Program Manager, Alpha - $150,000/year USD

On-site at an Alpha campus in Austin, TX or Scottsdale (Phoenix), AZ — relocation assistance available. $150,000/year. Full-time. Traditional elementary schools reduce expectations when children face difficulty. You do the opposite. You know a six-year-old can accomplish far more than conventional classrooms demand, and you have used data to demonstrate this repeatedly. Alpha operates on a two-hour learning framework. Adaptive software handles academic instruction each morning, freeing your schedule for the work that genuinely transforms a child's trajectory: motivation, life skills, coaching, and accountability. You directly manage a cohort of K-3 students while coaching the Guides (Alpha's name for the adults who mentor and inspire children) who oversee their daily development. You remain actively involved every day, not supervising remotely from an office. A typical day alternates between three activities: analyzing performance data and Coachbot analytics to identify students and Guides that need intervention; conducting coaching conversations with concrete next steps rather than general encouragement; and leading a workshop of five‑ to nine‑year‑olds on public speaking, attention management, or feedback skills. When you identify effective practices, you document them. The playbooks you create become the blueprint for every other Guide to implement, extending your influence from one cohort to the entire grade level. Demonstrating that you can replicate that quality is the pathway to greater leadership responsibility here. What You Will Be Doing Coaching Guides and students through performance data analysis, classroom observation, and direct feedback, then holding both parties accountable to quantifiable objectives. Leading one‑hour live workshops for K‑3 students on life skills including public speaking, attention management, collaboration, resilience, accountability, and feedback exchange. Conducting individual and small‑group motivation sessions that link each child’s aspirations and interests to concrete academic advancement. Creating and improving playbooks that convert your most effective methods into reproducible systems other Guides can implement reliably. Training Guides on these playbooks and demonstrating excellence in facilitation to maintain standards as the team expands. What You Won’t Be Doing Providing academic instruction or presenting lectures from the front of the classroom; adaptive apps deliver content while you coach the people. Reducing expectations when a student encounters difficulty. Managing from afar the way instructional coaches and principals typically do; you remain embedded with your own cohort every day. Overseeing the entire campus’s budget, operations, and parent communication; a Campus Lead handles that so you can concentrate on student and Guide results. Advocating for traditional teaching approaches or adhering to a conventional K‑12 curriculum. Program Manager Key Responsibilities Fulfill Alpha’s three commitments to every K‑3 student: they love school, learn twice as fast, and develop exceptional life skills and independence. Basic Requirements Willing to work on‑site at an Alpha campus in Austin, TX or Scottsdale (Phoenix), AZ; relocation assistance is provided. Bachelor’s degree in Education, Psychology, Business, Organizational Leadership, Child Development, or a related field. At least 5 years working with elementary‑aged children (roughly ages 5 to 9). Experience leading a team of 5 or more people, including authority to hire and to remove people based on performance outcomes. Experience building, launching, or significantly growing a program, team, school, or initiative from the ground up, not inheriting an existing one. Comfortable working in a school that rejects traditional teaching methods. Legally authorized to work in the United States. Nice‑to‑have Requirements Master’s degree in a related field. Track record using metrics, dashboards, or analytics to diagnose problems and drive measurable improvement. Experience coaching or managing other adults toward measurable outcomes, not just doing the work yourself. Background in youth development, camp leadership, competitive coaching, tutoring, or enrichment where motivation was central. Comfort and skill facilitating or public speaking in front of rooms full of young children. Compensation $150,000 per year, paid weekly. #J-18808-Ljbffr Crossover