Leadership Development Coach $150,000 USD/year Pay is set based on global value, not the local market.
Most roles = hourly rate x 40 hrs x 50 weeks
Description
You understand that refusing to lower the bar is the kindest act you can offer a student. You've performed, created, or succeeded at a level most encounter only in stories: elite-level sport, a distinguished degree from a top university, employment at a highly competitive firm, or a business you launched on your own. Now imagine channeling that rigor into a classroom of K-12 learners who have never had someone with your caliber of experience advocating for them, elevating them to standards they never imagined within reach. If the idea of holding students to elite benchmarks strikes you as too severe, this isn't for you.
Alpha leverages AI-driven 1-on-1 instruction so that students complete their core academics in roughly two hours per day. The remainder of the day becomes available for life skills, passion projects, and meaningful personal development. At Alpha's most rigorous campuses, students require more than oversight. They require a credible mentor whose personal accomplishments define the standard: someone capable of assessing the environment, establishing expectations, and guiding them through resistance, distraction, and internal doubt.
Your role is not instructional. AI delivers the academic content. Your role is to inspire, coach, and maintain the same exacting standards you've applied to yourself. Forty percent of your time involves direct 1-on-1 and small-group coaching that identifies obstacles and establishes ambitious targets. Another forty percent is dedicated to facilitating structured life-skills workshops designed for mastery rather than engagement alone. The final twenty percent is devoted to setting the daily tone through purposeful morning sessions that cultivate a culture intolerant of mediocrity.
The trajectory here emphasizes depth over advancement. You begin by mastering Alpha's methodology and earning student trust. Within a few months, you become the person they rely on to challenge them beyond perceived limits. The return isn't a title change. It's the same cohort of students, year after year, maturing with you as their constant. It's witnessing a student who avoided eye contact in September deliver a composed presentation to a room of adults by May.
This position remains student-centered. Students are the purpose, not a pathway to something else. If your motivation to leave your current role is the mission itself, not resume enhancement, submit your application now.
What you will be doing
- Conducting 1-on-1 and small-group coaching sessions leveraging Coachbot analytics and student performance data to identify obstacles, establish ambitious objectives, and ensure accountability for execution
- Facilitating structured life-skills workshops designed for mastery, drawing on credible narratives from your own elite background, and evaluating mastery via Alpha's Test2Pass framework
- Establishing the campus cultural standard each morning through purposeful kickoff sessions that reinforce high-performance norms
- Monitoring student progress continuously and modifying coaching approaches based on evidence rather than intuition
- Developing trusted mentorship relationships with students and families grounded in high expectations, reliability, and documented motivation strategies
What you will NOT be doing
- Delivering lessons, creating curriculum, or evaluating assignments — Alpha's AI-driven academic platform manages instruction; you manage motivation
- Presenting to a classroom of 30 students (your work consists of high-touch coaching in intimate groups, not mass instruction)
- Supervising other personnel or ascending an administrative pathway (this role centers on direct student influence, not organizational structure)
- Attending faculty meetings or maneuvering through institutional bureaucracy (your schedule remains student-focused)
- Compromising standards to achieve targets (if a student reaches 99%, your responsibility is to determine what prevented 100%)
Key responsibilities
Produce outstanding student motivation, development, and life-skill proficiency at Alpha's most demanding campuses.
Candidate requirements
- Bachelor's degree
- At least one instance of exceptional achievement in a highly selective, globally recognized domain (examples: 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 roles where you measurably raised others' performance
- Willing to work in-person 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 support provided)
- Legal right to work in the United States
Nice to have
- Background in elite competitive athletics (varsity D1, national team, or professional level) with experience coaching or mentoring younger athletes
- Experience in high-accountability environments like management consulting, investment banking, or military leadership
- Track record of youth development through mentoring in non-academic settings (community organizations, after-school programs, sports camps)
- Comfort presenting to and building trust with high-expectation families paying premium private school tuition
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