Learning and Development Manager, Alpha - $150,000/year USD

Locations & Salary On‑site at an Alpha campus: Atlanta, GA Oklahoma City, OK Tulsa, OK Austin, TX Keller (Fort Worth), TX The Woodlands (Houston), TX $150,000/year W2 salary, paid weekly. Day‑one health benefits. Relocation support available If telling a kid who earned 99% that they haven't passed makes you uncomfortable, this role isn't for you. If it sounds like accountability, keep reading. Alpha students complete their academic work in two hours daily through AI‑powered, self‑guided applications. There are no teachers, lectures, or subject‑based classroom instruction. This structure allows you to focus on the work that drives real change: facilitating high‑impact workshops on focus, public speaking, and feedback; using live analytics to motivate students toward full goal completion; and coaching the Guides who support your campus. A typical morning begins with one‑on‑one Guide coaching—analyzing performance data and pinpointing where a cohort needs intervention. By midday, you're running a structured workshop with students, executing a playbook exercise on feedback dynamics. Afternoons are dedicated to motivation work: engaging individual students, uncovering their intrinsic drivers, and applying Alpha's incentive framework to re‑engage a reluctant middle schooler. You also lead your own cohort, ensuring you remain practiced in the same methods you're training others to deliver. You've likely felt out of place in traditional education settings: too focused on outcomes, too comfortable with data, too willing to question conventional approaches to student development. Alpha may be the environment where you finally belong. You'll begin coaching Guides immediately, and as you produce measurable results, your impact on campus‑wide program quality will expand. What You Will Be Doing Facilitating one‑hour workshops on life skills (focus, public speaking, giving and receiving feedback) for K‑8 cohorts, executing Alpha's established playbook with precision rather than creating new content Conducting motivation sessions that leverage student performance data and Alpha's incentive architecture (school currency, leaderboards) to achieve 100% goal completion Coaching Guides on program adherence and standards enforcement, ensuring each session yields specific, actionable improvements Managing your own student cohort while simultaneously developing other Guides Monitoring student satisfaction metrics, goal completion percentages, and Guide performance indicators on a weekly basis to identify underperformance early What You Won’t Be Doing Teaching or tutoring academic content. Students progress through self‑directed apps independently, without adult‑led instruction. Creating original curriculum or developing new lesson plans. The playbook is established; your role is to execute it with fidelity, not innovation. Coaching Guides on pedagogical methods. Since Guides don't teach, you'll coach on energy, accountability, and motivational techniques instead. Accepting 99% as satisfactory when 100% is the standard. Maintaining this expectation demonstrates your belief in what students can achieve. Serving as the campus "empathy outlet." Students receive genuine connection alongside honest feedback and meaningful consequences. Learning and Development Manager Key Responsibilities Fulfill Alpha's three core commitments to every student in your cohort: they love attending school, they learn at twice the rate of traditional classrooms, and they develop authentic life‑skills. Basic Requirements Available to work on‑campus in Atlanta, GA; Oklahoma City, OK; Tulsa, OK; Austin, TX; Keller (Fort Worth), TX; The Woodlands (Houston), TX (relocation support provided) Bachelor's degree in Education, Psychology, Business, or a related field 5+ years of experience in education, learning and development, coaching, youth leadership, or a comparable field 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 aged 5–14 in an educational or developmental context Experience building, launching, or substantially scaling a program, team, business, school, or initiative from inception Documented use of data and metrics to establish weekly goals and inform decisions, not merely for retrospective reporting Legally authorized to work in the United States or Canada Nice‑to‑have Requirements Master's degree in Education, Psychology, Organizational Leadership, or a related field Experience coaching athletics, leading wilderness or experiential programs, directing camps, or managing youth ministry at a scale requiring cohort management and outcome measurement Transitioned out of classroom teaching to design or operate programs in EdTech, tutoring businesses, youth nonprofits, or school intervention teams Early‑career record of exceptional individual performance—academic, athletic, or professional—prior to entering leadership roles Conviction that the existing education system requires fundamental rebuilding and personal commitment to that mission About Alpha Alpha reimagines the school day around faster learning, stronger mentorship, and more time for students to build real‑world skills. Roles with real student impact: Alpha hires teachers (guides), operators, admissions experts, school & curriculum leaders, and remote team members. Education work that pays like it matters: Alpha offers six‑figure roles for people ready to help build a radically better school experience. A culture built for builders: Alpha is fast‑moving, ambitious, and student focused. It’s for people who want to improve the system, not maintain it. Alpha is where you can do the most meaningful work of your career. Working with us This is a full‑time (40 hours per week), long‑term position. The position is immediately available and requires entering into an independent contractor agreement with Crossover as a Contractor of Record. The compensation level for this role is $75 USD/hour, which equates to $150,000 USD/year assuming 40 hours per week and 50 weeks per year. The payment period is weekly. #J-18808-Ljbffr