Education Program Manager, Alpha - $200,000/year USD

At Alpha, students advance academically through adaptive technology while Guides provide coaching, accountability, motivation, and life skills development. As a Lead Guide, you will assemble and develop the team that executes this model—mentoring Guides, cultivating leaders, and establishing an environment where students routinely surpass expectations. This role centers on building a culture of excellence through Guide coaching, facilitating impactful life skills workshops, and inspiring students to pursue ambitious goals.

This position is available at select Alpha campuses: Greenwich, CT; Boca Raton, FL; Miami, FL; Miami Beach, FL; Boston, MA; Raleigh, NC; New York City, NY; Orange County, CA; and Santa Barbara, CA. Relocation support is available for candidates open to moving to one of these markets.

About the role

• Mentoring Guides to reliably deliver outstanding student experiences while upholding Alpha's rigorous standards.
• Facilitating dynamic life skills workshops that cultivate communication, leadership, focus, and other essential real-world competencies for K-12 students.
• Inspiring students to pursue ambitious learning objectives and maximize their progress in self-directed academic programs.
• Leveraging data, observation, and coaching dialogues to enhance Guide effectiveness and student results.
• Supporting the launch and establishment of new Alpha campuses by fostering a culture grounded in excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement.

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Delivering traditional academic instruction or subject-specific lectures.
• Developing lesson plans or designing curriculum materials.
• Compromising standards to create an illusion of success rather than facilitating genuine mastery.
• Leading a team remotely from an office without direct, regular coaching engagement with students and Guides.
• Defending outdated methods simply because they represent established practice.

Responsibilities

• Guarantee that every student consistently receives Alpha's three promises by developing high-performing Guides, facilitating compelling life skills experiences, and upholding rigorous standards for student achievement.

Requirements

• Willingness to work on-site at an Alpha campus (relocation support available).
• Bachelor's degree in Education, Psychology, Business, or a related field; Master's degree preferred.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in education, coaching, learning and development, or a related leadership capacity.
• Proven experience leading and developing teams of five or more individuals, including responsibility for hiring and performance-based termination decisions.
• Verified success leveraging data to drive performance enhancements.
• Experience working with children ages 5-14 in an educational, coaching, or developmental context.
• Experience establishing or launching a new team, program, business, school, or initiative, with readiness to help open a new campus from inception.
• Willingness to operate in a school model that rejects traditional lecture-based pedagogy.
• Legal authorization to work in the United States.

Nice-to-have Qualifications

• Experience coaching youth through athletics, debate, camps, or extracurricular activities.
• Outstanding public speaking and storytelling abilities.
• A proven record of attaining high levels of academic, professional, or athletic achievement.
• Experience driving teams toward ambitious objectives while sustaining high accountability.
• A commitment to challenging traditional education and contributing to a new model for K-12 learning.

About Alpha

Alpha reimagines the school day around faster learning, stronger mentorship, and more time for students to build real-world skills. The organization hires Guides, operators, admissions experts, school and curriculum leaders, and remote team members to create a radically better school experience. Alpha offers six-figure roles for those ready to help build this innovative model and values a fast-moving, ambitious, and student-focused culture.

Pay

$200,000 USD/year, paid weekly.

Benefits

This is a full-time, W2 employee position with immediate access to benefits.

Schedule

This is a year-long, full-time position.