Vice President, Wellness

About this role

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Join the Discovery family, where quality and service are at the heart of everything we do!

This role will be located at one of Discovery Land Company’s locations or remote, with frequent travel across the global portfolio (50%+).

Discovery Land Company is seeking a full-time, year-round Vice President, Wellness to join the Wellness Department.

Job Summary:

As Vice President of Wellness, you will lead the vision, culture, and standards for spa, fitness, recovery, and longevity programming across every Discovery Land Company property. Discovery's communities are homes and lifelong memberships, not transactional guest stays, and this role exists to ensure wellness feels like a natural, deeply personal part of that experience. You will partner with property leadership, development, and design teams to bring wellness to life, while building the organizational, clinical, and technological foundation needed to scale wellness safely and consistently across a global portfolio.

Duties & Responsibilities: • Vision, Standards & Programming • Define and evolve Discovery's wellness philosophy and member experience standards across all properties, ensuring consistency of feel while honoring each community's local character.

• Design signature wellness programming — spa, fitness, recovery, and longevity offerings — that feels personal, unhurried, and true to a residential, member-first environment.

• Formulate and maintain a comprehensive Wellness Brand Manual as the definitive guide for consistency and excellence across properties.

• Monitor wellness, fitness, and longevity trends, bringing forward ideas that keep Discovery communities ahead of the curve for members.

• Development, Design & Capital Planning • Partner with development, architecture, and design teams from concept through opening on all wellness facilities, including spas, fitness centers, recovery spaces, and outdoor wellness amenities.

• Own the wellness pre-opening timeline for new properties, including design sign-off milestones, equipment procurement, licensing lead time, and staffing ramp schedule, in partnership with the pre-opening framework used across Discovery's regional openings.

• Set space planning, equipment, and design standards that support member privacy, comfort, and the discreet, uncrowded feel core to the Discovery experience.

• Recommend capital investment priorities based on member experience impact and long-term community value, in partnership with ownership and finance; hold approval authority over wellness capex within an established threshold.

• Own the wellness department's annual operating budget in partnership with property finance leads; approve wellness-related opex above property-level authority limits.

• Compliance, Risk & Clinical Oversight • Ensure all wellness, spa, fitness, and longevity services comply with local licensing, certification, and health & safety regulations across every jurisdiction in the portfolio (e.g., esthetician and massage therapy licensure, personal training certification, med-spa regulations where applicable).

• Establish and maintain a relationship with a licensed Medical Director or physician group to provide oversight for any longevity, hormone, IV therapy, or other services that cross into medical treatment.

• Maintain member health data privacy and security practices consistent with applicable regulations in each market (e.g., HIPAA in the U.S., GDPR in the EU), in partnership with Legal and IT.

• Ensure adequate liability insurance coverage and risk protocols are in place for all wellness modalities offered, in partnership with Risk Management.

• Ensure wellness facilities meet accessibility (ADA and equivalent international standards) and sanitation requirements.

• People & Talent • Set and monitor wellness service and staffing standards across all properties, including hiring, training, and development of property-level Wellness Directors and teams.

• Hold hiring approval authority for property-level Wellness Director roles; provide hands-on support to properties and lead recruitment for key wellness leadership roles.

• Build and maintain a cross-property wellness talent pipeline and succession bench, enabling Wellness Directors and senior staff to move between properties as the portfolio grows.

• Partner with Human Resources on colleague wellness programs that reflect Discovery's culture and values for its own team members.

• Conduct regular property site visits to assess staff performance, facility condition, and member sentiment, and to coach property leadership.

• Technology & Vendor Partnerships • Define the wellness technology stack across the portfolio, including booking and scheduling systems, biometric and wearable integration, and member wellness data platforms, in partnership with IT.

• Identify and manage exclusive or preferred brand partnerships (spa product lines, fitness equipment, longevity clinics) that enhance member experience and Discovery's market positioning.

• Oversee vendor relationships supporting wellness operations to ensure a seamless, high-touch member journey.

• Member & Community Engagement • Represent wellness in member communications and community-facing moments, ensuring tone and delivery reflect Discovery's private, understated brand voice.

• Build strong relationships with members to understand evolving wellness expectations and family needs.

• Champion Discovery's Mission, Vision, and Values, serving as an organizational model and thought leader for wellness across the company.

• Excellence in Member Experience and Satisfaction • Oversee service delivery and member interaction processes across all wellness touchpoints.

• Monitor member feedback and satisfaction trends, adjusting programming and standards accordingly.

• Track wellness facility utilization rates a

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