Performance Coach, Alpha - $150,000/year USD

About the role

Alpha’s Performance Coach role is built for builders who believe the kindest thing you can do for a student is refuse to lower the bar. AI handles core academics so you can spend your time coaching, motivating, and holding students to elite standards they didn’t know they could reach. You’ll work directly with students in a high-touch, mentor-driven environment, diagnosing blockers, setting ambitious goals, and reinforcing a culture where mediocrity isn’t an option. This role stays student-facing year after year—no management ladder, no curriculum design, no administrative overhead.

Responsibilities

• Run 1-on-1 and small-group coaching sessions using Coachbot analytics and student progress data to diagnose blockers, set ambitious goals, and hold students accountable for follow-through.
• Deliver structured life-skills workshops built for mastery, using credible storytelling from your own elite experience, and assess mastery through Alpha’s Test2Pass system.
• Set the cultural tone each morning through focused kickoffs that reinforce high-performance expectations across the campus.
• Track student progress in real time and adjust coaching strategies based on data, not instinct.
• Build trusted mentor relationships with students and families through high standards, consistency, and documented motivation plans.

What you won’t be doing

• Designing curriculum, teaching lessons, or grading assignments—Alpha’s AI-powered academic model handles instruction; you handle motivation.
• Lecturing to a classroom of 30 students—your work is high-touch coaching in small groups, not broadcast teaching.
• Managing other staff or climbing an administrative ladder—this role is about direct student impact, not organizational hierarchy.
• Sitting through faculty meetings or navigating school bureaucracy—your time stays focused on students.
• Lowering the bar to hit metrics—if a student scored 99%, your job is to figure out what kept them from 100%.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• At least one instance of exceptional achievement in a highly selective, globally recognized domain (examples: national or international competition medals, top-tier university with distinction, highly selective firm or fellowship, elite performing arts institution, or founding and scaling a successful venture).
• At least 3 years of experience in student coaching, youth mentoring, athletic coaching, or leadership roles where you measurably raised others’ performance.
• Willing to work in-person at an Alpha campus in Orange County, CA; Palo Alto, CA; San Francisco, CA; Santa Barbara, CA; South Bay, CA; Greenwich, CT; Boca Raton, FL; Boston, MA; New York City, NY; Park City, UT; or Kirkland (Seattle), WA (relocation support provided).
• Legal right to work in the United States.

Nice-to-have

• Background in elite competitive athletics (varsity D1, national team, or professional level) with experience coaching or mentoring younger athletes.
• Experience in high-accountability environments like management consulting, investment banking, or military leadership.
• Track record of youth development through mentoring in non-academic settings (community organizations, after-school programs, sports camps).
• Comfort presenting to and building trust with high-expectation families paying premium private school tuition.

About Alpha

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.

Pay

$150,000 USD per year, paid weekly.