Career Coach, Alpha - $150,000/year USD

About the role

The role is on-site at Alpha campuses in various locations including Atlanta, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Austin, Keller (Fort Worth), and The Woodlands (Houston).

Responsibilities

• Leading one-hour live workshops on life skills (public speaking, focus, giving and receiving feedback) for K-8 (elementary and middle school) cohorts, following Alpha's playbook rather than improvising.
• Running motivation sessions using student analytics and Alpha's incentive system (school currency, leaderboards) to drive 100% student goal completion.
• Coaching Guides on program fidelity and standards enforcement, with every session producing tangible improvement actions.
• Maintaining your own student cohort while developing other Guides.
• Tracking student satisfaction scores, goal completion rates, and Guide performance metrics weekly to spot underperformance before it compounds.

Requirements

• Basic Requirements:
• Willing to work on-campus in Atlanta, GA; Oklahoma City, OK; Tulsa, OK; Austin, TX; Keller (Fort Worth), TX; The Woodlands (Houston), TX (relocation support provided).
• Bachelor's degree in Education, Psychology, Business, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in education, learning and development, coaching, youth leadership, or a comparable field.
• Track record of leading a team of 5 or more adults, including hiring and making performance-based termination decisions.
• Direct experience working with kids aged 5-14 in an educational or developmental setting.
• Built, launched, or significantly grew a program, team, business, school, or initiative from the ground up.
• Proven use of data and metrics to set weekly goals and drive decisions, not just report results.
• Likely to be legally authorized to work in the United States or Canada.
• Nice-to-have Requirements:
• Master's degree in Education, Psychology, Organizational Leadership, or a related field.
• Coached athletics, led wilderness or experiential programs, directed camps, or ran youth ministry at a scale that required running cohorts and measuring outcomes.
• Left classroom teaching to build or run programs from a different seat: EdTech, tutoring businesses, youth nonprofits, or school intervention teams.
• Early-career track record of high personal performance — academic, athletic, or professional — before moving into leadership.
• Belief that the current education system is broken and personal investment in rebuilding it.

Pay and Schedule

$150,000/year W2 salary, paid weekly. Day-one health benefits. Relocation support available.

Skills

Must have strong interpersonal and communication skills, ability to motivate and engage students, and proficiency in using data to drive decision-making.

Benefits

Health benefits, relocation support, and the opportunity to make a significant impact in education reform.