Client 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 inbound, sourced at events, or referred by others, evolves into a genuine relationship with you at its core. You'll conduct regular calls, deliver thoughtful follow-ups, and either answer every question on the spot or secure the answer immediately.
• Organizing events that unite prospective and enrolled families, ranging from larger information sessions to smaller dinners and networking gatherings.
• Shepherding families through application and diligence — articulating the school's model, the guarantee, and the trajectory, and guiding them from curious to committed without resorting to high-pressure tactics.
• Maintaining active engagement with the entire ecosystem — families weighing their decision, families already enrolled, and those with younger siblings on the horizon. You'll initiate proactive touchpoints 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 repeatable relationship and enrollment infrastructure that enables the program to operate and expand.
• Collaborating directly with school leadership who handle the highest-tier conversations in the early stages, while you establish the operational foundation beneath them.

Much like a fund, the calendar has two distinct phases: an intensive period focused on cultivating relationships with prospective families and advancing them toward commitment, and a stewardship period devoted to keeping enrolled families engaged, informed, and satisfied enough to renew their commitment and bring in others.

• Selling. No commissions, no quotas, and no aggressive closing. If a family ever experiences pressure, we have failed. You are not a salesperson; you are the trusted advisor they rely on for this decision.
• Administering scarcity. Conventional admissions at elite schools revolves around rejection at 4% acceptance rates. We are building something unprecedented and persuading exceptional families to place their confidence in it.
• Handing off families and vanishing. The relationship does not conclude when the deposit clears — that moment marks the start of a multi-year relationship you will own.
• Drowning in operational details. Scheduling, documentation, and enrollment administration are managed by operations. Your bandwidth remains focused on families.

Within six months, you will own the complete prospective family pipeline for New York City — each family will have an established relationship with you, and school leadership will no longer bottleneck any relationship outside the top tier. The Fall 2027 cohort's families will have been personally guided from interest through enrollment, every enrolled family will receive proactive touchpoints on a defined cadence, and you will have created the initial framework and playbook for family engagement that does not currently exist.

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

As the program scales toward 1,000 students across multiple cities, you will build and lead the enrollment team beneath you — recruiting, training, and defining the family experience at every campus. You are joining at the foundational stage of the function that will determine whether Founders School fills its seats with the right families.

• You are authentically comfortable and skilled at cultivating relationships with high-net-worth individuals. You have done so in a previous role — investor relations, private wealth management, private-client sales, luxury hospitality at the Four Seasons or Aman level, high-end real estate, or equivalent — and you can engage confidently with someone worth a billion dollars, interpret their preferences, and relate as a peer rather than a subordinate. This requirement is absolute.
• You are relationship-oriented, not transaction-oriented. You would be uncomfortable in a hard-sell, commission-driven environment, and you are driven by the desire to build something enduring and excellent rather than hitting a metric.
• You are sufficiently organized and proactive to manage an entire pipeline independently. Nothing slips through, and no family ever feels neglected once they have committed.
• You are currently located in New York, NY, or willing to relocate within 60 days.
• You are legally authorized to work in the United States.

• Investor relations or relationship management experience at a fund — the closest parallel to this position. 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, New York City high-net-worth families.
• Authentic conviction in the mission — that entrepreneurship offers a superior education to the conventional path — and enthusiasm for communicating that story.