Student Performance Strategist $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
Description
You believe refusing to lower expectations is the most compassionate act you can perform for a student. Your track record includes competing, creating, or excelling at a level that most people encounter only in articles: elite competitive sports, a distinguished degree from a top university, a position at a highly selective organization, or a company you launched yourself. Now imagine channeling that drive into a classroom of K-12 learners who have never encountered anyone with your credentials dedicated to their success, holding them to benchmarks they never imagined they could meet. If maintaining elite standards for students strikes you as unreasonable, this role is not for you.
Alpha employs AI-driven 1-on-1 instruction enabling students to complete core academics in approximately two hours daily. The remaining time is dedicated to life skills, passion projects, and authentic development. At Alpha's most rigorous campuses, students require more than oversight. They need a credible mentor whose personal accomplishments establish the expectation: someone capable of assessing group dynamics, establishing culture, and guiding them through resistance, lack of focus, and uncertainty.
Your role is not instructional. AI manages the academic content delivery. Your responsibility is to inspire, guide, and enforce the same rigorous standards you've applied to yourself. Forty percent of your time involves direct 1-on-1 and small-group coaching that identifies obstacles and establishes stretch goals. Another forty percent is facilitating structured life-skills workshops designed for mastery rather than engagement. The final twenty percent is establishing daily expectations through focused morning sessions that build a culture rejecting mediocrity.
The trajectory here emphasizes depth over management advancement. You begin by mastering Alpha's methodology and earning student trust. Within months, you become the person they trust to push them beyond self-imposed limits. The payoff isn't a title change. It's the same students, year over year, maturing with you as their constant. It's observing a student who avoided eye contact in September confidently address a room of adults in May.
This position remains student-centered. Students are the purpose, not a platform for career progression. If your motivation to leave your current position is the mission rather than resume enhancement, submit your application now.
What you will be doing
- Conducting 1-on-1 and small-group coaching using Coachbot analytics and student data to identify obstacles, establish stretch goals, and maintain accountability for execution
- Facilitating structured life-skills workshops designed for mastery by drawing on credible examples from your own elite background, then evaluating mastery via Alpha's Test2Pass system
- Establishing campus-wide cultural expectations each morning through focused kickoff sessions that reinforce high-performance standards
- Monitoring student advancement in real time and modifying coaching approaches based on data rather than intuition
- Developing trusted mentor relationships with students and families by maintaining high standards, consistency, and documented motivation strategies
What you will NOT be doing
- Delivering lessons, creating curriculum, or evaluating assignments — Alpha's AI-powered academic system manages instruction; you manage motivation
- Presenting to a classroom of 30 students (your work involves high-touch coaching in small settings, not large-group instruction)
- Supervising other staff or advancing through an administrative track (this role focuses on direct student outcomes, not organizational advancement)
- Attending faculty meetings or managing school bureaucracy (your time remains concentrated on students)
- Compromising standards to achieve metrics (if a student achieved 99%, your responsibility is determining what prevented 100%)
Key responsibilities
Lead outstanding student motivation, development, and life-skill mastery at Alpha's most rigorous campuses.
Candidate requirements
- Bachelor's degree
- At least one instance of exceptional achievement in a highly selective, globally recognized domain (examples: national or international competition medals, top-tier university with distinction, highly selective firm or fellowship, elite performing arts institution, or founding and scaling a successful venture)
- At least 3 years of experience in student coaching, youth mentoring, athletic coaching, or leadership roles where you measurably raised others' performance
- Willing to work in-person at an Alpha campus in Orange County, CA; Palo Alto, CA; San Francisco, CA; South Bay, CA; Greenwich, CT; Boca Raton, FL; Boston, MA; New York City, NY; or Kirkland (Seattle), WA (relocation support provided)
- Legal right to work in the United States
Nice to have
- Background in elite competitive athletics (varsity D1, national team, or professional level) with experience coaching or mentoring younger athletes
- Experience in high-accountability environments like management consulting, investment banking, or military leadership
- Track record of youth development through mentoring in non-academic settings (community organizations, after-school programs, sports camps)
- Comfort presenting to and building trust with high-expectation families paying premium private school tuition
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