Branch Manager London - Athlete Lab

About Athlete Lab

Athlete Lab is an accomplished operator of state-of-the-art indoor cycling studios with successful operations in Singapore and Australia.  We provide convenient, safe, fun and high quality cycling training that enables our members to significantly increase their cycling performance utilising proven science based workouts in a cool high-tech enviroment with large sceens displaying rider data and cycling footage.  Athlete Lab provides high quality coaching and physiological sports testing.  Athlete Lab members are typically located within financial centres in major cities and our customers are generally cyclists and triathletes of all levels and abilities.   Utilising our unique Adjustabike technology and best-of-breed software applications, our training schedule typically focuses on maximal efficiency through interval training and a selection of recovery rides or actual courses.  Following the success of our other studios, Athlete Lab is assembling the team to deliver its landmark location in the City of London which will be our first UK location.  

About You

The ideal candidate for this position is likely to have keen interest in cycling or triathlon and have a coaching background in either discipline.  You will be familiar with the benefits of training with power in cycling and this will be the position you dream about when you sleep at night.   The role is very customer focused and requires someone with proven sales skills in either a consumer or business to business background.  You will also be comfortable in hiring and managing a small team of awesome staff and ensuring an exceptional high level of service by instinctively knowing what needs to be done.  Excellent inter-personal communication skills and an outgoing and enthusiastic personality are mandatory.

Being a totally new location, you will be comfortable managing a go-to-market launch plan and reporting frequently to head office.  Training for the right candidate however will be in Singapore for an initial month  so you can see a fully functioning Athlete Lab in Operation.   Other tasks and responsibilities that you’ll be responsible for include:

• Managing every aspect of a stand-alone business (staff, marketing, operations and finance supported by head office resource) and implementing Athlete Lab operational policy and procedures.


• Liaising with customers, offering great service, giving basic instruction and informing people how to get the best out of our centres


• Creating a community of passionate people around our Lab


• Develop incentives and sales initiative for new and existing customers


• Creating a magical experience for our customers

Why join Athlete Lab

Athlete Lab is on an incredible journey and we have very ambitious growth plans over the next 18 months with the intention of London becoming our 'hub' for Europe.  In the world of fitness, we have very little competition so our business is truly unique.  For more information please visit our website (click website) or jump on our Facebook pages for Sydney (click Sydney) and Singapore  or check out this photo album here (click here).  The successful candidate will be suitably rewarded with not only the career they always dream about but a competitive base salary, performance related bonus and the opportunity to partake in the companies equity scheme.  

Next steps

Please apply via the Athlete Lab career portal with your resume and a covering letter as to why you are the perfect candidate for this position.  If you have any questions, please contact Graham Winder - General Manager at [email protected] who will be looking to arrange interviews with the Founders of Athlete Lab in London week commencing Monday 1st July to Wednesday 3rd and from Monday 8th July to Thursday 11th July.  We look forward to meeting you.