Student Success Strategist, Alpha - $150,000/year USD

Overview You hold the view that the most compassionate act for a student is to maintain rigorous standards. Your résumé reflects achievement in domains most people only observe from a distance: elite-level competition, academic distinction at a top university, acceptance into a highly selective firm, or a venture launched and built independently. Now consider channeling that discipline into a classroom of K-12 learners who have never encountered someone like you—someone committed to expectations they haven't yet imagined for themselves. If the idea of holding students to elite benchmarks feels unforgiving, this role isn't for you. Alpha employs AI-driven 1-on-1 instruction, enabling students to complete core academics in roughly two hours each day. The remaining time is allocated to life skills, self-directed projects, and meaningful development. At Alpha's most demanding campuses, students require more than oversight. They need a credible mentor whose own track record establishes the standard: someone capable of reading group dynamics, shaping culture, and guiding learners through resistance, distraction, and uncertainty. Your role is not instructional. AI manages academic content delivery. Your focus is motivation, coaching, and maintaining the same exacting standards you've applied to your own work. Forty percent of your time is spent in direct 1-on-1 and small-group sessions that identify obstacles and establish ambitious targets. Another forty percent involves facilitating structured life-skills workshops designed for mastery rather than engagement alone. The final twenty percent is dedicated to morning kickoffs that set a tone where mediocrity has no place. The trajectory emphasizes depth over advancement. You begin by mastering Alpha's methodology and earning student trust. Within months, you become the person they allow to push them beyond perceived limits. The payoff isn't a title change. It's continuity: the same students, year over year, maturing with you as their constant. It's witnessing a student who avoided eye contact in September deliver a confident presentation to adults in May. This position remains student-centered. Students are the objective, not a means to something else. If your motivation to leave your current role is mission-driven rather than résumé-driven, submit your application now. What You Will Be Doing Conducting 1-on-1 and small-group coaching sessions informed by Coachbot analytics and student performance data to identify barriers, establish ambitious objectives, and ensure accountability for execution Facilitating structured life-skills workshops designed for mastery, drawing on credible narratives from your own high-achievement background, and validating mastery through Alpha's Test2Pass framework Establishing the campus culture each morning via focused kickoffs that reinforce high-performance norms across the student body Monitoring student development in real time and refining coaching approaches based on evidence rather than intuition Cultivating trusted mentor relationships with students and their families through consistent high expectations and documented motivation strategies What You Won’t Be Doing Delivering lessons, creating curriculum, or evaluating assignments — Alpha's AI-powered academic system manages instruction; your responsibility is motivation Presenting to a full classroom of 30 students (your work centers on high-touch coaching in intimate settings, not large-group instruction) Supervising other personnel or advancing through administrative ranks (this role prioritizes direct student outcomes, not organizational hierarchy) Attending faculty meetings or managing institutional bureaucracy (your hours remain student-focused) Compromising standards to satisfy metrics (if a student achieves 99%, your task is to identify what prevented 100%) Student Success Strategist Key Responsibilities Lead exceptional student motivation, development, and life-skill mastery at Alpha's most rigorous campuses. Basic Requirements Bachelor's degree At least one documented instance of exceptional achievement in a highly selective, globally recognized field (examples include: national or international competition medals, top-tier university with distinction, highly selective firm or fellowship, elite performing arts institution, or founding and scaling a successful venture) At least 3 years of experience in student coaching, youth mentoring, athletic coaching, or leadership capacities where you demonstrably improved others' performance Willing to work on-site at an Alpha campus in Santa Barbara, CA; Santa Monica, CA; San Francisco, CA; Greenwich, CT; Boston, MA; New York City, NY; or Seattle, WA (relocation assistance available) Legal authorization to work in the United States Nice-to-have Requirements History in elite competitive athletics (varsity D1, national team, or professional level) combined with coaching or mentoring experience with younger athletes Experience in high-accountability settings such as management consulting, investment banking, or military leadership Demonstrated youth development through mentoring outside academic contexts (community organizations, after-school programs, sports camps) Ability to present effectively and establish trust with high-expectation families investing in premium private education About Alpha Alpha School is on a mission to reshape education with a bold approach that harnesses AI to accelerate learning and unleash student potential. They don’t play by the old rules. Alpha is creating a new paradigm where students master core academics in just two hours a day, freeing up time for hands-on, passion-driven learning that truly prepares them for the real world. Alpha School is rewriting the rules of education. Sounds too good to be true? It’s not. There is so much to cover for this exciting role, and space here is limited. Hit the Apply button if you found this interesting and want to learn more. We look forward to meeting you! 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. Consult for more details on this topic. Crossover Job Code: LJ-5740-US-Seattle-StudentSuccess #J-18808-Ljbffr Crossover