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

What You Will Be Doing

• Facilitating one-hour interactive life skills and social-emotional learning (SEL) sessions with K-8 students covering areas such as public speaking and concentration, adhering to Alpha's established framework
• Conducting daily motivational sessions that ensure 100% of students achieve their weekly application-based goals through age-appropriate incentive structures including school currency and performance leaderboards
• Developing Guides via direct observation, precise feedback, and practical skill-building so they execute sessions with equivalent energy and accuracy
• Analyzing Coachbot data and individual student records to pinpoint students requiring intervention, then providing direct support
• Directly mentoring your assigned student cohort, demonstrating the coaching and motivational approaches you require from all Guides

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Creating lesson plans or building curriculum. Students progress through adaptive applications; your focus is elevating the people who support them.
• Delivering traditional classroom lectures. You function as 80% facilitator, 20% content expert; if you prefer standing at a whiteboard, this role isn't aligned.
• Compromising standards due to pressure from parents or administration. When a student reaches 99%, the response is "not yet" — and you will have institutional support to maintain that position.
• Working from an office processing administrative documents. The majority of your day involves direct engagement with students and Guides.
• Waiting extended periods for performance assessment. Outcomes are visible in real-time through Coachbot and adjustments occur immediately.

Key Responsibilities

• Fulfill Alpha's 3 Promises throughout your cohort and among the Guides you develop: every student loves school, advances at 2x the standard pace, and develops tangible life competencies

Basic Requirements

• Currently residing in or prepared to relocate to Beverly Hills, CA; Piedmont, CA; Greenwich, CT; Boca Raton, FL; Miami, FL; Boston, MA; Raleigh, NC; New York City, NY; Seattle, WA (relocation assistance available)
• Bachelor's degree in Education, Psychology, Business, or related discipline (Master's degree preferred; traditional teaching certifications are not required)
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience in education, learning and development, coaching, or comparable field
• Demonstrated experience creating and executing educational programs, curricula, or training frameworks
• Proven history of managing a team of 5 or more individuals, including responsibility for recruitment and performance-related termination decisions
• Background in coaching, mentoring, or delivering constructive feedback to enhance engagement and outcomes
• Professional experience working with youth ages 5–14 in educational or developmental contexts
• Demonstrated ability to leverage data and performance metrics to inform decisions and drive ongoing improvement

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Master's degree in Education, Psychology, or Business
• Experience as an athletic coach, camp director, or youth program coordinator where you directly motivated children to achieve quantifiable objectives
• Background coaching adults in positions where performance was systematically measured and evaluated
• Demonstrated ability to engage large groups of children. The type of presence that commands attention from a room full of 8-year-olds

About Alpha

Join the team building school around student growth 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. There is so much to cover for this exciting role, and space here is limited.

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 $100 USD/hour, which equates to $200,000 USD/year assuming 40 hours per week and 50 weeks per year.
• The payment period is weekly.