Published on May 4, 2025. Modified on May 12, 2025.
Role Details:
The Associate Program Manager will be essential in managing multiple small, medium and long
term projects for the organization.
This role will require the individual to be experienced in project planning, tracking, managing
delays and exceptions, resolving issues and initiating appropriate corrective action, coordinating
cross functional expectations and communicating with stakeholders throughout the
implementation of projects to consistently drive improvements within Cult’s fitness centers
encompassing roles such as trainers, center managers, and housekeeping at the center level,
as well as their respective monitoring and support functions at the central level such as
Facilities, Finance, IT assets, Control tower, Customer Support and Technology. The end goal is
to efficiently plan and successfully deploy all projects undertaken meeting the success criteria
while meeting the delivery timelines and cost targets. These projects would have a direct impact
on one or more of revenue, customer experience and cost for the company.
Key metrics the owner is responsible for includes :
Project timeline adherence (actual delivery timeline vs planned timeline)
Cost target adherence (actual budget vs planned budget)
Quality standards (measured through customer feedback)
Scale-up achieved (actual vs planned)
Wastage of resources
This role will be responsible for :
Project planning - cost and timeline projections
Project tracking till closure meeting the success criteria
Scaling up of the project to all planned centers
Enabling procurement and managing/coordinating inventory throughout the project among
stakeholders
Coordinating with cross-functional stakeholders to unblock project bottlenecks
Manage exceptions and timely communication about deterrents
The role would cover all 1 P, 2 P, 3 P and centers across gyms, group workouts and sports Pan
India.
Core Skills:
Core skills for the role include:
Planning and execution within constraints
Influencing skills and stakeholder management
Strong problem-solving skills and data orientation Close attention to detail, highly observant
Effective deployment and monitoring
Process simplification mindset
Looking for high energy candidates with a ‘will do’ mindset having 2 to 4 years of experience in
a project / program management role with minimum 1 year in cross functional execution;
preferably from retail or e-commerce backgrounds.
Good to have - Data / Analytics capabilities