Accelerator Program Manager $250,000 USD/year Pay is set based on global value, not the local market.
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Description
Coach founders, not students.
Most schools prepare teenagers for a future that arrives years later. We believe the future is already here. Founders School is a four-year high school built for students unwilling to postpone building something meaningful until they reach adulthood. These students aren't working on hypothetical business exercises. They're founding actual companies, collaborating with experienced entrepreneurs, learning to master AI, and addressing real problems. Our expectations are demanding because our students are driven: launch a million-dollar business, uncover problems worth tackling, and master AI ahead of their adult counterparts. Your responsibility is to make that drive sustainable.
You won't deliver lectures or instruct students on business operations. Instead, you'll mentor a cohort of young entrepreneurs daily, ensuring they remain accountable, navigate obstacles, and maintain momentum when entrepreneurship becomes challenging. You'll recognize when to push them harder, when to offer support, and when to introduce them to the appropriate mentor or tool. The curriculum, Entrepreneurs-in-Residence, and founder community supply the startup knowledge. You supply the structure, expectations, and drive that convert ambition into achievement.
This role also offers the chance to contribute to building something from scratch. As part of our founding team in New York City, you'll influence the culture, systems, and daily operations of a school created to transform what high school can deliver. Your contributions won't only affect a single cohort. They'll form the foundation for every subsequent Founders School location. If startups energize you, you believe high standards yield exceptional results, and you want to dedicate your efforts to cultivating the next wave of entrepreneurs, we want to hear from you.
What you will be doing
- Mentor and drive a group of student entrepreneurs through weekly one-on-one sessions, daily progress checks, and team standups that ensure consistent, measurable advancement.
- Maintain an exceptionally high standard for execution while delivering the guidance and accountability students require to push past challenges and continue building.
- Track student development via FounderOS, recognize when students hit roadblocks, and link them with mentors, Entrepreneurs-in-Residence, or additional resources that speed up their progress.
- Contribute to creating the culture, rituals, programming, events, and everyday operational cadence of a premier entrepreneurial high school.
- Accompany students on trips multiple times annually while cultivating enduring connections with founders, investors, operators, and entrepreneurial families.
What you will NOT be doing
- Serving as the lead startup advisor or crafting business strategies for students. FounderOS, Entrepreneurs-in-Residence, and guest mentors handle that responsibility.
- Delivering traditional academic instruction or evaluating coursework.
- Tolerating mediocre effort from students who can deliver exceptional work.
- Facilitating workshops beyond your expertise or depending on generic entrepreneurial guidance.
- Operating within a rigid educational institution where administrative processes obstruct meaningful student impact.
Key responsibilities
Build an environment where every student reliably develops as an entrepreneur by integrating outstanding coaching, rigorous accountability, strategic connections, and a culture that transforms ambitious high schoolers into competent founders.
Candidate requirements
- A minimum of 3 years of leadership or high-impact involvement in a startup or high-growth company.
- Solid business acumen and the capability to confidently interact with early-stage founders while recognizing when to bring in subject matter experts.
- Proven capacity to coach, inspire, and maintain accountability with high-performing individuals.
- Daily, practical experience leveraging AI to enhance the quality and efficiency of your work.
- Excellent communication and relationship-development abilities with students, families, mentors, and founders.
- Availability to work full-time on-site in New York City, with periodic travel during the year.
- Authorization to work in the United States.
Nice to have
- Founded or co-founded a company.
- Background in coaching, mentoring, or managing programs for teenagers or young adults.
- A developed network of founders, investors, operators, or mentors.
- Experience in early-stage ventures where you frequently worked across various functions.
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