Holiday Lights Business Development & Field Operations Manager

Are you a driven, hands-on leader who's just as comfortable closing a deal as you are on a rooftop? Greensboro Holiday Lights is looking for someone who wants more than a job — someone ready to build and eventually run a growing lighting division from the ground up.

WHO WE ARE

Greensboro Holiday Lights (GHL) is the Christmas lighting division of Fusion Sound and Lighting, a young, fast-growing, high-energy company that's built a reputation across the Triad — Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Kernersville, Burlington, and beyond — for lighting up homes and businesses the right way. We're not a big faceless franchise. We're a tight, ownership-driven team that works hard, has fun, and holds a high bar for how we treat our clients and each other. And we're growing: our vision is to become a true year-round lighting company, expanding beyond Christmas lights into permanent lighting, bistro lighting, landscape lighting, and specialty installs.

THE POSITION

This is not an installer job. This is a leadership role for someone who can outwork the crew, then go build the relationships and close the accounts that grow the business — and eventually run the whole division. You'll spend your first year in the field: on roofs, on ladders, leading crews, and learning every inch of how this business runs. From there, the path is clear. This role is built to grow into General Manager of the Holiday Lighting division, with real ownership of its growth and profitability. If you want a job where you punch a clock, this isn't it. If you want to build something you can eventually run, keep reading.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIESField Leadership & Installation

• Lead installations on residential and commercial properties, working alongside crews on roofs, ladders, and steep pitches.
• Train crews and set the standard for how installs get done — safety, speed, and quality.
• Coordinate installation and removal schedules, routing, and logistics to hit tight commercial deadlines.
• Ensure every commercial account is installed and torn down on time, every time.

Business Development & Sales

• Build relationships with commercial property managers, HOAs, and businesses across the Triad.
• Network year-round to generate new leads and close new accounts.
• Support estimating and quoting for commercial and residential projects.
• Drive renewal and re-up rates with existing clients.

Team Building & Training

• Recruit, hire, and train seasonal installation crews ahead of each season.
• Lead by example — you are in the van, on the roof, and setting the tone.
• Build a scalable, reliable seasonal workforce that grows year over year.

Operations & Growth

• Learn and eventually own scheduling, routing, and crew logistics; training on systems will be provided.
• Help expand the business into permanent lighting, bistro lighting, landscape lighting, and specialty installs.
• As you grow into the General Manager role, take ownership of the division's financial performance and long-term growth.

THE REALITY OF THIS ROLE

We believe honesty attracts the right people, so here it is, straight: November through early January is all-in. Installation and teardown season means long days — 12-hour days are common, and weekend work is part of the deal, because our clients have hard deadlines and we hit every one of them. February and March are a breather. After the sprint, there's real time to recharge.

The rest of the year runs at a completely different pace — networking, sales calls, quoting, planning, and building the systems for next season. This is where the "business development" side of the title becomes your day-to-day. Year one is field-heavy. You'll be in the truck, on the roof, and training crews before stepping more fully into the general manager seat.

This role requires comfort on steep roofs, ladders, and fall protection gear — even once you're running the division, you're not sitting behind a desk full-time. Regular local travel across the Triad (Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Kernersville, Burlington, and surrounding areas) is part of the job.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• Roofing or construction experience and genuine comfort on steep roofs with ladders and fall protection.
• Ability to teach others to be safe working at heights.
• A natural at sales and relationships who enjoys networking and closing deals.
• An ownership mentality that sees what needs to happen and gets it done.
• Leadership instincts that cause crews to follow because of how you work, not just your title.
• Willingness to learn systems; organization sufficient to run scheduling and routing once trained.
• Desire for growth toward the General Manager ceiling with profit responsibility.

BONUS POINTS

• Experience hanging holiday lights or working in seasonal lighting or landscape services.
• Existing relationships with roofing crews, contractors, or local business networks (fire departments, trade groups, etc.).
• Familiarity with route and scheduling tools like Jobber or similar field service software.
• A track record of building or growing something — a crew, a book of business, or a territory.

WHY JOIN US

This is a ground-floor opportunity to build a division, not just fill a role. We're intentionally growing Greensboro Holiday Lights into a full lighting company — Christmas, permanent, bistro, and landscape — and we need someone who wants to grow right alongside it into the General Manager seat, with real profit responsibility and autonomy.

You'll earn while you build: a $45,000 base salary plus a heavy commission on net profit and performance bonuses tied to retention, on-time execution, and business growth — with real earning potential as the division scales. And you'll be doing it with a team that works hard, has fun, and treats each other like family — not a corporate ladder, a crew you're proud to lead.

READY TO BUILD SOMETHING?

Apply today to lead a growing lighting division where ownership matters, your work is visible on rooftops across the Triad, and the ceiling is as high as you're willing to climb.