Expansion Operations Manager

About Rostudios

Rostudios is a fast-growing network of premium fitness studios revolutionizing the wellness experience across Europe. We’re on a mission to make world-class fitness accessible and inspiring for everyone.

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced and driven Expansion Operations Manager to lead and execute our ambitious growth plan, scaling our footprint from 20 to 80 locations across Germany, the Netherlands, and Belgium within 3 years. This pivotal role requires operational excellence, strategic execution, and strong leadership in a high-pace environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Expansion Leadership & Project Management:

  • Lead the end-to-end project management of multiple simultaneous studio launches, ensuring timely and successful execution in line with the company’s aggressive expansion goals.
  • Build and continuously refine scalable systems, processes, and playbooks to support repeatable and efficient studio rollouts.
  • Own and maintain detailed project timelines using Asana, ensuring visibility, accountability, and momentum across all openings.
  • Serve as the central coordination point between internal teams (Construction, Operations, Finance, Marketing) and external stakeholders (landlords, vendors, contractors).

• Operational Excellence & Execution:

  • Monitor expansion risk factors, such as hiring gaps or construction delays and proactively mitigate issues to keep launches on track.
  • Be onsite during handover, in the final weeks before opening, and during launch week to ensure operational readiness, provide hands-on support, and troubleshoot in real time.
  • Lead post-launch evaluations to assess operational success, gather feedback, and iterate processes for faster and smoother future openings.

• Team Building & Onboarding:

  • Manage early-stage hiring pipelines and onboarding workflows for new Studio Managers, ensuring consistent quality and preparedness across locations.
  • Hold weekly operational check-ins with incoming Studio Managers to guide them through pre-opening milestones and resolve local challenges.

• Systems & Platform Readiness:

  • Coordinate key platform setup tasks across booking systems (Mindbody, ClassPass, Urban Sports Club) to ensure seamless customer readiness pre-launch.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration:

  • Run structured bi-weekly internal expansion syncs to monitor progress, escalate blockers, and keep leadership informed.
  • Champion a culture of continuous improvement, agility, and high accountability as the company scales.

Your qualifications

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of experience in multi-location operations management, expansion, or project management roles.
• Proven track record of driving large-scale rollouts in a high-growth environment.
• Exceptional organizational, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience hiring and developing teams across multiple countries.
• Strong communication skills and a hands-on approach to execution.
• Fluency in English required; German and/or Dutch proficiency is a strong plus.
• Based in Amsterdam or Berlin, with frequent travel across Germany, the Netherlands, and Belgium.

What we offer you

What We Offer

• The opportunity to make a lasting impact in scaling a market-leading brand.
• A collaborative, entrepreneurial culture with the autonomy to drive results.
• Competitive compensation package and benefits.
• Dynamic international environment with passionate colleagues.

About us

Making our community fit and happy, that’s what drives us. Because when body and mind are working together as one, there’s no stopping you. In movement. In life.

In a dark candlelit studio to high-energy music, we ride out of our heads and into the rhythm. During the workouts by our ace instructors, riders are thrown back to themselves. Into their being, their strength and outside of their boundaries. Moving in sync with the beat and with each other, forges a strong connection. It creates the Ro'family and makes Rocycle a mindful, powerful and fun experience all in one. For both body and soul.

Founded in 2015 in Amsterdam, Rocycle is meant for everyone. From all backgrounds, levels of fitness and for all reasons. Some join us for a party on a bike, others feel it’s changing their life.

Whatever riders get out of it, we’ll keep making sure its available and accessible at a fair price for all. We aim to empower by showing our riders what they are capable of. Turning the flame we all have inside us up into a blazing fire. Every day. Every ride.

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