VP of Education - YogaSix

Xponential Fitness, LLC (NYSE: XPOF) is a leading global franchisor of health and wellness brands. Through its mission to make boutique health and wellness experiences accessible to everyone, the Company operates a diversified platform of five brands spanning across verticals including Pilates, barre, stretching, strength-training, and yoga. In partnership with its franchisees, Xponential brands offer energetic, accessible, and personalized workout experiences led by highly qualified instructors in studio locations across 49 U.S. states, Puerto Rico, and 30 countries globally.

Xponential’s portfolio of brands includes Club Pilates, the largest Pilates brand in the United States;
Stretch Lab, a concept offering one-on-one and group stretching services;
Yoga Six, one of the largest franchised yoga brands in the United States;
Pure Barre, a total body workout that uses the ballet barre to perform small isometric movements, and one of the largest Barre brand in the United States; and BFT, a functional training and strength-based program.

The VP of Education - Yoga Six is responsible for developing and leading the overall education strategy for the Yoga Six brand, ensuring franchise owners, master trainers, instructors, and studio teams have the knowledge, tools, training, and resources needed to deliver a consistent, high quality Yoga Six experience.

This leader owns the vision, strategy, content, programs, and operating standards for Yoga Six education. The VP of Education partners closely with Franchise Development, Operations, Marketing, Brand, Product, and other cross functional leaders to ensure education programs support franchise growth, studio performance, instructor excellence, member experience, and brand consistency.

The role oversees the development and continuous evolution of the Yoga Six education playbook, instructor training programs, master trainer programs, continuing education, digital learning experiences, and education content. This includes establishing clear standards for instructor selection, onboarding, training, certification, ongoing development, and performance.

The VP of Education serves as a senior subject matter expert and brand ambassador for Yoga Six, representing the brand's education philosophy and standards with franchisees, prospective franchise owners, instructors, and internal stakeholders.

• Develop and execute the comprehensive education strategy for Yoga Six, aligned with the brand's business objectives, growth strategy, member experience, and brand standards.
• Establish the vision, philosophy, standards, and framework for Yoga Six instructor and franchise education.
• Build and continuously evolve the Yoga Six Education Playbook, including policies, procedures, curriculum, programming, instructor standards, and best practices.
• Establish measurable education goals and key performance indicators to assess program effectiveness, instructor quality, franchisee adoption, and business impact.
• Partner with senior leadership and cross functional teams to ensure education priorities support broader brand and business objectives.
• Serve as the senior education advisor to Yoga Six leadership and franchise owners.
• Identify emerging trends, innovations, and best practices in yoga, fitness education, instructor development, and adult learning and incorporate relevant practices into Yoga Six programs.

• Own the end to end Yoga Six instructor education strategy, from recruiting and selection through onboarding, certification, continuing education, and ongoing development.
• Develop and maintain instructor interview protocols, hiring best practices, onboarding standards, and hiring SOPs for franchise owners.
• Establish and maintain clear instructor competency, certification, and performance standards.
• Develop and oversee instructor education programs that ensure consistent delivery of the Yoga Six class experience across studios.
• Establish best practices and guidelines for Education Department standards, instructor development, class programming, and education delivery.
• Ensure education programs effectively balance technical knowledge, teaching excellence, brand standards, member experience, and instructor development.
• Regularly evaluate the effectiveness of instructor training and make improvements based on feedback, business results, and evolving brand needs.

• Lead the strategy and development of the Yoga Six Master Trainer program.
• Establish qualifications, selection criteria, performance expectations, and development requirements for Master Trainers.
• Develop and maintain requirements for participation in the Master Training Summit.
• Design and lead the Master Training Summit and other continuing education experiences.
• Train, coach, and develop Master Trainers to ensure consistent education delivery across the Yoga Six system.
• Establish a consistent approach for Master Trainers to train, evaluate, coach, and support…