Private Wealth Advisor

$400,000 USD/year ^{Pay is set based on global value, not the local market. Most roles = hourly rate x 40 hrs x 50 weeks}  ($200 USD/hour)

• Taking full ownership of the pipeline of qualified prospective families — every inquiry, whether it arrives inbound, originates at an event, or comes through referral, becomes a genuine relationship centered on you. Consistent outreach, considered follow-through, and serving as the definitive source for any question — or securing the answer immediately if you don't have it.
• Organizing gatherings that unite prospective and enrolled families, ranging from larger informational sessions to smaller, more personal dinners and receptions.
• Shepherding families through application and diligence — articulating the school's model, the guarantee, and the educational trajectory, and guiding them from curiosity to enrollment without resorting to high-pressure tactics.
• Maintaining continuous engagement with every family in the ecosystem — those still deciding, those already enrolled, and those whose younger children may follow. Initiating contact proactively, so families hear from you before they need to reach out.
• Serving as the human embodiment of Founders School for these families, and constructing the scalable relationship-and-enrollment infrastructure that enables the program to operate and expand.
• Collaborating directly with school leadership who handle the highest-tier conversations at the outset, while you establish the operational framework beneath them.

Much like a fund, the calendar divides into two phases: an active season focused on cultivating relationships with prospective families and advancing them toward commitment, and a maintenance season dedicated to keeping enrolled families engaged, informed, and satisfied enough to renew their trust and introduce others.

• Selling. There are no commissions, no quotas, and no aggressive closings. If a family perceives pressure, the approach has failed. You are not a sales agent; you are the person they rely on most for this decision.
• Managing selectivity. Traditional admissions revolves around rejecting applicants at schools with 4% acceptance rates. We are launching something unprecedented and persuading exceptional families to invest in it.
• Handing off families and stepping away. The relationship does not conclude at enrollment — it marks the start of a multi-year partnership you continue to steward.
• Getting buried in logistics. Scheduling, documentation, and enrollment administration are managed by operations. Your time remains dedicated to families.

Within six months, you will own the complete pipeline of prospective families in NYC — each will have an established relationship with you, and school leadership will no longer be the constraint on any relationship outside the highest tier. Families in the Fall 2027 cohort will have been personally guided from initial interest through enrollment, every enrolled family will be receiving proactive touchpoints on a regular cadence, and you will have created the first iteration of the messaging framework and relationship playbook that does not yet exist.

At the twelve-month mark, the NYC enrollment process will function as a system under your stewardship, not an ad hoc effort — you will be able to describe the pipeline, conversion metrics, and the status of every family relationship at any moment. Enrolled families will be renewing their confidence and generating referrals; retention and referral outcomes will be directly attributable to your work.

As the program expands toward 1,000 students across multiple cities, you will build and lead the enrollment function — recruiting, developing, and defining the family experience across all locations. You are entering at the foundational stage of the function that will determine whether Founders School attracts and retains the right families.

• You are authentically comfortable and capable in building relationships with high-net-worth individuals. You have demonstrated this in a previous role — investor relations, private wealth management, private-client sales, hospitality at the Four Seasons / Aman level, high-end real estate, or comparable — and you can engage confidently with someone worth a billion dollars, interpret their preferences, and interact as a peer rather than subordinate. This is essential.
• You are relationship-oriented, not transaction-oriented. You would be uncomfortable in a high-pressure, commission-focused environment, and you are driven by creating something enduring and exceptional rather than hitting a metric.
• You are sufficiently organized and self-directed to manage a pipeline entirely independently. No detail is overlooked, and no family feels neglected after they commit.
• You are based in or willing to relocate to New York, NY within 60 days.
• You are legally authorized to work in the United States.

• Experience in investor relations or relationship management at a fund — the closest parallel to this role. This explicitly includes talented individuals who are exhausted by the fundraising cycle and want to apply the same skill set to something more purposeful.
• An established network within, or credibility among, high-net-worth families in NYC.
• Authentic conviction in the mission — that entrepreneurship provides a superior education to the conventional route — and enthusiasm for communicating that vision.