Amplify: Detroit Success Manager; Temporary

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Full Time Detroit, MI, US

10 days ago Requisition

Salary: $42,000.00 Annually

Who We Are

The Academy Group (AG) is a unique social enterprise that leverages earned revenue from financial investments to create world-class opportunities for young people from the nation’s most resilient communities. The Academy Group demonstrates the promise of a new model for identifying, developing, and sustaining a diverse national pipeline of future leaders, employers, and change agents. We were founded based on a unique model.

One that creates pathways for black and brown students, if they demonstrate relentless pertinacity, to build wealth and become socially just change agents, ideally through careers and leadership positions in our portfolio companies. No other organization in the world is built to do this.

Organizational Information

AG:
Academy serves young people from 4th grade through employment. The core program offers a journey that guides members through an interdisciplinary exploration of colleges, careers, and wealth building. AG:
Academy reinforces core skills that accelerate academic progress and put members on track to achieve success. InFebruary 2019, AG:
Amplify, driven by the same belief that talent is ubiquitous, was founded as an initiative under The Academy Group. Together, AG:
Academy and AG:
Amplify leverage economies of scale, shared learning, and cross-collaboration to expand opportunities and drive meaningful change.

About AG:
Amplify

AG:
Amplify is on a mission to close the racial wealth gap by equipping young adults with the skills, confidence, and networks to build generational wealth. We focus on 21- to 30-year-olds who have taken a non-traditional path, experienced trauma, and/or have been justice system-involved, and are now ready to unlock their limitless potential. Founded in 2018 under the umbrella of The Academy Group, AG:
Amplify is driven by the belief that talent is ubiquitous, even if opportunity is not. After building a successful program in Chicago, AG:
Amplify is expanding to Detroit—its first replication site—and seeks a dynamic, mission-driven Success Manager to help lead this new chapter.

The Success Manager is a direct service champion responsible for implementing a dynamic program experience and building transformative relationships with young adults through Amplify Detroit
, an initiative under The Academy Group. The Success Manager is a key position whose primary responsibility is to effectively deliver the Amplify success coaching model during the Foundations through Activation stage, while serving as the co-lead facilitator during the cohort. The Success Manager partners directly with and reports to the AG:
Amplify Detroit Program Director. This position will be from September 2026 until February 2027.

• Assist in managing the talent recruitment process from marketing to final selection, including outreach, logistics, interviews, events, etc.
• Implement the Amplify barrier assessment to all Talent as they enter the Foundations stage of the program to ensure a personalized and relational transition into Amplify for each talent.
• Partner with the Program Director to ensure that the full day-to-day program model is implemented with fidelity and rigor.
• Provide real-time daily coaching as needed to ensure talent success in day-to-day programming and accomplishment of goals (e.g. punctuality/attendance, certification completion, etc.), including weekly coaching sessions guided by the individualized Amplify Action Plan.
• Build an ecosystem of partnerships in support of talent and integrate programming with trauma-informed supports and career pathways components to continue to build on Amplify’s holistic talent-centered model.
• Partner with the Program Director to regularly adapt and refine talent support strategies and resources.
• Design and execute events, workshops, and site visits that enhance participant learning and professional development.
• Partn…