Learning and Development Manager

$150,000 USD/year ^{Pay is set based on global value, not the local market. Most roles = hourly rate x 40 hrs x 50 weeks}  ($75 USD/hour)

• Facilitating structured one-hour workshops on essential life competencies (public speaking, concentration, feedback culture) for elementary and middle school cohorts (K-8), executing Alpha's established playbook with precision rather than personal interpretation
• Conducting targeted motivation interventions using real-time student data and Alpha's incentive infrastructure (campus currency, performance leaderboards) to achieve 100% goal attainment across your cohort
• Developing Guides through focused coaching on program consistency and standards adherence, ensuring each coaching interaction yields specific performance improvements
• Managing your own student cohort concurrently with Guide development responsibilities
• Monitoring student satisfaction metrics, goal completion percentages, and Guide performance indicators on a weekly basis to identify and address performance gaps early

• Delivering academic instruction or providing subject tutoring to students. Academic learning occurs through self-directed applications without direct adult instruction.
• Creating original curriculum or developing lesson plans independently. The playbook is established; success requires faithful execution, not creative innovation.
• Training Guides in traditional teaching methods. Guides do not teach content, so your coaching centers on energy management, student motivation, and accountability systems.
• Accepting 99% performance as sufficient when the standard is 100%. Maintaining rigorous expectations demonstrates your confidence in student capability.
• Serving as the campus emotional support figure without accountability. Students receive genuine connection alongside direct feedback and meaningful consequences.

Execute Alpha's three core commitments for every student in your cohort: they develop genuine enthusiasm for school, achieve learning velocity twice that of traditional classrooms, and acquire meaningful life competencies.

• Able to work on-site at one of these Alpha campuses: Atlanta, GA; Oklahoma City, OK; Tulsa, OK; Austin, TX; Keller (Fort Worth), TX; The Woodlands (Houston), TX; Park City (Salt Lake City), UT; or Toronto, Canada (relocation assistance available)
• Bachelor's degree in Education, Psychology, Business, or related discipline
• 5+ years of professional experience in education, learning and development, coaching, youth leadership, or comparable field
• Demonstrated history of managing a team of 5 or more adults, including responsibility for hiring decisions and performance-based terminations
• Hands-on experience working directly with children ages 5-14 in educational or developmental contexts
• Experience building, launching, or substantially scaling a program, team, business, school, or initiative from inception
• Documented use of quantitative data and performance metrics to establish weekly objectives and inform decisions, beyond simple reporting
• Legal authorization to work in the United States or Canada

• Master's degree in Education, Psychology, Organizational Leadership, or related discipline
• Background coaching athletics, leading outdoor or experiential education programs, directing camps, or managing youth ministry at sufficient scale to require cohort management and outcome measurement
• Transitioned from classroom teaching to program development or operational leadership roles in EdTech, tutoring enterprises, youth-focused nonprofits, or school intervention programs
• History of exceptional individual achievement — academic, athletic, or professional — early in your career prior to leadership roles
• Conviction that the existing education system requires fundamental redesign and personal commitment to that transformation