership, communication, and community engagement abilities
- Experience with resorts, fitness centres, sports complexes is ideal
- Bilingualism in French and English is a strong asset, conversational French is mandatory
This role is ideal for a creative and commercially minded leader who wants to build memorable experiences, strengthen community engagement, and grow a developing wellness operation.
Please send your resume in Word format to Cynthia Gray at cynthia.gray@quantum.ca.
REFER A PERM HIRE AND EARN A CASH BONUS! For details, click here. All applications are reviewed by our recruitment team, and hiring decisions are made by people. We may also use AI-enabled tools to support parts of the application review process.
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About Quantum Management Services Ltd.
Where instinct meets experience.
At Quantum, our mission is to help clients and candidates strive for better. Better opportunities, better market insights and a better fit for the long run. As experts in specialized recruitment, we work with leading companies across Canada and the U.S. placing over 1,700 professionals in permanent roles annually and employing 2,500 temporary employees and contractors every single week.
By forging deeply human connections and combining tenacity with collaboration, our people drive for success in each individual role.
From support to executive level, we’re at your side for every step.
Tap into our expansive reach and explore what’s possible.
CNESST Permit No.: AP-2000158 & AR-2000157
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Fitness and Recreation Manager - Programs, Partnerships and Growth
Top Benefits
About the role
Position: Fitness and Recreation Manager - Programs, Partnerships and Growth
Location: Eastern Ontario Salary: Up to $65,000 base salary annually Position Type: Full Time Posting Type: Open vacancy Additional Compensation: Annual performance bonus and revenue growth incentives Benefits: Complimentary fitness facility access and career advancement opportunities
Our client is seeking an energetic and entrepreneurial Fitness and Recreation Manager to lead the growth and operations of a large fitness and wellness facility.
This is a hands on leadership opportunity for someone who can develop engaging programs, build community partnerships, increase membership, and drive sustainable revenue. The successful candidate will oversee daily operations while helping establish the facility as a leading destination for fitness, recreation, sports, and wellness.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and execute the strategic vision for the facility
- Increase membership, community participation, revenue, and profitability
- Create fitness, wellness, recreation, sports, and community programming
- Build partnerships with businesses, athletic organizations, institutions, and community groups
- Negotiate agreements with instructors, program providers, and external partners
- Lead employees, trainers, instructors, and collaborators
- Oversee scheduling, customer service, safety, cleanliness, and daily operations
- Develop marketing, member engagement, and retention strategies
- Manage budgets, expenses, forecasts, and performance indicators
Qualifications
- Management experience in fitness, wellness, tourism, recreation, sports, hospitality, or entertainment
- Proven success growing programs, memberships, partnerships, or revenue
- Strong business development, sales, and negotiation skills
- Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to build and improve operations
- Strong leadership, communication, and community engagement abilities
- Experience with resorts, fitness centres, sports complexes is ideal
- Bilingualism in French and English is a strong asset, conversational French is mandatory
This role is ideal for a creative and commercially minded leader who wants to build memorable experiences, strengthen community engagement, and grow a developing wellness operation.
Please send your resume in Word format to Cynthia Gray at cynthia.gray@quantum.ca.
REFER A PERM HIRE AND EARN A CASH BONUS! For details, click here. All applications are reviewed by our recruitment team, and hiring decisions are made by people. We may also use AI-enabled tools to support parts of the application review process.
#ottsec1
Not the right fit? Search for Fitness and Recreation Manager jobs in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada
About Quantum Management Services Ltd.
Where instinct meets experience.
At Quantum, our mission is to help clients and candidates strive for better. Better opportunities, better market insights and a better fit for the long run. As experts in specialized recruitment, we work with leading companies across Canada and the U.S. placing over 1,700 professionals in permanent roles annually and employing 2,500 temporary employees and contractors every single week.
By forging deeply human connections and combining tenacity with collaboration, our people drive for success in each individual role.
From support to executive level, we’re at your side for every step.
Tap into our expansive reach and explore what’s possible.
CNESST Permit No.: AP-2000158 & AR-2000157