Director of Training & Franchise Performance

Miami, FL
Full Time
Leap Brands
Experienced

Position Overview

We are seeking a Corporate Director of Training & Franchise Performance to lead onboarding, training development, field coaching, sales education, and ongoing franchise performance initiatives across a rapidly growing franchise organization.

This is not a traditional sales training role. The ideal candidate has experience building and leading structured corporate training programs within fast-paced, performance-oriented environments. This individual understands how to develop people, create scalable systems, reinforce accountability, and improve operational execution across multiple teams and locations.

This position requires a strong balance of:

  • Corporate training leadership
  • Franchise operations support
  • Sales development and coaching
  • Field execution
  • Strategic planning and hands-on implementation

The role works closely with franchise owners, leadership teams, sales personnel, and operational staff to improve consistency, strengthen performance, and support long-term organizational growth.

Key Responsibilities

Franchise Onboarding & New Owner Development

  • Lead onboarding and training initiatives for new franchise owners and their teams
  • Develop structured launch plans, onboarding roadmaps, and operational training programs
  • Ensure franchise locations are operationally prepared and commercially positioned for successful openings
  • Reinforce customer experience standards, operational processes, sales systems, and brand expectations
  • Facilitate both classroom-based instruction and hands-on field training

Training Program Development & Learning Systems

  • Design, improve, and scale training programs across sales, leadership, operations, customer experience, and franchise performance
  • Develop SOPs, onboarding materials, presentations, accountability tools, playbooks, and educational resources
  • Build scalable systems for virtual learning, in-person workshops, ongoing education, and performance reinforcement
  • Standardize best practices and training structures across the franchise network
  • Support internal education platforms and continued learning initiatives

Corporate Training & Conference Leadership

  • Lead corporate workshops, training sessions, conferences, and development bootcamps
  • Deliver engaging, practical, execution-focused training programs for franchise owners, sales teams, installers, and operational personnel
  • Support company-wide initiatives tied to growth, operational consistency, accountability, and leadership development

Field Coaching & Performance Improvement

  • Travel to franchise locations to work directly alongside owners and field teams
  • Observe operational workflows, customer interactions, and in-home sales processes
  • Provide real-time coaching, accountability, and performance improvement strategies
  • Identify operational, communication, sales, or leadership gaps and implement actionable solutions
  • Support franchisees in improving close rates, customer experience, average ticket value, operational efficiency, and overall business performance

Franchise Performance & Leadership Support

  • Serve as a trusted advisor and performance partner to franchise owners and leadership teams
  • Reinforce KPI tracking, CRM utilization, reporting standards, communication expectations, and operational discipline
  • Partner with executive leadership to improve systems, support structures, and franchise performance initiatives
  • Help foster a culture centered around accountability, execution, leadership, and continuous improvement

Qualifications

Experience

  • 5+ years of experience in corporate training, franchise training, learning & development, sales performance, or operational leadership
  • Proven success developing onboarding and training systems across multiple locations or teams
  • Experience facilitating corporate workshops, field coaching, conferences, and leadership development initiatives
  • Strong background building scalable systems focused on adoption, accountability, and performance improvement
  • Experience supporting franchise systems or multi-location operations strongly preferred
  • Home services industry experience preferred, including areas such as remodeling, HVAC, roofing, restoration, coatings, flooring, or construction
  • Strong understanding of customer experience, in-home sales, and field execution environments

Skills & Leadership Traits

  • Self-starter capable of operating independently in a fast-paced growth environment
  • Highly adaptable with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously
  • Strong organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail and execution
  • Proactive mindset focused on continuous improvement and operational efficiency
  • Innovative thinker who contributes ideas, solutions, and strategic improvements
  • Strong leadership presence with the ability to influence franchise owners, operational leaders, and sales teams
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills, both virtually and in person
  • Proven ability to coach, motivate, and develop high-performing teams
  • Strategic thinker capable of balancing long-term initiatives with hands-on field execution
  • Comfortable leading training sessions ranging from one-on-one coaching to large-scale conference presentations

What Success Looks Like

  • Franchise owners launch confidently with strong operational readiness and execution
  • Teams consistently follow operational systems, standards, and performance expectations
  • Training programs remain scalable, organized, engaging, and aligned with company growth
  • Sales performance, customer experience, close rates, and operational consistency improve across the network
  • Franchise owners view training and support as valuable business drivers
  • CRM adoption, reporting consistency, communication standards, and operational accountability strengthen system-wide
  • Corporate training events and onboarding initiatives drive measurable business impact
  • Opportunities for operational improvement are proactively identified and converted into actionable solutions
  • Leadership can rely on this role to improve consistency, elevate standards, and support long-term franchise growth
  • Franchise owners view this individual as a trusted advisor helping improve leadership, execution, and business performance

Why Join

  • Join a fast-growing national franchise organization with significant expansion opportunities
  • Play a key role in shaping training, onboarding, and franchise performance initiatives company-wide
  • Work directly alongside executive leadership and franchise owners across the country
  • Blend strategic leadership responsibilities with hands-on field involvement
  • Help develop scalable systems that directly influence franchisee success and organizational growth
  • Be part of a culture centered around accountability, execution, innovation, and continuous improvement

Travel Expectations

  • Approximately 40–50% travel required
  • Travel includes franchise onboarding, field coaching, conference support, and ongoing training initiatives
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