Director of Admissions, 2 Hour Learning - $200,000/year USD

What You Will Be Doing

• Directing the complete enrollment pathway for prospective families, beginning with initial outreach and concluding with onboarding.
• Facilitating discovery conversations to evaluate compatibility before proposing the model or advising on next actions.
• Overseeing 20+ concurrent family engagements across varied enrollment phases, maintaining transparent tracking and timely follow-up.
• Orchestrating campus visits, student shadow days, and enrollment discussions that transparently convey outcomes, commitments, and ideal candidate profiles.
• Ensuring precise CRM and enrollment documentation (HubSpot and SIS) to enable forecasting, pipeline management, and service excellence.

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Employing transactional or aggressive sales approaches.
• Accepting families who do not fit the model in order to meet enrollment targets.
• Supervising a sizable team or operating within complex hierarchical structures.
• Distributing responsibility for the family journey across multiple team members.
• Performing duties remotely.

About the role

Alpha is constructing one of the most forward-thinking educational models globally. Our schools integrate demanding academics, technology-enabled instruction, and elevated expectations for both learners and educators. Students routinely progress faster than national averages, supported by measurable outcomes. Afternoons are dedicated to deeper exploration, self-directed learning, and practical competency development. The model delivers results. But success depends entirely on selecting families who align with our approach. That is your mandate.

Basic Requirements

• 3+ years providing premium, individualized service in settings where service excellence directly shapes brand perception (education, high-end hospitality, executive assistance, exclusive membership organizations, or independently operated client services).
• Proven ownership of a complete client, admissions, or enrollment experience spanning initial inquiry to final onboarding.
• Experience concurrently stewarding 20+ client, guest, or family accounts at varying stages, supported by a reliable system for monitoring and prioritization.
• Capacity to supply specific examples of advisory decision-making, including instances where you recommended against your offering when alignment was absent.
• Professional correspondence experience with C-level executives, affluent clients, or discerning audiences.
• Willingness to reside in or relocate within 60 days to one of these locations: Chicago, IL, Nashville, TN, Tulsa, OK, or Southlake, TX.
• Authorized to work in the United States without visa sponsorship.

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Experience in competitive independent school admissions or selective program recruitment.
• Background in premium hospitality, VIP client services, or executive-level support functions.
• Experience designing or optimizing admissions workflows, standard operating procedures, or service protocols.
• Proficiency leveraging data and CRM analytics to enhance enrollment fit, not merely throughput.