Director of Development, Alpha - $400,000/year USD

About the role

The ideal candidate will serve as the primary trusted relationship anchor for every family's experience at Alpha's Miami campus. They will architect the community culture, ensuring that Alpha becomes a place where families take pride, not merely a school they selected. The role involves shaping the cultural fabric of the school community, its tone, rituals, and implicit standards that create belonging.

Responsibilities

• Shape the cultural fabric of the school community—its tone, rituals, and implicit standards that create belonging—so Alpha becomes a place families take pride in, not merely a school they selected
• Manage the full parent relationship lifecycle—from initial inquiry through enrollment, ongoing retention, and sustained advocacy—ensuring faculty remain student-focused while families maintain a trusted contact
• Detect early signs of concern and address them with the discretion and judgment that preserves trust—including the more difficult assessment of when a family may not align
• Maintain visibility where families gather: morning arrival, afternoon departure, evening gatherings, and the spontaneous exchanges that carry the most weight
• Develop a community that both domestic and international families defend—and where referrals occur because the experience justifies them
• Communicate Alpha's narrative persuasively—in individual discussions, at events, and within the discerning, globally oriented circles where the school's reputation is truly established

Requirements

• 5+ years establishing and maintaining trust with high-net-worth or ultra-high-net-worth families in a high-touch, relationship-centered capacity
• Demonstrated success guiding sophisticated clients through consequential decisions—with measurable outcomes you can reference: conversions, retention rates, referral generation
• The discretion and poise to navigate sensitive, confidential matters without visible impact
• Proven experience managing and developing personnel—coaching, maintaining high standards, and executing difficult staffing decisions—beyond relationship or account management
• Innate cross-cultural fluency spanning globally mobile and established Miami family populations
• AI-native orientation—you employ AI tools with proficiency, understand their potential and limitations, and actively introduce superior solutions, even without building them directly
• Miami-based, available for full-time on-site presence, and adaptable to variable hours
• Authorized to work in the United States without requiring sponsorship

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Background as a head of school, principal, superintendent, or equivalent educational leadership position
• Professional proficiency in Spanish or Portuguese
• Personal or professional exposure to independent or alternative education models
• Established connections within Miami's private school parent communities
• Experience working with internationally mobile, Latin American, or globally networked families
• A personal network extending through the neighborhoods, clubs, and institutions where Alpha's families reside and make decisions