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Role Overview:   Are you an experienced, award-winning franchise development leader who is ready to drive growth within an award-winning, world-class organization?  Empower Brands is a private equity backed portfolio of 10 leading franchise businesses focused primarily on the residential and business services sectors.  With an unwavering commitment to our franchise owners’ success and a culture of collaboration, innovation, and excellence, we are rapidly expanding our footprint.  We are seeking a highly dynamic, competitive, and passionate Director of Franchise Development who thrives in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment and has the desire, capacity, and ability to drive brand and enterprise growth through franchisee recruitment and expansion .  This leader will play a pivotal role in driving franchisee attainment, fostering strong relationships, and executing growth strategies. This is a very unique role and in turn will need a high achievement candidate with a hunter/performance mindset.    For this candidate, we provide full benefits listed below, but most importantly we offer a highly competitive salary, uncapped commission earnings, milestone performance bonuses, & the potential for upward mobility.   Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Recruit, engage with, educate and complete franchise territory award transactions with high quality and financially capable franchise candidates that will help grow the brand in the United States. Collaborate closely with the brand’s key leaders and align on new territory and franchisee objectives. Utilize the company’s CRM and sales process and remain knowledgeable about candidate progression through the sale funnel. Provide market intelligence and insights on our brands’ competitors. Work with brand and departmental leadership, and the internal marketing team, to develop, deploy, assess, and modify the annual unit growth strategy to ensure goal achievement is exceeded. Report to leadership all relevant data associated with KPIs aligned to unit growth performance. Build strong relationships and rapport with broker network representatives and attend related events to ensure the brand remains top-of-mind within the broker network community.   Education and Experience Requirements: Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Sales or a relevant field of work 3+ years’ franchise development experience, preferably in a matrixed, multi-branded organization Experience in organic and broker-related lead generation tactics Deep knowledge of and working relationships with franchise broker organizations and each’s members Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and communicate at a high level across multiple functions Demonstrated experience working closely with brand leadership, their teams and portfolio leadership Should show a strong understanding of the overall development process Ability to travel approximately 30-40% Familiarity with CRM platforms, preferably HubSpot   Benefits: We offer a very competitive base salary, strong commission plan, milestone achievement bonuses to allow for uncapped earnings. Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance. 401(k) with company match. Time Away policy untethered to the concept of earned PTO Professional development and growth opportunities. A vibrant, team-focused culture that values innovation, collaboration, and franchisee success.   Compensation: Base of $100,000 plus uncapped commissions   WHO WE ARE: Empower Brands was founded in 2022 as a product of the integration of Lynx Franchising and Outdoor Living Brands. Empower encompasses ten industry-leading brands across commercial and residential services: JAN-PRO, FRSTeam, Archadeck Outdoor Living, Outdoor Lighting Perspectives (OLP), Conserva Irrigation, Koala Insulation, Wallaby Windows, Superior Fence and R