What are the responsibilities and job description for the Interim Wellness Manager position at Playbook?
Pay Range: $25 per hour 40% commission on all personal training sessions.
Benefits: Enjoy FREE access to the Esplanade Fitness Center, including locker room amenities, complimentary parking, and a daily free coffee from Perks Coffee Shop.
Location: 2415 East Camelback Road, Phoenix, AZ located at the beautiful Esplanade.
Work Hours: This position follows a set Monday–Friday schedule within our 6:00am–6:00pm operating hours. Preferred hours are Mondays–Tuesdays 10:00am–6:00pm and Wednesdays–Fridays 6:00am–2:00pm. There is flexibility with these hours as long as a consistent schedule is agreed upon, with some flexibility to ensure a full 40-hour work week based on business needs.
Reports to: Site Director
Duration: approximately 12 weeks
Anticipated Start Date: July 20, 2026
Your Mission:
As the Interim Wellness Manager at Esplanade, you will oversee all fitness, health, and wellness amenities while partnering closely with the experience team. You will build strong relationships with fitness members and building employees. In this role, you will support and execute wellness programming and elevate the overall wellness and workplace experience at Esplanade.
Your Focus:
As the Head Coach, you are the guardian of our standards—honing the craft of your team and ensuring our training, programming, and service are second to none. Through authentic connection and a commitment to excellence, you drive the energy and engagement that make our spaces a thriving hub. By clearing the way for our members to achieve their best, you fuel both personal longevity and the building's commercial success, proving that when our people flourish, the entire asset rises.
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- Member Experience & Relationship Building: Serve as a primary point of contact for fitness members, building strong relationships, welcoming new participants, and creating a positive, inclusive environment that encourages retention and engagement.
- Class & Program Execution: Oversee the day-to-day delivery of fitness programming including: teaching group classes, delivering personal training sessions, and assisting with site, public, and tenant events. Ensure all sessions are safe, engaging, and aligned with member needs.
- Facility Oversight & Operations: Maintain a clean, organized, and fully functional fitness space. Ensure equipment is properly used and cared for, coordinate towel delivery, stock locker room consumables, and ensure daily operations run smoothly and efficiently. Order necessary supplies, monitor inventory, and track expenses.
- Leadership & Accountability: Take ownership of your day-to-day responsibilities, prioritize tasks as needed, and maintain professionalism, organization, and attention to detail. Partner closely with the tenant experience team to support and serve building tenants.
- Instructor Support & Coordination: Support yoga instructors by managing subbing requests. Ensure instructors have what they need to deliver a high-quality experience while maintaining consistency with programming standards and member expectations. Track contract instructors hours accurately for payroll.
- Administrative: Schedule group fitness classes, track attendance and KPIs (e.g., member participation and fitness revenue), and support basic budgeting needs. Monitor engagement and gather feedback to help inform programming decisions and improve overall performance.
- 1 years of experience managing wellness or fitness center operations, preferably in a corporate or luxury environment.
- Nationally recognized Personal Training certification
- 1 years experience managing at least one full-time direct report
- Proven experience owning operational standards, service delivery, and team performance in high-volume or high-touch environments.
- Skilled in driving revenue and efficiency through utilization planning, staffing models, and resource management.
- Effective escalation owner, resolving complex event issues quickly while protecting the guest experience.
- Comfortable partnering cross-functionally with key stakeholders to deliver an exceptional experience.
- Tech-savvy, with experience using booking, scheduling, and collaboration tools (Google Workspace, Slack, event platforms).
- Adaptable and confident learning new systems for membership and program management.
- Human-Centric Intuition: You have a natural ability to "Know Your People." You’ve demonstrated the insight to design programming that isn't just "nice to have," but reflects the deep-seated needs and business realities of a community, creating rituals that truly make a building a destination.
- The Blueprint Mindset: You are a master of Setting the Stage. You possess the rigor to plan with such thoroughness and clarity that the transition from vision to execution is effortless. You build the frameworks that allow your team to Channel the Swan and deliver flawlessly.
- Relational Stewardship: As a primary Connector, you build deep-rooted trust through authentic presence and relentless follow-through. Whether you’re navigating a tenant’s vision or a vendor’s logistics, you communicate with the heart of a host and the precision of a partner.
- Balanced "Craft" & Reality: You possess the entrepreneurial edge to balance high-energy creative programming with the "house proud" realities of execution. You have a sharp eye for what’s possible, ensuring that every ambitious idea is grounded in logistical excellence and operational capacity.
- Organization & Prioritization: You thrive in the "dance" of complex environments. You bring structure and reliability to the most intricate cultural rhythms, managing the calendar with a level of poise and prioritization that ensures the building’s heartbeat never skips a beat.
Our Core Values:
Playbook's culture is based on a shared respect for our lived values HERE. Fit with our values is a critical component of our hiring process, and you and all of our colleagues are expected to live our core values in interactions with team members, customers, and stakeholders. An assessment of how you have exhibited our values is also an important part of your performance review process.
Our Commitment To You:
Playbook is committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We know the more inclusive we are, the greater our impact will be!
A Quick Note About Salaries:
We list salaries based on a few key factors. These include location-specific budgets, market trends, team size, and the scope of the building. Since we’re a national company working with office properties of all shapes and sizes, the listed salary is tailored specifically to this role and may differ from similar-titled roles on our Careers Page. Curious or want to chat more about it? We promise to be open and transparent about these details throughout our interview process.