New Park Project Manager

Ideal Candidate

A dynamic and thoughtful individual who is detail-oriented and possesses excellent organizational, communication & interpersonal skills. Must demonstrate the ability to drive and proactively influence cross functionally in a fast-paced high growth company.

Goals:

As new park development manager, you will have the overall responsibility to build and maintain franchise partner relationships while driving the new park openings process to achieve openings/operating month’s targets. You will lead the development cycle to ensure all functions (e.g. – real estate, design, court construction, training, to opening support teams) meet their respective targets, while being the point contact accountable for timelines, communications and objectives throughout the project.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and communicate the Sky Zone Mission, Vision, and Core Values.
• Develop strong, trusting, and respectful partnership with the Home Zone Team, Franchise Partners and Vendors.
• Absorb & Radiate the Sky Zone culture and commitment to WoW
• Actively engage with all project functions that impact the new park development process to ensure they (functions/individuals) meet timelines. This includes other Home Zone departments, Vendors and Franchise Partners.
• Diagnose challenges that impact park development timelines and work to quickly to develop solutions through partnerships with appropriate department heads.
• Monitor and report on progress of all new park development activities weekly, monthly
• Facilitate day-t0-day relationships with Franchise Partners during New Park Development through WoW Opening process.
• Collect, analyze and extrapolate information collected about time + cost of processes/projects. Record and store information for later review.
• Coordinate and communicate to all new park development projects to ensure there is alignment on opening parks with focus on time and budget.
• Field day to day project related inquiries and escalations from Home Zone Team and Franchise Partners. Escalate if necessary.
• Manage project requirements, activities, budgets, resources, schedules and risks
• Utilize PM tools to facilitate managing all project information including scope, assumptions, tasks, resource allocation, project tracking, risks, issues and prioritization.
• Travel: 10%

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education, training and/or experience

• 5+ years of experience of project management based experience

• 5+ years of retail/hospitality location based operations experience

• Strong leadership, influencing and communication skills with ability to interact, influence and align with all levels of the organization, both internal and external

• Experience managing large scale projects and team on budget.

• Highly motivated and collaborative with a willingness to learn

• Proactive and forward looking.

• Outgoing friendly attitude with excitement to go the extra mile.

• Proficiency in Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Additional Competencies

In addition to the qualifications listed above, the ideal candidate:

· Lives the Sky Zone Core Values: Make if Fun, Keep it Safe, Be Healthy, Do Good and Deliver WoW.

· In addition to the qualifications listed above, the ideal must hold these qualities:

· Lives the Sky Zone Core Values: Make if Fun, Keep it Safe, Be Healthy, Do Good and Deliver WoW

· Has an entrepreneurial and proactive mindset

· Self Motivated and driven

· Holds him/herself and others to higher standards

· Coaches and develops people/relationships

· Is passionate about and involved in the community

· Go above and beyond stated scope of work for the benefit of the Sky Zone team.

Work location: Los Angeles, CA