Action Sports Lead Coach - Woodward Park City

Woodward Park City, located just 20 minutes from Salt Lake City, is a year-round world-class action sports facility with a culture that comes straight from our main product: Fun. If this sounds like the kind of place you'd like to work, progress, and play, we'd love to hear from you!

Woodward Park City is looking for a Action Sports Lead Coach to support safe, fun, and progression-focused winter programming for guests and employees. This hands-on leadership role supports coaches in winter action sports, assists with daily operations, and helps ensure that teaching, safety, and guest service standards remain consistent throughout the season.

This is a great fit for someone who enjoys coaching, leads with a team-first mindset, and is passionate about creating an inclusive action sports environment where guests and staff feel supported, challenged, and excited to progress.

What's In It for You

• Starting at $21.00 / hr.

• Health insurance options for ALL employees.

• Full access to Woodward Park City's world-class facilities.

• Access to Snowbird and participating POWDR resorts.

• Friends and family discounts, complimentary passes, and discounts on food, retail, and gear.

• Growth opportunities across Woodward and POWDR.

• A community of people who share a love for action sports and celebrate individual style.

What You'll Do

• Lead by example by following Woodward Park City policies, procedures, safety standards, and guest-service expectations.

• Support daily winter action sports operations by coaching staff, monitoring activity areas, and helping maintain a safe and engaging environment.

• Provide direct feedback, mentoring, and education to coaches to improve consistency, confidence, and guest experience.

• Assist with guest concerns or complaints in a calm, professional, and solution-focused manner.

• Share timely information with supervisors and managers related to injuries, behavior concerns, operational issues, and improvement opportunities.

• Lead and document staff meetings, safety topics, coaching clinics, and area-specific training assigned.

• Understand and apply beginner teaching progressions for at least two winter action sports.

• Create lesson plans, skill progressions, and training materials when needed to support guest and staff development.

• Proactively engage with coaches, guests, and participants to promote safety, fun, inclusion, and progression.

• Maintain cleanliness and readiness of Woodward Park City facilities and activity areas, including indoor and outdoor winter operations spaces.

What We're Looking For

• Leadership or supervisory experience.

• Two or more years of experience in coaching, instruction, recreation, action sports, guest service, or a related field.

• Sport-specific certifications such as PSIA/AASI, PMBIA, USASA, SafeSport, CDC Heads Up concussion training, or similar preferred credentials.

• Comfort working in active environments, at heights, and occasionally in confined spaces.

• Strong collaboration skills with the ability to work across departments.

• Comfortable speaking in front of groups and leading training or coaching conversations.

• Passion for teaching kids and guests in an action sports environment.

Requirements

• Ability to bend, twist, push, pull, and stand for extended periods of time.

• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.

• Comfortable working in indoor and outdoor winter environments.

• Availability to work weekends, holidays, evenings, and peak seasonal periods as needed.

• Schedule may vary based on business needs, programming, and weather conditions.

You make us Woodward. We are a welcoming community that celebrates individual stories, backgrounds, experiences, and identities where we all have "different" in common. We believe in the strength of representing all voices and having space for everyone. We believe in pushing boundaries and bringing our authentic selves to work while embracing uniqueness, creativity, and different points of view. Even if you don't think you meet all the qualifications listed for a job, we'd love to hear from you.

If you need assistance with your application, please reach out to talentandculture@woodwardmountaincenters.com