Manager, Franchise Development

Driven Brands Inc. • Charlotte, NC

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

Driven Brands is North America's largest automotive services company with a portfolio of iconic brands including Take 5 Oil Change®, Meineke Car Care Centers®, Maaco®, 1-800-Radiator & A/C®, Auto Glass Now®, and CARSTAR®. Our vision is to fuel the pursuit with the simplest, most convenient, and most reliable car care experience. Headquartered in Charlotte, NC, Driven Brands is more than a workplace. We're a launchpad — for careers, for dreams, and for people driven to do great things. Every day, we fuel the pursuit — for our customers chasing life's moments, for our franchisees building lasting legacies, and for each other as we grow, lead, and succeed together. Performance matters. We take pride in it. We own it. We show up for one another and for our communities. Because at Driven Brands, we're not just fixing cars. We're building futures, unlocking potential, and fueling what's possible — together.

About Driven Brands & Meineke
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eineke Car Care Centers is one of the most recognized names in the automotive aftermarket, with roughly 70% brand awareness and decades of proven franchise-owner success across general maintenance and repair. Meineke is part of Driven Brands — the largest automotive services company in North America, operating and franchising a portfolio of leading brands including Take 5 Oil Change, Meineke, Maaco, CARSTAR, and 1-800-Radiator across nearly 5,000 locations and 14 countries, servicing tens of millions of vehicles annually.

Joining a Driven Brands franchise-development team means selling behind real scale: a national brand with established unit economics, a mature FDD, sophisticated data-driven site and market tools, shared services in real estate, marketing, training, and supply, and the credibility of a public-company platform. For a developer, that translates into warmer conversations, faster approvals, and a story that resonates with serious, well-capitalized investors — the kind of investor who is building a portfolio, not buying a job.

Driven Brands is a meritocracy, driven by results. We reward performance, take initiative, and celebrate the people who deliver. This role is built for exactly that mindset.

Requirements

• 5+ years in franchise development, franchise sales, or multi-unit development — with a documented record of closing multi-unit or area development agreements.
• Demonstrated financial literacy and the ability to sell to high-net-worth and institutional-style investors.
• Existing network / pipeline of qualified multi-unit investors strongly preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, or related field preferred; equivalent closing experience carries significant weight.
• Willingness to travel up to 25% to meet investors and support development activity.
• English fluency required; Spanish fluency a strong plus given the operator base.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with franchise renewals, conversions, and re-sales a plus — a meaningful share of multi-unit growth in a mature system comes from converting independents and re-selling existing centers to stronger operators.

Responsibilities

• Source, qualify, and close high-net-worth and sophisticated investors on multi-unit and area development agreements for Meineke.
• Own the full development cycle — prospecting, discovery, financial validation, FDD process, and agreement execution.
• Qualify and route prospects appropriately — introducing single-store operators, multi-store operators, and internal M&A to the right path for deal execution.
• Screen and evaluate prospective franchisees on experience and financial qualification, consistent with Driven Brands' standards and adherence to federal franchise regulations and FDD compliance.
• Build and manage a proprietary pipeline of qualified multi-unit buyers and area developers.
• Present the Meineke and Driven Brands investment case — brand strength, unit economics, portfolio returns, and platform support.
• Partner with real estate, legal, and operations to move committed investors from signature to open centers on schedule.
• Maintain disciplined pipeline hygiene and forecasting in the development CRM (e.g., FranConnect / Salesforce).

Benefits

• Base salary plus an uncapped, deal-based commission.
• Uncapped commission tied to signed development agreements and committed units — designed to reward closers, not caretakers.
• Accelerators for multi-unit and area development deals over single-unit sales.
• Recognition and advancement within a public-company, results-first culture that promotes its top developers.
• Get early access to 50% of your earned wages at any time through our myFlexPay program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager