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Assistant General Manager, Santa Monica (East)

Equinox

Santa Monica, CAFull-time$72–80K/yrPosted 1 day agoStill listed today

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At a glance

Compensation
$72–80K/yr
Location
Santa Monica, CA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Assistant General Manager supports club operations alongside the General Manager, overseeing Front Desk, Maintenance, and Kids’ Club departments and helping maintain Equinox brand standards. The role focuses on staff leadership, customer service, budgets, safety, cleanliness, and departmental goals. Candidates must be open to location reassignments and flexible schedules based on business needs.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

LeadershipVerbal CommunicationWritten CommunicationCustomer ServiceTime ManagementFollow-UpFinancial ManagementLifting 25 PoundsFacility Mobility

Qualifications

1+ Years Management ExperienceBachelor's DegreeLegal Right to Work in US

Full job description

Company Description

WHO WE ARE Equinox is a category of one, setting the global standard for luxury health, wellness, and hospitality. Our spaces are intentionally elevated, our standards uncompromising, and our expectations high. We attract people who take pride in excellence, care deeply about quality, and want to be part of something that feels different the moment you walk through the door.

We are builders, operators, and innovators who believe great environments and meaningful human connection change lives. Diversity, belonging, and ownership aren’t slogans here, they’re how we work. At Equinox, colleagues don’t just support the business; they shape the future of wellness. Because for us, it’s not fitness. It’s life. WHAT WE DO We create premium, immersive experiences where performance, hospitality, design, and human connection converge—and every detail matters. This is not a traditional fitness environment. It is a place where high standards, accountability, and pride in craft define the work.

Fueled by an entrepreneurial mindset, we trust our people with real responsibility and real impact. Growth is earned through action, learning is hands‑on, and careers are built by those who want to operate at the highest level. At Equinox, we don’t just offer opportunities—we offer long‑term pathways for people who want to do meaningful work in an environment that expects more and delivers more.

Job Description

RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Influence and inspire a dynamic work force
  • Interview, hire, train, and manage Front Desk, Maintenance, and Kids’ club departments to meet the Equinox brand standards – assist departments in developing schedules and ensuring adherence to payroll budgets
  • Complete staff performance evaluations monthly and annually
  • Adhere to monthly ordering timeline and supply budgets
  • Ensure a high-level of customer service to club members
  • With partnership of General Manager, support ancillary departments and sales
  • Awareness of monthly departmental goals and monthly projections
  • Ensure cleanliness of club per Equinox’s company standard
  • Ensure the club is following proper Risk Management and Loss Prevention procedures - Monitor safety and security of club
  • Help facilitate all other projects or responsibilities as delegated by the General Manager
  • Must be open to location reassignments – must be able to work flexible schedules dependent on the needs of the business

Qualifications

  • Qualified candidates must have proven leadership ability with 1-3 years of management experience in a operational management industry
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • High touch customer service experience preferred
  • Effective time management and follow up skills
  • Financial management experience
  • Bachelor’s Degree preferred
  • Will be provided via Assistant General Manager onboarding manual

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

  • Ability to lift 25 pounds
  • Able to be mobile throughout the facility all day

Additional Information

AS A MEMBER OF THE EQUINOX TEAM YOU WILL RECEIVE:

  • We offer competitive salary, benefits, and industry leading commission opportunities for club employees
  • Complimentary Club membership
  • Perks and incentives with our products and services including Personal Training, Pilates, Spa and Shop

This job description is intended to describe the general requirements for the position. It is not a complete statement of duties, responsibilities, or requirements. Other duties not listed here may be assigned as necessary to ensure the proper operations of the department. Pay Transparency: $72,000 - $80,000 Annually Equinox is an equal opportunity employer. For more information regarding our career opportunities, please visit one of our clubs or our website at https://careers.equinox.com/ All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. Must have a legal right to work in the United States.

How this job compares

Set against the 13,503 open Operations jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$72–80K/yr
  • California median$125–180K/yr899 salary ranges
  • US median$97–150K/yr5,543 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $76K, is 51% below the California median midpoint ($155K) — in the lowest quarter of Operations salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 1,601 open Operations jobs in California and 13,503 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Operations postings that state a minimum ask for (median 4 years, across 7,647 postings).
Education
4,053 of the 13,503 open Operations jobs (30%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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