Description
Opening a school is straightforward. Opening schools consistently, predictably, and with increasing velocity is not.
Alpha is constructing a nationwide network of schools engineered to deliver a full day's learning in two concentrated hours through AI. This model depends on expansion operating with the same precision as the educational product. This role is designed to deliver that outcome. You will control the complete lifecycle of new school sites—from unimproved land to fully functioning campus—while constructing the infrastructure that makes every future opening faster, cleaner, and more reliable.
This is not a conventional development position. Your mandate is not simply to oversee projects. Your mandate is to remove friction from growth. That requires making decisive judgments on site feasibility, intervening directly in permitting and construction challenges, negotiating with suppliers, and driving schedules with urgency. Simultaneously, you will decompose every element of this process into structured, AI-enabled workflows that minimize manual input and enhance forecast precision over time.
If you have delivered real-world construction and are dissatisfied with protracted timelines, scattered accountability, and recurring errors, this is your opportunity to solve it—at scale.
What you will be doing
- Make critical site decisions through structured and AI-supported analysis of zoning, permitting, cost, and timeline viability
- Manage multiple school construction projects concurrently, directing construction managers, removing obstacles, and delivering on-time, on-budget completions
- Produce clear, actionable capital project proposals that bring stakeholders into alignment on scope, cost, and execution approach
- Drive vendor selection, RFP processes, and contract negotiations with an emphasis on speed, quality, and cost discipline
- Break down expansion workflows into discrete work units and construct AI-powered systems that reduce timelines and increase predictability
What you will NOT be doing
- Operating as a passive status tracker dependent on contractor or partner updates
- Focusing narrowly on a single phase (e.g., site selection or construction only) without accountability for the complete result
- Depending on manual, improvised processes that restart with each new site
- Escalating issues without directly addressing permitting, design, or construction roadblocks
- Consuming months in stakeholder alignment without pushing toward a decisive outcome
Key responsibilities
Take full ownership of new school location expansion by delivering operational campuses on consistent timelines while systematically reducing time, cost, and risk through AI-enabled infrastructure.
Candidate requirements
- Demonstrated leadership of at least one real estate development or construction project from site selection to opening with complete ownership
- Experience overseeing multiple simultaneous builds or capital projects with direct accountability for scheduling, coordination, and problem resolution
- Deep working knowledge of zoning, permitting, construction, and vendor management, including the ability to engage directly with general contractors, architects, and regulatory bodies
- Proven capacity to make tradeoff decisions balancing cost, timeline, and feasibility with measurable results
- Experience refining or designing complex operational workflows (e.g., permitting, design coordination, construction execution)
- Proven ability to deconstruct complex workflows into structured, repeatable systems and enhance them iteratively
- Track record of leveraging tools (AI or other) to minimize manual effort, speed decision-making, or improve execution velocity
- Strong ownership orientation with capability to function effectively in ambiguity and deliver tangible results
- Willingness and capacity to travel up to 60% to active school sites across the US and maintain on-site presence during critical development and opening phases
- Currently based in the US and authorized to work without visa sponsorship
Nice to have
Experience in scaling multi-location development or expansion initiatives
Demonstrated success in enhancing forecast accuracy and shortening delivery timelines across multiple projects
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