Market Manager - Alabama

Responsibilities

• Ensure Primers across Alabama are meeting the Primer standard across all dimensions, from the academic program to campus operations.
• Partner with real estate, education, operations, marketing, and admissions teams to ensure the success of every Primer within a market of Alabama.
• Drive student growth by testing new local strategies. When they work, help playbook the ideas so they can be leveraged in every city.
• Own many of Primer's local relationships, including families and leaders in the education community.

Requirements

• Must have experience in education leadership, ideally within a physical school environment as a Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, or Principal.
• Must be a builder and self-starter. Must have experience navigating ambiguity and creating scalable systems out of chaos.
• Must be able to execute at a fast pace while holding a high bar for quality.
• Past accountability to aggressive growth, revenue, margin, and expansion targets.
• Must have proven ability to build strong relationships both internally and externally.
• Must be a generalist willing to roll up their sleeves and get stuff done — both in the weeds and at the strategic level.
• Experience disrupting the status quo - either with new school models, new policies, or something else that removes constraints and drives innovation.

Qualifications

Must have experience in education leadership, ideally within a physical school environment as a Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, or Principal.

Must be a builder and self-starter. Must have experience navigating ambiguity and creating scalable systems out of chaos.

Must be able to execute at a fast pace while holding a high bar for quality.

Past accountability to aggressive growth, revenue, margin, and expansion targets.

Must have proven ability to build strong relationships both internally and externally.

Must be a generalist willing to roll up their sleeves and get stuff done — both in the weeds and at the strategic level.

Experience disrupting the status quo - either with new school models, new policies, or something else that removes constraints and drives innovation.

Skills

Must have experience in education leadership, ideally within a physical school environment as a Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, or Principal.

Must be a builder and self-starter. Must have experience navigating ambiguity and creating scalable systems out of chaos.

Must be able to execute at a fast pace while holding a high bar for quality.

Past accountability to aggressive growth, revenue, margin, and expansion targets.

Must have proven ability to build strong relationships both internally and externally.

Must be a generalist willing to roll up their sleeves and get stuff done — both in the weeds and at the strategic level.

Experience disrupting the status quo - either with new school models, new policies, or something else that removes constraints and drives innovation.

Benefits

Primer is a mission-first company. We believe our mission is the highest-leverage way we can create positive change. In service of that, we keep work centered on mission execution and avoid social or political activism at work that’s unrelated to the mission.

Pay

Compensation is commensurate with experience.

Schedule

Evenings, weekends, and nontraditional hours — Travel and attendance to open houses, school events, parent meetings — are part of the rhythm, not the exception.