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

What You Will Be Doing

• 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

Key Responsibilities

Fulfill Alpha's three core commitments to every student in your cohort: they love attending school, they learn at twice the rate of traditional classrooms, and they develop authentic life skills.

Basic 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
• Licensure to work in the United States or Canada

Nice-to-have Requirements

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

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. There is so much to cover for this exciting role, and space here is limited.

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 $75 USD/hour, which equates to $150,000 USD/year assuming 40 hours per week and 50 weeks per year. The payment period is weekly. Consult www.crossover.com/help-and-faqs for more details on this topic.