Swim Job: Fitter and Faster seeks Performance and Operations Director

The key objective of Fitter and Faster Swim Tour‘s Performance and Operations Director is to develop and cultivate processes that enable FFT to continue growing at a fast rate, while ensuring that we continue to provide the most effective learning environment for elite level swim clinics in the United States.

Responsibilities:

  • Oversee the logistics/operations of all clinics and manage a team of employees to assist with execution
  • Understand what event hosts are looking to get out of each clinic and working with the clinicians and event managers to make sure we deliver… and then some
  • Curriculum development: Review all FFT curriculums, make suggestions, ask questions, contribute, and develop new programming
  • Grow and strengthen the Event Management team
  • Grow and cultivate relationships with clinicians
  • Teach clinicians how to most effectively teach at clinics
  • Identify the unique characteristics and “teaching points” of each clinician
  • Prepare Clinicians and Event Managers for their clinics
  • Manage and strengthen the programming we offer to Coaches at our clinics and beyond
  • Create and/or aggregate content for parents, coaches, participants, clinicians and employees

Qualified candidates for the Performance and Operations Director position should have the following experience, skills and attributes:

  • Enthusiasm about working in a fast paced, entrepreneurial environment. Read this article before applying:
  • 4 people who should never work for an entrepreneur.
  • Extensive experience as a competitive swimmer and/or coach
  • Absolutely no less than two-years of full-time work experience with excellent references
  • Extremely well organized. Meticulous.
  • Creative problem solver. Must be able to communicate business issues the candidate has been faced with and explain how it was addressed
  • Diligent in follow up with customers, prospects, co-workers and other partners
  • Driven, outgoing, pro-active, thoughtful personality with co-workers, customers and all others we work with
  • Experienced with CRM (Salesforce is a plus)
  • Management of a robust calendar
  • Someone who understands the importance of under-promising and over-delivering. Living up to expectations and goals is imperative
  • Experience developing email newsletters and other methods of communicating with employees, customers and prospects
  • Add value and carry out responsibilities associated with relationships that we have with hosts
  • Superb writing skills
  • Eagerness to travel and work hard

If you are qualified and are interested in the Performance and Operations Director position at Fitter and Faster Swim Tour, please send a cover letter and resume to [email protected].

Swimming News release is courtesy of FFT, a SwimSwam partner. 

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MEL STEWART Jr., aka Gold Medal Mel, won three Olympic medals at the 1992 Olympic Games. Mel's best event was the 200 butterfly. He is a former World, American, and NCAA Record holder in the 200 butterfly. As a writer/producer and sports columnist, Mel has contributed to Yahoo Sports, Universal Sports, …

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