Youth Program Manager, Alpha - $200,000/year USD

About the role

The role is based in various in-person locations including Beverly Hills, CA; Piedmont, CA; Greenwich, CT; Boca Raton, FL; Miami, FL; Boston, MA; Raleigh, NC; New York City, NY; and Seattle, WA. Relocation assistance is available.

Responsibilities

• Facilitating one-hour live workshops on life skills and social-emotional learning (SEL) for K-8 students, using Alpha's established framework.
• Conducting daily motivational sessions to ensure 100% student achievement of weekly app-based goals through age-appropriate incentives such as school currency systems and performance leaderboards.
• Developing Guides via direct observation, precise feedback, and practical coaching to ensure they execute workshops with equivalent energy and accuracy.
• Analyzing Coachbot data and student records to detect students requiring additional support, then providing that intervention directly.
• Directly mentoring your assigned student cohort, demonstrating the coaching and motivational techniques you require from all Guides.

Requirements

• Currently located in or prepared to relocate to one of the specified locations.
• A Bachelor's degree in Education, Psychology, Business, or a related discipline (Master's degree preferred).
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience in education, learning and development, coaching, or related area.
• Demonstrated experience creating and executing educational programs, curricula, or training systems.
• Proven history of managing teams of 5 or more individuals, including responsibility for recruitment and performance-driven termination decisions.
• Background in coaching, mentoring, or delivering constructive feedback to enhance engagement and outcomes.
• Direct experience working with children ages 5–14 in educational or developmental contexts.
• Skilled in leveraging data and metrics to inform decisions and drive ongoing improvement.

Nice-to-have Requirements

• A Master's degree in Education, Psychology, or Business.
• Experience as an athletic coach, camp director, or youth program coordinator where you directly motivated children toward quantifiable objectives.
• History coaching adults in positions where performance was measured and evaluated.
• Confidence engaging large groups of children, commanding attention in a room full of 8-year-olds.