Founding General Manager

About Frontier

We are a non‑profit organization built from the ground up to create a new talent pipeline for the workforce of the future. We work at every layer of the talent pipeline simultaneously—research, community, training, and ventures—because no single intervention is enough on its own. We offer undergraduate and masters degrees and workforce training through micro‑credentials and short courses to reshape how America builds talent for the AI age.

Anchoring this training pillar is Frontier Institute of Technology, an affiliated, fully accredited nonprofit university that combines rigorous academics with applied building. It is the credential pathway inside a much larger movement.

FIG is built on the foundation of the African Leadership Group ecosystem—373,000+ learners trained, 10,000+ ventures launched, 65% job placement within six months. That is 3× the bootcamp benchmark and the most ambitious education‑to‑employment model operating anywhere in the world. We are bringing that model to the US, city by city.

The infrastructure America needs to build talent for the AI economy doesn't exist yet. Frontier is building it. A nonprofit parent organization, an aligned accredited university, a venture studio, and an employer coalition, all of which will be anchored in your city, designed to expand who gets to build, lead, and benefit from the economy AI is creating.

The role of Founding General Manager is, in every meaningful sense, the role of CEO.

You will be the senior leader of Frontier in your city. You will help raise founding capital, assemble and lead a high‑performing team, build the culture that defines what Frontier stands for locally, and own the full P&L of your market. You set the vision and build a team that everyone wants to join, shaping talent, culture, community, and ecosystems your city embraces.

Frontier provides the model, accreditation, curriculum, national platform, and infrastructure. What you bring—local relationships, community trust, entrepreneurial conviction, and leadership—turns a national movement into a local institution people are proud of. We are hiring this role in 15 cities across the US.

The role unfolds across three phases. Phase one focuses on coalition‑building, convening local advisory boards, rallying founding capital, and establishing Frontier as the visible AI‑talent partner in your city. Phase two shifts into operational mode: hiring your team, standing up the physical hub, and launching the first cohort of learners. From year two onward you run the business—driving enrollment, revenue, learner outcomes, and community impact  will not build alone.

You are paired with a senior development partner, supported by the personal engagement of FIG founder Fred Swaniker on strategic partnerships, and backed by central infrastructure covering curriculum, accreditation, brand, and shared services.

• You come from one of several worlds—technology operator at Google, Anthropic, NVIDIA, Tesla, or an AI‑native company; a founder who’s exited a startup and is looking for what compounds; a civic leader who’s built institutions in your city; a philanthropic executive who’s mobilized capital at scale; or someone running a coding bootcamp or technical training program today. We hire the underlying traits, not one archetype.
• You’re a proven builder. You’ve started a company, launched a major initiative, founded an organization, scaled a movement, or shipped a product ’ve gone from zero to something real, and people remember your impact.
• You build teams people fight to join. Your track record as a people leader is as strong as your builder track record. The teams you’ve led have outperformed and the cultures you’ve created have attracted and kept exceptional people.
• You’ve mobilized capital before—not just as a development officer but as a founder or principal. You’ve secured commitments and moved resources around a vision.
• You’ve run a business. You’ve owned a P&L, hired and built high‑performing teams, and managed revenue, costs, and margins.
• You’re an ecosystem player. You sit at the intersection of philanthropy, civic leadership, corporate…