Responsive recruiter
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Competitive salary
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Opportunity for advancement
- Paid time off
- Training & development
- Tuition assistance
- Vision insurance
- Wellness resources
Required: Early Childhood Experience
Salary: $95,000–$100,000 annually
Employment Type: Full-Time | Field Based
Benefits: Health, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off and more
Territory: Michigan, Indiana, and Southern Ohio
Travel: Approximately 85 percent
Employment Type: Full-Time | Field Based
Benefits: Health, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off and more
Territory: Michigan, Indiana, and Southern Ohio
Travel: Approximately 85 percent
Location Requirements:
This role supports a multi-state district and requires residence within 30 miles of a major airport. Candidates must be willing to drive to neighboring states for frequent onsite center visits. Candidates located in the Indianapolis or Detroit metro areas are preferred, though qualified candidates outside these locations will be considered.
This role supports a multi-state district and requires residence within 30 miles of a major airport. Candidates must be willing to drive to neighboring states for frequent onsite center visits. Candidates located in the Indianapolis or Detroit metro areas are preferred, though qualified candidates outside these locations will be considered.
Job Overview:
The Learning Experience is seeking an experienced District Manager to support franchise childcare centers across Michigan, Indiana, and Southern Ohio. This field-based leadership role focuses on protecting brand standards, driving operational excellence, and ensuring compliance within licensed childcare environments.
The Learning Experience is seeking an experienced District Manager to support franchise childcare centers across Michigan, Indiana, and Southern Ohio. This field-based leadership role focuses on protecting brand standards, driving operational excellence, and ensuring compliance within licensed childcare environments.
The District Manager partners closely with franchise owners and center leadership teams to improve enrollment, financial performance, team development, and overall center quality. The ideal candidate has strong early childhood experience, understands state childcare licensing frameworks, and thrives in a high-travel, relationship-driven environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Serve as a field leader and brand ambassador, ensuring centers consistently meet company standards and operational expectations
- Ensure compliance with standard operating procedures, franchise agreements, and state childcare licensing regulations
- Act as a trusted business consultant to franchise owners, providing guidance on operations, staffing, enrollment growth, and quality improvement
- Analyze enrollment trends and profit and loss statements to identify performance opportunities
- Drive district strategies to improve enrollment, retention, productivity, and center quality
- Train and implement new initiatives, systems, and operational updates
- Partner with Marketing to develop and execute regional enrollment action plans
- Support centers with licensing, hiring, staff development, and new location openings
- Build strong, trust-based relationships with franchise owners, center leaders, and corporate partners
- Proactively identify challenges, resolve issues, and escalate concerns when appropriate
- Continuously work to improve performance across the district and the broader organization
Qualifications:
- Required: Early childhood education experience in a licensed childcare environment
- Minimum of 5 years proven experience as a multi-unit operator, district leader, or field-based manager
- Strong understanding of state childcare licensing and compliance requirements
- Demonstrated ability to analyze profit and loss statements and operational metrics
- Strong financial, analytical, and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication, coaching, and project management abilities
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience
- Ability and willingness to travel approximately 85 percent
- Reliable transportation required
Why Join Us:
- Competitive salary and benefits
- High-impact leadership role with visibility across multiple states
- Opportunity to influence enrollment growth, operational excellence, and quality standards
- Join a fast-growing organization dedicated to excellence in early childhood education
Flexible work from home options available.
Compensation: $95,000.00 - $100,000.00 per year
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The Learning Experience
At The Learning Experience, we make early education joyful, engaging and fun so children are happy to learn, play and grow.
Our curriculum focuses on the six ages and stages of early childhood development and engages children in hands-on learning activities that encourage them to explore and solve problems at their own rate of development. This forms a foundation for kids to Learn, Play and Grow under the care of our nurturing teachers and staff.
At TLE®, we’ve created a full cast of characters that become our little learners’ educators, partners and friends through their preschool education journey. Each character has a unique personality and area of interest and brings learning to life by allowing children to explore the world through fun and imagination.
Company Website: thelearningexperience.com
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