Youth Development Coach, Alpha - $150,000/year USD

What You Will Be Doing

• Carry out 1:1 and small-group coaching sessions to transform student objectives into reliable execution and measurable outcomes.
• Leverage analytics and student objectives to pinpoint obstacles and design ambitious, personalized motivation strategies.
• Facilitate demanding life-skills workshops through authentic storytelling, guided reflection, and practical application, followed by mastery evaluations.
• Lead daily opening sessions to establish a positive campus culture, set high expectations, and prepare students for their day.
• Maintain strong mentor relationships with students and families by upholding high standards, maintaining consistency, and demonstrating strong judgment.

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Deliver traditional classroom instruction, lectures, or academic tutoring.
• Develop curriculum, prepare lesson plans, or evaluate student assignments.
• Supervise adult staff, oversee campus operations, or assume administrative leadership responsibilities.
• Compromise standards to achieve short-term compliance or superficial progress.

Key Responsibilities

This role is designed to ensure that students at Alpha's most demanding campuses remain highly motivated and achieve sustained growth and life-skill mastery through elite, high-standards coaching.

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in any field.
• At least one clear elite marker (athletics, academics, career achievement, or elite coaching).
• Experience in people-facing mentoring, coaching, or leadership that measurably raised others' performance.
• Comfort operating in high-accountability environments with clear standards and follow-through.
• Ability to lead engaging, high-rigor group sessions and coach individuals with strong judgment.
• Willingness to work full-time (40 hours/week) in person at Alpha's Austin campus.

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Multiple elite markers with clear evidence of raising standards and outcomes.
• Experience using data and analytics to drive coaching plans and accountability.
• Background in selective firms, competitive startups, or elite athletics programs with intense performance expectations.

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. Alpha is where you can do the most meaningful work of your career.

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.