Youth 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
Description
- On-campus location required: Denver, CO · Atlanta, GA · Oklahoma City, OK · Tulsa, OK · Keller (Fort Worth), TX · The Woodlands (Houston), TX · Park City (Salt Lake City), UT · Toronto, Canada
- $150,000 annual W2 salary, paid weekly. Health benefits begin day one.
- Relocation assistance provided
The kindest thing you can tell a student who scored 99% is that they haven't passed yet. If that statement makes you uncomfortable, this role isn't for you. If you find yourself agreeing, read on.
Alpha students complete their academic learning in two hours daily using AI-driven self-guided applications. There are no teachers delivering lessons. No lectures. No classroom management tied to subject instruction. This structure allows you to focus on what truly shifts student outcomes: facilitating high-impact workshops on public speaking, focus, and feedback; driving students toward complete goal attainment using live analytics; and developing the Guides who support you in this work.
A typical morning could begin with a one-on-one Guide coaching conversation, analyzing performance metrics and pinpointing where a cohort needs intervention. By midday you're running a live student workshop, executing a playbook exercise on feedback culture. Afternoons are often dedicated to motivation work: engaging individual students, uncovering what motivates them, and applying Alpha's incentive structures to re-engage a struggling middle schooler. You maintain direct responsibility for your own cohort, ensuring you remain proficient in the same competencies you're teaching others.
You've likely felt out of place in traditional education: too metrics-oriented, too outcome-focused, too ready to question accepted norms around student development. Alpha may be the environment where you finally belong. You'll begin coaching Guides immediately, and as your results scale across cohorts, your influence on overall campus program quality will expand.
Uphold the standard. Transform the student. Submit your application today.
What you will be doing
- Facilitating one-hour live life skills workshops (public speaking, focus, feedback exchange) for elementary and middle school cohorts (K-8), adhering to Alpha's established playbook rather than creating content independently
- Conducting motivation sessions that leverage student analytics and Alpha's incentive architecture (campus currency, leaderboards) to achieve 100% goal completion across your cohort
- Developing Guides through coaching focused on program adherence and standards enforcement, ensuring every coaching interaction yields concrete improvement steps
- Managing your own student cohort while simultaneously building the capacity of other Guides
- Monitoring student satisfaction metrics, goal completion percentages, and Guide performance indicators on a weekly basis to identify performance gaps early
What you will NOT be doing
- Teaching or tutoring academic content to students. Students engage with self-directed applications independently, without adult instruction in the room.
- Creating curriculum materials or developing original lesson plans. The playbook is provided; success is measured by execution fidelity, not creative innovation.
- Coaching Guides on instructional pedagogy. Since Guides don't teach content, your coaching centers on energy management, motivational techniques, and accountability practices.
- Accepting 99% performance as passing. Maintaining high standards demonstrates your belief in students' capacity to reach 100%.
- Serving as the campus emotional support figure who avoids difficult conversations. Students receive genuine connection here, along with direct feedback and meaningful consequences.
Key responsibilities
Ensure every student in your cohort experiences Alpha's three core promises: they love attending school, they learn at twice the rate of traditional classrooms, and they build authentic life skills.
Candidate requirements
- Available to work on-site at one of these Alpha campus locations: Denver, CO; Atlanta, GA; Oklahoma City, OK; Tulsa, OK; Keller (Fort Worth), TX; The Woodlands (Houston), TX; Park City (Salt Lake City), UT; or Toronto, Canada (relocation support 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 domain
- Demonstrated history of managing a team of 5 or more adults, including experience with hiring and performance-based termination decisions
- Hands-on experience working 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 experience using data and metrics to establish weekly goals and inform decisions, beyond simply reporting outcomes
- Legal authorization to work in the United States or Canada
Nice to have
- Master's degree in Education, Psychology, Organizational Leadership, or related discipline
- Experience coaching athletics, leading wilderness or experiential education programs, managing camps, or directing youth ministry at a scale requiring cohort management and outcome measurement
- Transitioned from classroom teaching into program leadership roles in EdTech, tutoring enterprises, youth-focused nonprofits, or school intervention initiatives
- Early-career record of exceptional individual performance — academically, athletically, or professionally — prior to entering leadership positions
- Strong conviction that the existing education system requires fundamental redesign and personal commitment to contributing to that transformation
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