President
Scion Executive Search · Short Hills, NJ · 1 mo ago
Hybrid$250k–$300k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? Actually the posting includes sections: ABOUT SUMMIT PREP, POSITION OVERVIEW, KEY RESPONSIBILITIES, QUALIFICATIONS, COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS. Also maybe "Founder Partnership and External Leadership" is part of responsibilities? It appears under KEY RESPONSIBILITIES as subheadings. We need to use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). The instruction: Use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). The instruction: Use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we need to map content to those headings. They say do NOT repeat the job title as a heading (the page already shows it). So we should not include a heading for "President". Use headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule as appropriate.
We need to include sections only when posting has real specific content. So we need About the role (maybe POSITION OVERVIEW). Responsibilities (KEY RESPONSIBILITIES). Requirements (QUALIFICATIONS). Skills maybe not separate; could be part of Qualifications. Benefits (COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS). Pay (maybe base salary). Schedule (maybe on-site presence and occasional travel). We need to preserve all substantive info.
We must not include boilerplate like EEO, navigation, application instructions, etc. Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. So we need to strip out the "APPLICATIONS AND NOMINATIONS" section, "ABOUT OUR FIRM", etc. Also remove "Scion Executive Search has been engaged..." intro? That's part of posting but maybe considered boilerplate? It's about the search firm; but it's not about the role. The instruction: Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The intro about Scion Executive Search being engaged to conduct the search might be considered part of the posting but not essential role info. However it's not exactly boilerplate; it's context. But we might keep it as part of About the role? The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. So we should keep the description of Summit Prep etc. The intro about Scion Executive Search being engaged is maybe not substantive about the role; but it's part of the posting. However they said remove application instructions; not necessarily remove the intro. But to be safe, we could keep a brief paragraph about the role being searched by Scion Executive Search? Might be considered metadata. The instruction: "Do NOT repeat the job title as a heading (the page already shows it) and do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it." So we could fold minor metadata into a short
. The intro about Scion Executive Search being engaged could be considered minor metadata; we could drop it or put in a short p. Probably better to drop it to keep focus on role. Thus we will produce sections:
About the role
with content from POSITION OVERVIEW (maybe also include brief description of Summit Prep from ABOUT SUMMIT PREP). Actually About the role could combine the overview and company description. We'll include the POSITION OVERVIEW paragraph(s) and maybe also the company description from ABOUT SUMMIT PREP as it's substantive about the role context.Responsibilities
with- items from KEY RESPONSIBILITIES (including subheadings? We'll just list each bullet as a responsibility). The posting has bullet points under each subheading; we can flatten them.
Requirements
maybe from QUALIFICATIONS (list). Could also include Skills? But we can just use Requirements for qualifications.Benefits
from COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS (including base salary range, performance-based incentive, relocation support). Also maybe include other benefits? Not mentioned.Pay
maybe we could separate base salary. But they said include Pay section only if posting actually states them. It does state base salary range. So we could have Pay section with that info. Benefits could include other benefits like relocation support. However the instruction says prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So maybe combine Pay and Benefits into one Benefits section? But they gave examples of headings: Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We could have separate Pay and Benefits if both have content. The posting mentions compensation package including base salary range and performance-based incentive, plus relocation support may be considered. That's both pay and benefit. Could split: Pay: base salary range + performance incentive. Benefits: relocation support (maybe). But we could also keep one Benefits section covering both. To follow instruction, we should include Pay and Benefits sections only if posting actually states them. It does state base salary, so Pay section is valid. It also mentions relocation support (a benefit). So Benefits section is also valid. We'll split. Schedule: posting mentions "requires an on-site presence and occasional travel." That's schedule info. So we can have Schedule section. Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Pay, Benefits, Schedule. We must not include headings with filler text. Ensure each section has substantive content. Now we need to extract content. About the role: combine POSITION OVERVIEW and maybe ABOUT SUMMIT PREP description. Let's craft a paragraph(s) summarizing. POSITION OVERVIEW text: "Reporting to co-founder and Chief Executive Officer David Blobaum, the President will serve as Summit Prep's senior operating leader and own the daily management, performance, and continued development of the business. The President will lead the administrative team and broader organization, translate priorities into clear plans and accountability, strengthen the customer and employee experience, and create the systems and leadership capacity required for Summit Prep to operate beyond its founder. This role brings together operational leadership and disciplined growth. The President will improve workflows, decision-making, talent practices, and performance visibility while building business development capabilities and deepening relationships with families, schools, counselors, and other referral partners. Geographic or digital expansion is not prescribed. The successful leader will evaluate opportunities thoughtfully and pursue those that fit Summit Prep's quality standards, economics, and prudent approach to growth. The President will join with broad authority and a genuine opportunity to progress into the Chief Executive Officer role as performance, trust, and organizational readiness are established. Candidates should therefore bring the judgment, presence, and enterprise perspective to lead at the CEO level, together with the humility to learn a specialized business, respect the strengths of the existing team, and manage a thoughtful founder transition. The position is based at Summit Prep's headquarters in Short Hills, New Jersey, and requires an on-site presence and occasional travel." ABOUT SUMMIT PREP text: "Summit Prep empowers students to succeed in life through highly personalized tutoring, test preparation, and academic support. The company is best known for its private SAT and ACT preparation and for a student experience that combines rigorous instruction, customized curriculum, and unusually deep tutor development. Its full-time career tutors complete more than 160 hours of SAT and ACT training, and students achieve average gains of 210 points on the SAT and six points on the ACT. Families experience Summit Prep through two Northern New Jersey centers and a growing online platform. The company has earned hundreds of five-star Google reviews and is New Jersey's highest-rated tutoring company. Its standing has been built deliberately, through strong student outcomes, trusted relationships, responsive service, and an unwavering commitment to placing people and quality ahead of short-term profit. Summit Prep enters this leadership transition from a position of strength. Revenue has grown every year for more than a decade with no debt since inception. The business has also broadened its sources of demand and built meaningful visibility in AI-driven search, strengthening its foundation for continued organic growth. The next chapter is about converting that momentum into a more durable enterprise. Summit Prep now seeks a President who can assume full responsibility for day-to-day performance, strengthen the team and operating infrastructure, and build the growth capabilities needed to expand the company's reach without compromising what makes it exceptional." We can combine these into About the role. Responsibilities: list from KEY RESPONSIBILITIES. Let's extract bullet points: Under Enterprise Leadership and Operations: - Assume full ownership of Summit Prep's day-to-day performance, ensuring that priorities, decisions, and accountability are clear across the organization. - Strengthen operating systems, workflows, communications, and technology so the company can grow without relying on informal knowledge or constant founder involvement. - Build a practical management rhythm using relevant operating, financial, sales, service, and staffing metrics to identify issues early and improve decision-making. - Lead the coordination of in-person and online operations across Summit Prep's Short Hills and Bernardsville centers, maintaining consistent service and educational standards. - Evaluate and implement technology and responsible AI applications that improve client intake, communication, scheduling, follow-up, knowledge capture, and administrative efficiency. People Leadership and Organizational Capacity: - Lead, support, and develop the core administrative team while establishing clear expectations, decision rights, accountability, and opportunities for growth. - Strengthen recruiting, onboarding, coaching, and retention for client service and administrative roles, reducing preventable turnover and workload pressure. - Ensure the organization has appropriate staffing capacity and management support to respond, innovate, and grow without overextending the team. - Set a high standard for communication, responsiveness, collaboration, integrity, and service while remaining accessible and willing to contribute where needed. - Listen closely to the people who understand the business best, earning trust before making changes and pairing decisiveness with low ego and sound judgment. Growth and Business Development: - Develop and execute a thoughtful growth strategy grounded in Summit Prep's reputation, referral relationships, differentiated educational model, and financial discipline. - Build a more systematic business development capability, including the talent, processes, expectations, and metrics required to generate sustainable growth. - Cultivate relationships with private schools, college counseling firms, families, professional networks, and other high-value referral partners across the region. - Evaluate opportunities in new geographies, online services, partnerships, and adjacent offerings, advancing those with a clear strategic and economic rationale. - Partner with the founder on the company's digital presence, thought leadership, and brand while ensuring marketing investments remain accountable to results. Financial Stewardship and Performance: - Own the operating plan and business performance in partnership with the founder, connecting revenue, profitability, demand, staffing, and capacity decisions. - Develop budgets, forecasts, dashboards, and performance indicators that create greater visibility and support timely, informed decisions. - Preserve Summit Prep's strong balance sheet and prudent approach to investment while identifying opportunities to deploy resources for sustainable growth. - Design scalable operating and incentive structures that align individual accountability with company performance, service quality, and long-term value creation. Founder Partnership and External Leadership: - Build a candid, trusted partnership with the founder and progressively assume the relationships, decisions, and leadership responsibilities required to guide Summit Prep. - Establish clear boundaries and communication practices that reinforce the President's authority while drawing appropriately on the founder's expertise, reputation, and institutional knowledge. - Represent Summit Prep with credibility among families, schools, counseling partners, industry associations, and other external stakeholders. - Participate in approximately four industry conferences annually and maintain an active local presence to strengthen partnerships, visibility, and market insight. We'll put each as - . Requirements: from QUALIFICATIONS. Let's extract bullet points (they are sentences separated by periods). We'll list each as
- . Qualifications text: "Significant leadership experience in a founder-led, growth-stage services business, ideally with responsibility for a comparable or larger P&L and a record of helping scale an organization from approximately $5 million toward $10 million or beyond. Demonstrated success strengthening operations, management systems, talent practices, and organizational accountability without diminishing entrepreneurial energy or customer intimacy. Direct experience