Operations Leadership Development Program; LDP

Ally Behavior is a full-time, center-based, early intervention Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy program, serving children with autism ranging from 18 months to 6 years of age. Our mission is to deliver the highest quality therapy to help our early learners reach their potential to communicate, improve social skills, and prepare for academic success. The children we serve are at the heart of everything we do and we are passionate about our commitment to having a meaningful impact in the lives of our children and their families.

A two to three year operating apprenticeship designed to grow the next generation of Ally’s center, regional, and senior operations leaders.

Location: Tysons, VA based initially, with rotational placement at Ally centers across Maryland, Virginia, and DC. Travel is expected.

Reports to: VP of Operations, with a dotted line to an executive program sponsor.

Start Date: Cohort start dates in July and January. Some flexibility for the right candidate.

Ally Behavior is a fast-growing autism therapy company, built around exceptional clinical quality and an unmatched family experience. We have grown at roughly ~70% CAGR over the last four years and we are building toward our next chapter: scaling from our current footprint to 100+ centers over the next five years.

Scaling something this important requires more than plans; it requires leaders who can translate strategy into execution, run real businesses on the ground, and do the hard, unglamorous work to drive outcomes for kids and families.

This company has been built by investing in high-potential people earlier in their career and giving them meaningful responsibility as the business scales. Many of our leaders have grown into their roles by taking ownership of hard problems, delivering impact, and earning expanded scope over time. The Sandy Springs Program continues that tradition and formalizes it.

Overall, Ally Behavior is a dynamic, fun, and rewarding place to work that offers superior growth and leadership opportunities in a supportive, engaging environment. We have a unique and collaborative culture that is driven by our diverse team of professionals and our core values of Serving Others, Treatment Excellence, All One Ally, Resourceful in Finding Solutions, and Striving to Grow. We are looking for someone to help us provide the best possible service to our clients.

The Sandy Springs Program is named after Sandy Spring, Maryland, the home of our first clinic and the place where Ally began. It is a deliberate choice. We believe great companies are built from the ground up, and that is how we intend to build our leadership team. In Sandy Spring, our early leaders learned every role it takes to run the business.

They ran intake. They built the schedule. They sat with families. They worked the authorizations. They ran the center themselves. That depth of tactical knowledge is one of the biggest reasons Ally is where it is today, and it is the standard we hold our operators to as we scale. The Sandy Springs Program is how we recreate that experience, on purpose, for the next generation of Ally leaders.

That is what this program is. It is not a rotational tour for observation. It is a structured path that takes a high‑potential operator from learning how a center runs, to running one, to running a region. The endpoint is a Regional Director or senior operations role inside Ally as we scale toward 100+ centers.

The Sandy Springs Program is a two to three year operating apprenticeship for hungry, high‑aptitude operators who want to lead businesses. You will be developed through a structured sequence of placements, with increasing scope and P&L responsibility at each step. You will be coached by senior leaders, paired with formal mentors, and held to the same operating bar as everyone else at Ally.

This is not a watch from the sidelines job. It is not a strategy decks and analysis only job. This is a role for someone with a do-whatever-is-necessary mindset. You will sit with intake coordinators, shadow…