About the Role
As Senior Performance Manager, you’ll lead the on-site and strategic delivery of wellbeing services for our flagship corporate account, directing four gyms, a swimming facility, and a multi-use games area, while managing the people, budgets, and client relationships. You will turn everyday moments into measurable impact by coaching a diverse team, reporting to executive stakeholders, and building internal communities that make wellbeing stick.
Responsibilities
- Direct daily operations across four gyms/studios, a swimming pool facility, and a Multi-Use Games Area, upholding standards of safety, cleanliness, and technical function
- Lead an extended team via senior site leaders acting as direct reports across each space
- Safely instruct, motivate, and assist clients in reaching their fitness and wellness goals
- Oversee site-level staffing plans and operational frameworks to ensure strict alignment with contractual obligations
- Provide direct management, mentoring, and support to a diverse team of Performance Coaches
- Conduct regular performance evaluations and maintain developmental documentation
- Foster a supportive, high-performing team culture rooted in positive behaviours and collective rituals
- Guide staff to deliver exceptional customer experience, blending quality frameworks with creative autonomy
- Serve as the primary day-to-day point of contact for corporate client leadership
- Ensure proactive communication and alignment with the client’s evolving needs
- Partner with leadership teams to align joint business plans and eliminate operational friction
- Consistently exceed contract expectations
- Evaluate site-level operations, team performance, and client metrics against Rova Health and client objectives
- Compile, analyse, and present operational data and impact metrics to executive stakeholders on a monthly basis
- Take complete accountability for the management of site-specific annual budgets and commercial objectives
- Lead cross-functional engagement activities, such as educational events and wellness fairs, to drive campus-wide awareness
- Innovate and run targeted activations (challenges, leader boards, recovery labs) to increase service visibility among new employee cohorts
Requirements
- Minimum of 5 years’ strength coaching or personal training experience within premium environments
- Proven track record managing and upskilling teams of fitness, health, or sports performance professionals
- Demonstrable experience handling complex stakeholder relations, annual budgets, and multiple operational projects simultaneously
- Advanced communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex data for executive and C-suite review
- Exceptional customer service instincts, with client satisfaction as a top operational priority
- Comfortable managing ambiguity and adapting strategy across cross-regional initiatives
Skills
- Strength coaching
- Personal training
- Team management
- Stakeholder relations
- Budget management
- Project management
- Communication
- Customer service
- Strategic adaptation
Location
- London, United Kingdom
Work Type
- Onsite
- Full-time
- 12 months Fixed Term Contract
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology, Sports Science, Health & Exercise Studies, or a closely related field
- Industry-standard certification (e.g. CSCS, Certified Exos Performance Specialist, FMS)
- Active CPR/AED certification
Salary/Compensations
- £55,000
Benefits
- Health Cash Plan
- Pension scheme
- Annual Leave up to 25 days
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Annual Pay Review
- Targeted Learning and Development opportunities
About the Company
- ROVA Health is what happens when two established names in health and wellbeing stop running in parallel and start moving together.
- Built on over a century of Westfield Health Group heritage and driven by the belief that the way people live, work, and recover has fundamentally changed — we exist to do something about it.
- This is a platform with purpose, built by people who care about getting it right.
- If you're joining us, you're not just starting a new job. You're helping navigate what comes next.
