Student Performance Strategist $150,000 USD/year Pay is set based on global value, not the local market.
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Description
- On-site role at Alpha School campuses located in New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA; or Santa Barbara, CA
- Annual compensation of $150,000, distributed weekly. Health benefits begin on day one.
- Relocation assistance provided
You see refusing to lower standards as the greatest act of service you can offer a student. Your résumé reflects achievement at a level few attain: elite competitive sports, graduation with distinction from a top university, employment at a highly selective organization, or a venture you launched and grew independently. Consider applying that same rigor in a K-12 environment where students have rarely encountered someone of your caliber—someone willing to hold them to expectations they never imagined meeting. If the idea of applying elite standards to young learners strikes you as unreasonable, this role is not for you.
Alpha employs AI-driven 1-on-1 instruction, enabling students to complete core academics in roughly two hours daily. The remainder of the day is devoted to life skills, passion projects, and meaningful personal development. At Alpha's most demanding campuses, students require more than oversight. They need a credible mentor whose personal accomplishments model what excellence looks like: someone capable of assessing group dynamics, establishing tone, and guiding students through resistance, distraction, and doubt.
Your primary function is not instruction—it is coaching, challenging, and upholding the same uncompromising standards you apply to yourself. Forty percent of your time is spent in direct 1-on-1 and small-group coaching to identify obstacles and establish ambitious objectives. Another forty percent involves facilitating structured life-skills workshops designed for mastery rather than engagement. The final twenty percent is devoted to establishing each day's tone through focused openings that cultivate a culture intolerant of mediocrity.
This role emphasizes depth over advancement. You begin by mastering Alpha's systems and earning student trust. Within months, you become the figure they allow to push them beyond perceived limits. The reward is not a title change. It is witnessing a student who avoided eye contact in September deliver a confident presentation to a room of adults come May.
If you have been searching for a way to leverage your elite background beyond personal achievement, submit your application now.
What you will be doing
- Facilitating 1-on-1 and small-group coaching using Coachbot analytics and student performance data to identify barriers, establish ambitious targets, and enforce accountability for execution
- Leading structured life-skills workshops focused on mastery, drawing on credible narratives from your own elite experiences, and evaluating mastery via Alpha's Test2Pass framework
- Establishing daily cultural expectations through focused morning sessions that reinforce high-performance norms campus-wide
- Monitoring student advancement in real time and recalibrating coaching approaches using data rather than intuition
- Cultivating trusted mentor relationships with students and families by maintaining high standards, consistency, and documented motivation strategies
What you will NOT be doing
- Creating lesson plans, developing curricula, or grading work (Alpha's academic model manages instruction; your focus is student motivation)
- Presenting to a full classroom of 30 students (your efforts center on high-touch coaching in intimate settings, not large-group teaching)
- Supervising other staff or pursuing an administrative career path (this position prioritizes direct student impact over organizational advancement)
- Attending faculty meetings or managing institutional bureaucracy (your schedule remains student-centered)
- Compromising standards to satisfy performance metrics (if a student achieves 99%, your responsibility is uncovering what prevented 100%)
Key responsibilities
Lead outstanding student motivation, development, and life-skill mastery at Alpha's most demanding campuses.
Candidate requirements
- Bachelor's degree
- At least one demonstrated instance of exceptional achievement in a highly selective, internationally recognized field (examples: medals from national or international competitions, graduation with distinction from a top-tier university, employment at a highly selective firm or fellowship, enrollment at an elite performing arts institution, or founding and growing a successful venture)
- Minimum 3 years of experience in student coaching, youth mentoring, athletic coaching, or leadership positions where you measurably elevated others' performance
- Availability to work on-site at an Alpha campus in New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA; or Santa Barbara, CA (relocation assistance available)
- Legal authorization to work in the United States
Nice to have
- History in elite competitive athletics (varsity D1, national team, or professional tier) including experience coaching or mentoring younger athletes
- Professional background in high-accountability sectors such as management consulting, investment banking, or military leadership
- Demonstrated youth development through mentoring outside academic contexts (community organizations, after-school initiatives, sports camps)
- Confidence presenting to and establishing rapport with high-expectation families investing in premium private education
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