Key Responsibilities

•  Own full P&L for CCYS across all revenue lines, including registration/tuition, camps, clinics, facility rentals, sponsorships, and acquired entities. 
•  Build and manage the annual budget, cash flow, forecasting, and monthly financial reporting to the Board. 
•  Establish KPIs, dashboards, and operating cadence across all business functions. 
•  Ensure financial discipline, capital efficiency, and accurate, timely reporting. 
•  Implement and maintain operating systems that scale as CCYS grows organically and through acquisition. 

•  Oversee facilities management, scheduling, capacity planning, capital improvements, and field/space utilization. 
•  Manage vendor relationships, contracts, procurement, and supplier performance. 
•  Build standardized operating procedures across registration, scheduling, communications, and event execution. 
•  Ensure consistent, professional delivery of every member-facing operational touchpoint. 

•  Lead sponsorship strategy, sales, activation, and partnership development. 
•  Drive non-tuition revenue streams including camps, clinics, facility rentals, and corporate partnerships. 
•  Build CCYS’s commercial brand alongside the technical brand, in coordination with the Technical Director. 
•  Develop and own the commercial calendar, event strategy, and community engagement programming. 

•  Own marketing strategy, brand voice, digital presence, and content execution. 
•  Design and continuously improve the parent and player experience from inquiry through retention. 
•  Build community engagement and reputation throughout the Triad and the broader region. 
•  Use data and feedback loops to measure, improve, and protect the family experience. 

•  Lead recruiting, onboarding, performance management, and compensation across the business organization. 
•  Oversee HR policies, employee handbook, training, and workplace culture for the business side. 
•  Manage legal, contracts, risk, insurance, and compliance with state, federal, league, and federation requirements. 
•  Partner with the Technical Director on coaching staff HR matters, ensuring consistent standards across the club. 

•  Lead end-to-end M&A strategy: target identification, sourcing, evaluation, valuation, structuring, negotiation, due diligence, and integration. 
•  Build and manage a disciplined acquisition pipeline of regional youth clubs, programs, and complementary assets. 
•  Assess ecosystem threats and competitive consolidation risks; recommend defensive and offensive moves to protect and expand CCYS’s market position. 
•  Manage post-acquisition integration with rigor: financial, operational, cultural, and technical, capturing value while protecting the standards of the club. 
•  Partner with ownership and external advisors on capital structure, deal financing, and acquisition sequencing. 
•  Build CCYS’s reputation as the consolidator of choice in the region. 

•  Co-lead the organization with the Technical Director, ensuring decisions reflect both business reality and technical priorities. 
•  Translate financial and operational realities into decisions the technical staff can execute against. 
•  Hold the bar for accountability, transparency, and execution speed across the business team. 
•  Represent CCYS in commercial, regulatory, civic, and community settings. 

Qualifications

•  Ten or more years in senior operating roles with full P&L responsibility, ideally in multi-unit, services-based, or recurring-revenue businesses. 
•  Demonstrated end-to-end M&A experience including sourcing, evaluating, structuring, executing, and integrating acquisitions. This is non-negotiable. 
•  Track record building and running scalable operating systems, dashboards, and accountability structures. 
•  Direct experience managing finance, facilities, HR, legal, and commercial functions in an integrated way. 
•  Strong commercial instincts: sponsorships, partnerships, brand-building, and customer/parent experience. 
•  Willingness and ability to work fully on-site at CCYS facilities in High Point, North Carolina. 

•  Background in sports, club operations, youth athletics, or member-based organizations. 
•  Prior experience operating in a co-leadership model alongside a technical or creative counterpart. 
•  Familiarity with MLS NEXT, Girls Academy, U.S. Soccer Federation structures, or comparable youth sports ecosystems. 
•  Experience operating in fragmented industries with active consolidation dynamics. 
•  Demonstrated capital allocation and capital structure experience. 

Key Competencies

•  Operating excellence and disciplined daily execution 
•  M&A strategy, deal execution, and integration leadership 
•  P&L ownership and financial rigor 
•  Cross-functional partnership and co-leadership maturity 
•  Commercial creativity and revenue generation 
•  Systems thinking, scalability, and process discipline 
•  Cultural stewardship and people leadership 
•  Direct, transparent, high-frequency communication 

Reporting Structure

Work Environment

•  Fully on-site at CCYS facilities in High Point, North Carolina. 
•  Active mix of business leadership, operational presence, and commercial/community engagement. 
•  Regular evening and weekend presence aligned with training, match, and event schedules. 
•  Travel as required for M&A activities, league business, partnerships, and conferences. 

Compensation & Benefits 

Equal Opportunity Statement