General Manager (Kansas City)

Brodie Rec League•Kansas City, MO

1d•$70,000 - $85,000•Onsite

About The Position

The General Manager is Brodie League’s first hire in a new market and is responsible for opening and growing the market. After one week of training, the General Manager spends eight weeks hosting open runs and speaking with captains and local basketball community members to convert interest into a launch target of 24 paid teams. The role initially performs the League Manager’s full job, including leading game-night staff, maintaining the Brodie Standard, managing schedules and payroll, and responding to captains. Once the market reaches the appropriate thresholds, the General Manager hires and trains a League Manager and hands over an established league with its checklists, crew, and captain relationships in place. The General Manager then continues to expand the territory by sourcing venues, opening leagues and programs, developing staff, and supporting League Managers and Game Day Leads. Success is measured by paid teams against plan, returning teams, cost per new athlete, venue spend, and preparing League Managers to take over on schedule. This is a full-time, local, on-site role in the Kansas City market, with evening and weekend work during launches and game nights.

Requirements

At least three years of people-management experience, including managing at least one supervisor; relevant settings may include fitness clubs, restaurants, retail, hospitality, events, or sports operations.
Experience hiring, correcting, and developing a team, and ability to discuss team outcomes.
Experience owning location or territory metrics, such as revenue, labor, or membership targets, and reading and acting on a profit and loss statement.
Face-to-face sales experience with demonstrable results in areas such as memberships, registrations, sponsorships, or events; experience tracking sales in a CRM.
Established connections in the local basketball community through playing, coaching, training, refereeing, or organizing, and familiarity with local gyms and their operators.
Experience starting a program, location, system, or league from scratch and handing it over to another person to operate.
Lives in or near the market and is available for full-time, on-site work.
Able to work evenings and weekends during launches and game nights, which run approximately 6 p.m. to midnight.
Reliable transportation to move equipment.
Able to join the team at headquarters for training as needed.

Responsibilities

Open the market by hosting open runs, connecting with local coaches, trainers, and run organizers, and converting interest into paid teams, targeting 24 paid teams for launch.
Run open runs, sign captains, follow up within 24 hours, and record all contacts in the CRM.
Test prospective gyms for court quality, location, and turnout, and work with the District Manager to decide which venues to sign.
Initially perform the League Manager’s full role: guide the crew and Game Day Lead, run game nights to the Brodie Standard, build schedules in PlayerOne, approve payroll in Rippling, and respond to captains within 24 hours.
Partner with the District Manager and Talent Acquisition to hire a League Manager, train them alongside the General Manager, and hand over a league with its checklists, crew, and captain relationships established.
Continue expanding the market by finding and opening venues in the city or an adjacent city, and repeat the launch process.
Launch additional programs, including 35+, U18, and co-ed, as the market is ready.
Build a pipeline for Game Day Leads and promote strong candidates as appropriate.
Take responsibility for venue sourcing and approval after the first seasons.
Own and report weekly market metrics, including paid teams against plan, returning teams, cost per new athlete, and venue spend; raise problems early with a plan.
Coach and develop League Managers and Game Day Leads through weekly check-ins, game-night visits, and performance conversations.