Startup Coach, Founders School - $250,000​/year USD

Develop founders, not curricula. Most assume high school exists to prepare students for what's ahead. We believe what's ahead begins today. Founders School is a four-year high school built for students unwilling to postpone building something significant until they're older. These students aren't simulating entrepreneurship through hypothetical assignments. They're starting real ventures, collaborating with seasoned founders, becoming fluent in AI, and addressing challenges that have genuine impact.

Our expectations are elevated because our students are elevated: launch a million-dollar company, uncover problems that demand solutions, and achieve AI mastery ahead of most adults. Your responsibility is to make that ambition endure.

You won't deliver traditional lessons or prescribe business tactics to students. Instead, you'll coach a cohort of young entrepreneurs daily, ensuring they remain accountable, navigate challenges, and maintain momentum when company-building becomes demanding. You'll recognize when to push them, when to support them, and when to introduce them to the appropriate mentor or tool. The structured curriculum, Entrepreneurs-in-Residence, and founder ecosystem deliver the tactical startup knowledge.

You deliver the continuity, rigor, and forward motion that convert promise into performance.

This role also represents a chance to co-create something foundational. As part of our founding team in New York City, you'll contribute to shaping the culture, operational systems, and lived experience of a school designed to transform what high school graduates can accomplish. Your contributions won't only influence one student group. They will inform the framework for every future Founders School location.

If you're drawn to the startup world, believe that ambitious standards drive ambitious results, and are ready to channel your effort into cultivating the next wave of entrepreneurs, we want to hear from you.

• Guide and inspire a group of student founders via weekly one-on-one sessions, daily progress touchpoints, and collective stand-ups that ensure consistent, tangible advancement.
• Maintain an exceptionally high standard for performance while delivering the guidance and accountability necessary for students to clear roadblocks and continue building.
• Track student development using FounderOS, recognize when learners encounter friction, and facilitate introductions to mentors, Entrepreneurs-in-Residence, or additional resources that catalyze their trajectory.
• Contribute to establishing the culture, rituals, programming, events, and operational cadence of an elite entrepreneurial high school.
• Accompany students on multiple trips annually while cultivating enduring connections with founders, investors, operators, and entrepreneurial communities.

• Serving as the lead business advisor or crafting company strategy for students. That domain belongs to FounderOS, Entrepreneurs-in-Residence, and guest mentors.
• Conducting conventional academic instruction or evaluating traditional coursework.
• Tolerating mediocre output from students who possess the capacity for excellence.
• Facilitating sessions beyond your skill set or defaulting to surface-level entrepreneurial guidance.
• Operating within an inflexible institutional framework where administrative processes impede student success.

Build an environment in which each student reliably advances as an entrepreneur by integrating outstanding coaching, rigorous accountability, strategic connections, and a culture that transforms ambitious adolescents into competent founders.

• A minimum of 3 years in a leadership or high-impact role at a startup or rapidly scaling company.
• Solid business acumen and the confidence to interact with early-stage entrepreneurs while understanding when to defer to specialized experts.
• Proven capacity to coach, inspire, and maintain accountability among high-performing individuals.
• Routine, practical use of AI to enhance both the quality and efficiency of your output.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal abilities with students, families,…