Job Summary

Role Overview Hi 5 Youth Foundation is launching Hi 5 Hoops, our premium, revenue-generating paid basketball training program designed for urban centers, private schools, and elite academies. We are seeking a visionary, business-minded Head of Paid Programs to build this business unit from the ground up. With 10+ years of corporate or sports business experience, you will treat Hi 5 Hoops as a high-growth startup. You will own the entire P&L; (Profit and Loss), lead brand positioning, scale center footprint, and design monetization strategies. The revenue generated through your business unit will directly fuel and cross-subsidize our grassroots non-profit work across India.

Responsibilities

- Business Strategy & P&L; Ownership: Define the 3-year business plan for Hi 5 Hoops. Own the revenue targets, operational budgets, pricing strategy, and overall profitability of the paid program vertical.
- Center Acquisition & Expansion: Formulate real estate and partnership models to secure premium court venues (tie-ups with top-tier private schools, gated communities, sports clubs, and indoor arenas).
- Marketing & Customer Acquisition: Design and execute hyper-local marketing campaigns, school activation programs, and digital lead-generation funnels to drive student registrations and recurring subscriptions.
- Product & Experience Design: Elevate the standard of youth sports academies in India. Ensure Hi 5 Hoops delivers a premium experiencespanning high-end apparel,



digital progress tracking for parents, and competitive tournament exposures.
- Operations & Team Leadership: Recruit and manage a high-performing operations team, center managers, and customer relation executives. Work closely with the coaching head to ensure coaching quality aligns with a premium fee-paying model.

Who You Are

- Experience: 10+ years of work experience with a proven track record of scaling a business unit or consumer-facing brand. Experience in sports management, fitness/wellness chains, premium educational franchises (K-12/preschool networks), or subscription-based consumer businesses is highly preferred.
- Commercial Acumen: Solid expertise in financial forecasting, contract negotiation, vendor management, and data-driven marketing.
- Leadership Style: Highly entrepreneurial, comfortable with ambiguity, and possessing a founder mentality. You can switch effortlessly from board-room strategy to handling on-ground center operational fire drills.
- Mission Alignment: Driven by the unique opportunity to build a commercial engine that directly funds sports access for thousands of underprivileged, rural, and tribal children across India.

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📌 Head of Paid Programs (Mumbai)
🏢 Hi5 Youth Foundation
📍 Mumbai