Coaching Manager, Alpha - $200,000/year USD

What You Will Be Doing

• Facilitating one-hour interactive life skills and social-emotional learning (SEL) sessions with K-8 students covering topics such as public speaking and concentration, adhering to Alpha's established playbook.
• Conducting daily motivational sessions that propel 100% of students toward their weekly application targets using developmentally appropriate incentives including school currency and leaderboards.
• Developing Guides through direct observation, focused feedback, and practical coaching so they execute sessions with equivalent energy and accuracy.
• Analyzing Coachbot data and student records to pinpoint those requiring intervention, then personally addressing their needs.
• Directly mentoring your designated student cohort, demonstrating the coaching and motivational techniques you require from every Guide.

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Creating lesson plans or developing curriculum. Students progress via adaptive apps; your responsibility is to make the people supporting them exceptional.
• Delivering lectures before a traditional classroom. You're 80% performer, 20% content expert; if you prefer standing at a whiteboard, this role isn't suitable.
• Compromising standards due to pressure from parents or school leadership. If a student achieves 99%, the response is "not yet" — and you'll receive full support to maintain that position.
• Working from an office processing administrative documents. The majority of your day involves direct engagement with students and Guides.
• Waiting weeks to receive performance updates. Outcomes are tracked live in Coachbot and adjustments occur immediately.

Key Responsibilities

• Fulfill Alpha's 3 Promises throughout your cohort and among the Guides you develop: every child enjoys school, progresses at 2x speed, and acquires genuine life skills.

Basic Requirements

• Currently residing in or prepared to relocate to Beverly Hills, CA; Piedmont, CA; Greenwich, CT; Boca Raton, FL; Miami, FL; Boston, MA; Raleigh, NC; New York City, NY; Seattle, WA (relocation assistance available).
• Bachelor's degree in Education, Psychology, Business, or related discipline (Master's preferred; conventional teaching certifications are not required).
• Minimum 5 years of experience in education, learning and development, coaching, or comparable field.
• Demonstrated experience creating and executing educational programs, curricula, or training initiatives.
• Proven history of managing a team of 5 or more individuals, including recruitment and performance-based dismissal decisions.
• Experience providing coaching, mentorship, or actionable feedback to enhance engagement and results.
• Experience supporting youth aged 5–14 in educational or developmental contexts.
• Capability in leveraging data and analytics to inform decisions and drive ongoing improvement.

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Master's degree in Education, Psychology, or Business.
• Experience as an athletic coach, camp director, or youth program coordinator where you directly inspired children to achieve quantifiable goals.
• Background coaching adults in positions where their output was measured and evaluated.
• Ease performing before large groups of children. The type of presence that commands attention from a room full of 8-year-olds.

About Alpha

Join the team building school around student growth. Alpha reimagines the school day around faster learning, stronger mentorship, and more time for students to build real-world skills. Roles with real student impact: Alpha hires teachers (guides), operators, admissions experts, school & curriculum leaders, and remote team members. Education work that pays like it matters: Alpha offers six-figure roles for people ready to help build a radically better school experience. A culture built for builders: Alpha is fast-moving, ambitious, and student focused. It’s for people who want to improve the system, not maintain it. Alpha is where you can do the most meaningful work of your career.

Working with us

• This is a full-time (40 hours per week), long-term position.
• The position is immediately available and requires entering into an independent contractor agreement with Crossover as a Contractor of Record.
• The compensation level for this role is $100 USD/hour, which equates to $200,000 USD/year assuming 40 hours per week and 50 weeks per year.
• The payment period is weekly.