Role Overview
The Head/Lead - Business Growth & Expansion will be responsible for driving Leap Gymnastics Academy's national expansion and growth, including centre rollout, revenue growth, systems enablement, partnerships, cost optimisation, and data-led decision-making.
Reporting into the CEO, this is an execution-heavy leadership role requiring strong ownership, commercial acumen, and the ability to build a scalable, repeatable operating model for rapid growth across India.
Key Responsibilities
Expansion & Strategic Growth
- Lead pan-India expansion strategy including market prioritisation, city sequencing, and rollout planning with the CEO.
- Identify high-potential cities, micro-markets, and catchments using demand, demographics, and commercial viability.
- Source, evaluate, and close real estate for new centres; lead lease and commercial negotiations.
- Own end-to-end centre setup—from design and interiors to timelines, budgets, and launch readiness.
- Build standardised SOPs and playbooks to enable faster, consistent rollouts.
Revenue, Unit Economics & Performance
- Drive revenue growth and profitability through programme mix, pricing, utilisation, retention, and ancillary offerings.
- Strengthen centre-level unit economics and long-term business sustainability.
- Track centre performance and lead targeted improvement plans with operations teams.
Customer Experience & Digital Enablement
- Enhance parent and customer experience through improved processes, tools, and technology.
- Optimise CRM, ERP, billing, attendance, and communication platforms for scale, adoption, and usability.
- Ensure systems align with operational workflows and future growth.
New Revenue, Partnerships & Cost Efficiency
- Launch new revenue streams including school partnerships, corporate programmes, events, merchandise, and coach education.
- Build and manage strategic vendor and supplier partnerships.
- Negotiate contracts to improve cost efficiency while maintaining quality and brand standards.
Procurement, Assets & Infrastructure
- Oversee procurement and vendor performance across centres.
- Ensure timely upkeep, upgrades, and replacements of infrastructure and equipment to meet safety and brand standards.
Data & Business Intelligence
- Own dashboards tracking enrolments, utilisation, retention, revenue, costs, and profitability.
- Translate insights into clear actions to improve centre and business performance.
Candidate Profile
Experience
- 8–12+ years of experience in growth, expansion, business development, or operations
- Proven experience scaling multi-location, asset-heavy businesses (sports, education, fitness, retail, or consumer services preferred)
Capabilities
- Strong commercial and negotiation skills
- Execution-first mindset with strategic depth
- Highly data-driven and outcome-oriented
- Comfortable operating in a fast-growing, evolving environment
About Leap Gymnastics Academy
Leap Gymnastics Academy (LGA) is a first-of-its-kind gymnastics academy founded by the JSW Group.
Guided by the philosophy 'Gymnastics is to sport what the alphabet is to language', Leap delivers structured, world-class gymnastics programmes tailored to Indian physiology. Launched in October 2022, LGA currently operates 8 centres across Mumbai, Delhi, Ahmedabad, and Vijayanagar, training over 1,500 gymnasts under leading domestic and international coaches.
LGA is entering a high-growth phase with a clear mandate to scale nationally, deepen grassroots participation, and build a sustainable pathway to elite excellence.
website: https://www.leapgymnasticsacademy.com/
Skills Required
expansion strategy , revenue growth , Erp, Crm