Learning and Development Manager, Alpha - $150,000/year USD

Crossover; Oklahoma City (OK); On-site; USD 128,000 - 173,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits begin immediately

Relocation assistance provided

Job summary

Alpha reimagines the school day around faster learning, stronger mentorship, and more time for students to build real-world skills. This role anchors that mission, cultivating Guides who engage students directly and transform them into outstanding coaches and role models.

You will facilitate life skills sessions, coach growth in 5-14 year-old students, and analyze performance data to drive continuous improvement, while leading your own student group and upholding high standards for others.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Education, Psychology, Business, Organizational Leadership, or related discipline.
• 5+ years of professional experience in education, learning and development, coaching, youth leadership, or comparable field.
• Experience managing a continuous team of five or more adults, with authority over selection and performance decisions.
• Legal authorization to work in the United States without visa sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Develop and coach Guides to execute Alpha's coaching methodology with reliability, enthusiasm, and uncompromising quality standards.
• Facilitate dynamic life skills workshops addressing communication, concentration, feedback reception, leadership development, and resilience for K-8 students using established frameworks.
• Analyze student and Guide performance metrics to surface coaching opportunities, eliminate obstacles, and produce quantifiable improvements weekly.
• Lead your own student cohort while demonstrating the coaching quality and accountability required from all Guides.

Skills

Coaching

Leadership

Education

Education

Bachelor's degree in Education, Psychology, Business, Organizational Leadership, or related discipline

Master's degree in Education, Psychology, Organizational Leadership, or related discipline

Job description

• On-site position at an Alpha campus: Austin, TX
• Fort Worth, TX
• $150,000 annual W2 compensation, distributed weekly. Health benefits begin immediately.
• Relocation assistance provided

• On-site position at an Alpha campus: Austin, TX
• Dallas, TX
• Fort Worth, TX
• Oklahoma City, OK
• $150,000 annual W2 compensation, distributed weekly. Health benefits begin immediately.
• Relocation assistance provided

Telling a student who scored 99% that they haven't yet passed is one of the most supportive things you can do.

The reason isn't perfectionism. It's respect—the belief that they're capable of even more.

Traditional schools shield students from failure. Alpha equips them for achievement. We're convinced that confidence doesn't come from lowered standards. It emerges when students accomplish what they previously believed impossible. This conviction informs everything we do.

Our approach is intentionally unconventional. Students progress through academics autonomously via AI-driven platforms, which allows adults to concentrate on what transforms lives: character coaching, resilience building, leadership cultivation, and habit formation that drives exceptional results. Content delivery doesn't require adults. We need leaders capable of drawing out people's highest potential.

This position anchors that mission. You'll cultivate the Guides who engage students directly, transforming them into outstanding coaches instead of traditional instructors. You'll facilitate life skills sessions that students recall years afterward. You'll analyze performance metrics to pinpoint where students or Guides need support and coach them toward excellence. You'll simultaneously lead your own student group, embodying the standards you uphold for others.

The cascading impact is substantial. Each Guide you develop influences dozens of students. Every enhancement you bring to campus culture multiplies across hundreds of young lives. Success isn't determined by meeting attendance or report volume. It's defined by whether students become more confident, disciplined, resilient, and capable due to the culture you cultivated.

This position isn't for those seeking to maintain existing educational structures. It's for individuals who believe young people merit more than compliance, seat time, and mediocre expectations. If coaching people through challenging situations energizes you, if you leverage data for better decisions, and if you maintain high standards from genuine belief in others' capabilities, you'll excel here.

What You Will Be Doing

• Develop and coach Guides to execute Alpha's coaching methodology with reliability, enthusiasm, and uncompromising quality standards.
• Facilitate dynamic life skills workshops addressing communication, concentration, feedback reception, leadership development, and resilience for K-8 students using established frameworks.
• Analyze student and Guide performance metrics to surface coaching opportunities, eliminate obstacles, and produce quantifiable improvements weekly.
• Conduct motivational sessions that empower every student to embrace ambitious objectives and consistently reach them.
• Lead your own student cohort while demonstrating the coaching quality and accountability you require from all Guides.

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Delivering academic instruction. Students advance through core academics autonomously via AI-powered learning platforms.
• Developing lesson plans or curriculum design. Your focus is exemplary coaching, not instructional content creation.
• Managing classrooms via lectures, worksheets, or behavior management systems. Students direct their own learning while you coach the habits enabling success.
• Reducing standards to sidestep challenging discussions. Elevated expectations and authentic belief in each student's capacity are inseparable.
• Defining success by activity volume rather than outcomes. Impact matters more than effort by itself.

Learning And Development Manager Key Responsibilities

Establish a coaching culture where outstanding Guides reliably develop students who are passionate about learning, progress through academics at accelerated rates, and acquire the resilience, leadership abilities, and life competencies needed for long-term success beyond the classroom environment.

Basic Requirements

• Available to work on-site in Austin, TX; Dallas, TX; Fort Worth, TX; or Oklahoma City, OK (relocation assistance available).
• Bachelor's degree in Education, Psychology, Business, Organizational Leadership, or related discipline.
• 5+ years of professional experience in education, learning and development, coaching, youth leadership, or comparable field.
• Demonstrated experience managing a continuous team of five or more adults, holding primary or final authority for team member selection and performance-driven termination decisions.
• Consistent, ongoing responsibility for the learning, behavior, motivation, or development of children aged 5-14 within educational, developmental, athletic, or youth leadership contexts.
• Documented history of creating, launching, or substantially expanding a program, team, school, business, or initiative from inception, not merely sustaining or inheriting existing operations.
• Demonstrated capability to leverage performance data and metrics for problem diagnosis, action prioritization, and measurable outcome delivery.
• Commitment to working in an educational environment that intentionally diverges from traditional pedagogical approaches.
• Legal authorization to work in the United States without requiring visa sponsorship.

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Master's degree in Education, Psychology, Organizational Leadership, or related discipline.
• Background in athletic coaching, outdoor or experiential education leadership, camp direction, youth program management, or other cohort-based organizational settings.
• Experience establishing or managing innovative education initiatives, EdTech ventures, tutoring services, nonprofit programs, or learning platforms beyond conventional classroom instruction.
• Personal record of outstanding achievement in academics, athletics, entrepreneurial ventures, or leadership roles.
• Deep commitment to the principle that education should cultivate capable, resilient, self-directed young people instead of merely transmitting academic information.

About Alpha

Alpha reimagines the school day around faster learning, stronger mentorship, and more time for students to build real-world skills.

Join the team building school around student growth

Alpha hires teachers (guides), operators, admissions experts, school & curriculum leaders, and remote team members.

Roles with real student impact:

Alpha hires teachers (guides), operators, admissions experts, school & curriculum leaders, and remote team members.

Education work that pays like it matters:

Alpha offers six-figure roles for people ready to help build a radically better school experience.

A culture built for builders:

Alpha is fast-moving, ambitious, and student focused. It’s for people who want to improve the system, not maintain it.

Alpha is where you can do the most meaningful work of your career.

There is so much to cover for this exciting role, and space here is limited.

Working with us

This is a full-time, W2 employee position with immediate access to benefits (https://support.crossover.com/article/7581-w2-benefits-u-s-paychex-paid-only). All roles are year-long positions. The compensation level for this role is $150,000 USD/year. The payment period is weekly. Consult www.crossover.com/help-and-faqs for more details on this topic.