Youth Development Manager, Alpha - $150,000/year USD

On-campus location required: Denver, CO Atlanta, GA Oklahoma City, OK Tulsa, OK Keller (Fort Worth), TX The Woodlands (Houston), TX Park City (Salt Lake City), UT Toronto, Canada$150,000 annual W2 salary, paid weekly. Health benefits begin day one.Relocation assistance providedThe kindest thing you can tell a student who scored 99% is that they haven't passed yet. If that statement makes you uncomfortable, this role isn't for you. If you find yourself agreeing, read on.Alpha students complete their academic learning in two hours daily using AI-driven self-guided applications. There are no teachers delivering lessons. No lectures. No classroom management tied to subject instruction. This structure allows you to focus on what truly shifts student outcomes: facilitating high-impact workshops on public speaking, focus, and feedback; driving students toward complete goal attainment using live analytics; and developing the Guides who support you in this work.A typical morning could begin with a one-on-one Guide coaching conversation, analyzing performance metrics and pinpointing where a cohort needs intervention. By midday you're running a live student workshop, executing a playbook exercise on feedback culture. Afternoons are often dedicated to motivation work: engaging individual students, uncovering what motivates them, and applying Alpha's incentive structures to re-engage a struggling middle schooler. You maintain direct responsibility for your own cohort, ensuring you remain proficient in the same competencies you're teaching others.You've likely felt out of place in traditional education: too metrics-oriented, too outcome-focused, too ready to question accepted norms around student development. Alpha may be the environment where you finally belong. You'll begin coaching Guides immediately, and as your results scale across cohorts, your influence on overall campus program quality will expand.Uphold the standard. Transform the student. Submit your application today.What You Will Be DoingFacilitating one-hour live life skills workshops (public speaking, focus, feedback exchange) for elementary and middle school cohorts (K-8), adhering to Alpha's established playbook rather than creating content independentlyConducting motivation sessions that leverage student analytics and Alpha's incentive architecture (campus currency, leaderboards) to achieve 100% goal completion across your cohortDeveloping Guides through coaching focused on program adherence and standards enforcement, ensuring every coaching interaction yields concrete improvement stepsManaging your own student cohort while simultaneously building the capacity of other GuidesMonitoring student satisfaction metrics, goal completion percentages, and Guide performance indicators on a weekly basis to identify performance gaps earlyWhat You Won’t Be DoingTeaching or tutoring academic content to students. Students engage with self-directed applications independently, without adult instruction in the room.Creating curriculum materials or developing original lesson plans. The playbook is provided; success is measured by execution fidelity, not creative innovation.Coaching Guides on instructional pedagogy. Since Guides don't teach content, your coaching centers on energy management, motivational techniques, and accountability practices.Accepting 99% performance as passing. Maintaining high standards demonstrates your belief in students' capacity to reach 100%.Serving as the campus emotional support figure who avoids difficult conversations. Students receive genuine connection here, along with direct feedback and meaningful consequences.Youth Development Manager Key ResponsibilitiesEnsure every student in your cohort experiences Alpha's three core promises: they love attending school, they learn at twice the rate of traditional classrooms, and they build authentic life skills.Basic RequirementsAvailable to work on-site at one of these Alpha campus locations: Denver, CO; Atlanta, GA; Oklahoma City, OK; Tulsa, OK; Keller (Fort Worth), TX; The Woodlands (Houston), TX; Park City (Salt Lake City), UT; or Toronto, Canada (relocation support available)Bachelor's degree in Education, Psychology, Business, or related discipline5+ years of professional experience in education, learning and development, coaching, youth leadership, or comparable domainDemonstrated history of managing a team of 5 or more adults, including experience with hiring and performance-based termination decisionsHands-on experience working with children ages 5-14 in educational or developmental contextsExperience building, launching, or substantially scaling a program, team, business, school, or initiative from inceptionDocumented experience using data and metrics to establish weekly goals and inform decisions, beyond simply reporting outcomesLegal authorization to work in the United States or CanadaNice-to-have RequirementsMaster's degree in Education, Psychology, Organizational Leadership, or related disciplineExperience coaching athletics, leading wilderness or experiential education programs, managing camps, or directing youth ministry at a scale requiring cohort management and outcome measurementTransitioned from classroom teaching into program leadership roles in EdTech, tutoring enterprises, youth-focused nonprofits, or school intervention initiativesEarly-career record of exceptional individual performance — academically, athletically, or professionally — prior to entering leadership positionsStrong conviction that the existing education system requires fundamental redesign and personal commitment to contributing to that transformationAbout AlphaWant to join a learning rebellion that’s transforming the traditional classroom? 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 usThis 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 www.crossover.com/help-and-faqs for more details on this topic.Crossover Job Code: LJ-4844-US-Houston-YouthDevelopme1