Client Advisor

$400,000 USD/year ^{Pay is set based on global value, not the local market. Most roles = hourly rate x 40 hrs x 50 weeks}  ($200 USD/hour)

• Taking full ownership of the pipeline of qualified prospective families—every lead, whether it arrives inbound, surfaces at an event, or comes by referral, becomes a meaningful relationship with you at its core. This means regular calls, considered follow-up, and serving as the person who either holds the answer to any question, large or small, or secures it quickly.
• Organizing events that convene prospective and enrolled families, ranging from larger informational sessions to more private dinners and social gatherings.
• Shepherding families through the application and diligence journey—articulating the school's model, the guarantee, and the trajectory, and moving them from curiosity to enrollment without resorting to high-pressure tactics.
• Maintaining warmth across the entire family ecosystem—those still deciding, those already enrolled, and those whose younger siblings may join later. Proactive outreach ensures families hear from you before they need to reach out.
• Serving as the human embodiment of Founders School for these families, and constructing the replicable relationship-and-enrollment framework that enables the program to operate and expand.
• Collaborating directly with the school heads who lead the most senior-level conversations initially, while you establish the operational foundation beneath them.

Much like a fund, the calendar follows two distinct rhythms: an active season during which you cultivate relationships with prospective families and guide them toward commitment, and a maintenance season during which you keep enrolled families engaged, proactively informed, and satisfied enough to renew their trust and bring others into the fold.

• Selling. There is no commission structure, no quota, and no aggressive closing. If a family perceives pressure, we have not succeeded. You are not a sales professional; you are the individual they trust most throughout this decision.
• Managing selectivity. Traditional admissions centers on rejecting applicants at institutions with 4% acceptance rates. We are constructing something new and persuading exceptional families to place their confidence in it.
• Transferring families to others and vanishing. The relationship does not conclude at the deposit—it marks the start of a multi-year engagement you continue to own.
• Becoming buried in logistics. Scheduling, documentation, and enrollment administration are managed by operations. Your attention remains focused on families.

Within 6 months, you will own the complete pipeline of prospective NYC families—each one will have an established relationship with you, and the heads of school will no longer serve as the constraint on any relationship outside the highest tier. The families of the Fall 2027 cohort will have been personally guided from initial interest through enrollment, every enrolled family will be on a proactive communication cadence, and you will have created the first iteration of the messaging framework and family-relationship playbook that does not currently exist.

At 12 months, the NYC enrollment funnel will operate through you as a system rather than an ad-hoc effort—you will be able to describe the pipeline, the conversion metrics, and the status of every family relationship at any moment. Enrolled families will be renewing their trust and generating referrals; retention and referral outcomes will be measurably attributable to your work.

As the program expands toward 1,000 students across multiple cities, you will build and manage the enrollment team reporting to you—recruiting, training, and defining the family experience at every campus. You are entering at the foundational stage of the function that will determine whether Founders School fills its seats with the right families.

• You are authentically comfortable and effective in cultivating relationships with high-net-worth individuals. You have done so in a previous role—investor relations, private wealth management, private-client sales, luxury hospitality at the Four Seasons or Aman level, high-end real estate, or comparable fields—and you can engage with someone worth a billion dollars as a peer, interpret their idiosyncrasies, and avoid appearing deferential. This is essential.
• You are relationship-oriented, not transaction-oriented. You would find a high-pressure, commission-based culture uncomfortable, and you are motivated by building something enduring and exceptional rather than maximizing a metric.
• You are organized and proactive enough to manage a pipeline independently. Nothing is overlooked, and no family ever feels neglected after they commit.
• You are based in or prepared to relocate to New York, NY within 60 days.
• You are legally authorized to work in the United States.

• Investor-relations or relationship-management experience at a fund—the most direct parallel to this role. This expressly includes capable individuals who are exhausted by the fundraising cycle and wish to apply the same skill set to something purposeful.
• An established network within, or credibility among, NYC high-net-worth families.
• Sincere conviction in the mission—that entrepreneurship offers a superior education to the conventional route—and enthusiasm for communicating that vision.