Learning and Development Manager, Alpha - $150,000/year USD

About the role

On-site at an Alpha campus: Atlanta, GA Oklahoma City, OK Tulsa, OK Austin, TX Keller (Fort Worth), TX The Woodlands (Houston), TX
$150,000/year W2 salary, paid weekly. Day-one health benefits.
Relocation support available
If telling a kid who earned 99% that they haven't passed makes you uncomfortable, this role isn't for you. If it sounds like accountability, keep reading.

Responsibilities

• Facilitating one-hour workshops on life skills (focus, public speaking, giving and receiving feedback) for K-8 cohorts, executing Alpha's established playbook with precision rather than creating new content
• Conducting motivation sessions that leverage student performance data and Alpha's incentive architecture (school currency, leaderboards) to achieve 100% goal completion
• Coaching Guides on program adherence and standards enforcement, ensuring each session yields specific, actionable improvements
• Managing your own student cohort while simultaneously developing other Guides
• Monitoring student satisfaction metrics, goal completion percentages, and Guide performance indicators on a weekly basis to identify underperformance early

Requirements

• Available 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
• Demonstrated history of managing a team of 5 or more adults, including experience with hiring and performance-based termination decisions
• Hands-on experience working with children aged 5-14 in an educational or developmental context
• Experience building, launching, or substantially scaling a program, team, business, school, or initiative from inception
• Documented use of data and metrics to establish weekly goals and inform decisions, not merely for retrospective reporting
• Likely transitioned out of classroom teaching to design or operate programs in EdTech, tutoring businesses, youth nonprofits, or school intervention teams
• Early-career record of exceptional individual performance—academic, athletic, or professional—prior to entering leadership roles
• Conviction that the existing education system requires fundamental rebuilding and personal commitment to that mission

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Education, Psychology, Organizational Leadership, or a related field
• Nice-to-have requirements include experience coaching athletics, leading wilderness or experiential programs, directing camps, or managing youth ministry at a scale requiring cohort management and outcome measurement

Skills

None listed

Benefits

Day-one health benefits

Pay

$150,000/year

Schedule

Full-time (40 hours per week)