Private Client Relationship Manager, Founders School - $400,000/year USD

About the role

This position demands the ability to build and sustain long-term relationships with high-net-worth individuals, particularly those involved in their children's education. It involves managing the entire pipeline of vetted prospective families, guiding them through a rigorous engagement process, and maintaining a warm family ecosystem.

Responsibilities

• Manage the entire pipeline of vetted prospective families, transforming each lead into a genuine relationship.
• Organize events that unite prospective and enrolled families, ranging from broader information sessions to curated dinners and casual gatherings.
• Shepherd families through application and due diligence, clarifying the school model, the guarantee structure, and the educational trajectory.
• Maintain warmth across the entire family ecosystem, including those deliberating, those enrolled, and those whose younger children will follow.
• Initiate proactive outreach to families, ensuring they receive communication before needing to request it.
• Embodify Founders School for these families while constructing the scalable relationship and enrollment framework that enables program operation and expansion.
• Collaborate directly with school leadership on the highest-tier early conversations, establishing the foundational system.

Requirements

• Authentic comfort and proven effectiveness building relationships with high-net-worth individuals.
• Prior experience in investor relations, private wealth management, private-client sales, luxury hospitality, high-end real estate, or similar roles.
• Confidence engaging with billionaires and interpreting their individual styles, operating as a peer rather than subordinate.
• Sufficient organization and initiative to own a pipeline independently.
• Currently residing or relocating to New York, NY within 60 days.
• Legal authorization to work in the United States.

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Investor-relations or relationship-management background at a fund.
• Established connections within or recognized credibility among NYC high-net-worth communities.
• Authentic conviction in the mission of Founders School and enthusiasm for articulating that narrative.

About Founders School

Founders School is a four-year high school designed for ambitious students who want to create, build, and solve meaningful problems. The program combines Alpha School's elite academics, real-world experience, and mentorship from world-class entrepreneurs around three commitments to every student: Build a million-dollar business, Identify problems in the world worth solving, and Master AI before adults do. This is a place for people who'd rather build the thing than manage the thing. We're launching in NYC Fall 2026.

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 $200 USD/hour, which equates to $400,000 USD/year assuming 40 hours per week and 50 weeks per year. The payment period is weekly. For more details, consult www.crossover.com/help-and-faqs.