Student Recruitment Manager, Founders School - $150,000​/year USD

If you're someone who naturally draws people together, recalls every detail, and maintains connections long after first meetings, this role deserves your attention.

Alpha is reimagining the possibilities of education. Students finish their core academics in only two hours daily through AI-powered instruction, dedicating the remainder of their day to mastering essential competencies: critical thinking, effective communication, entrepreneurial mindset, and practical execution. Families select Alpha not through persuasive marketing, but because they encounter an educational model unavailable elsewhere. Your role centers on delivering that encounter.

You will establish and expand the community that attracts outstanding families to Alpha and guides them toward confident enrollment decisions over competing institutions. You will oversee the relational dimension of admissions—from a family's initial event participation through final enrollment—designing impactful experiences that establish trust well before commitment. Your work includes event coordination, relationship cultivation, personalized family engagement, and conversion of accepted applicants into enrolled students.

This position suits someone with a track record of genuine community development, who energizes group settings, and who recognizes that relationships underpin significant choices. You will collaborate directly with the Director of Admissions, Heads of School, and Admissions Associate, contributing to the strategic framework that will define Alpha's expansion trajectory.

If you have created communities that people authentically embraced and you're motivated by the chance to reshape education, we welcome your application.

• Plan and deliver compelling community experiences, including information sessions, intimate parent gatherings, campus visits, school fairs, events for accepted families, and partner collaborations.
• Cultivate substantive connections with prospective families, supporting their journey from early curiosity through application submission with ongoing, personalized engagement.
• Take ownership of high school enrollment conversion by designing touchpoints and follow-up approaches that transform accepted families into enrolled members.
• Establish and energize a dynamic network of current parents, prospective families, and advocates who amplify Alpha's standing and drive referrals.
• Keep precise CRM documentation and work in close partnership with the Admissions Associate and school leadership to deliver a cohesive family experience.

• Employing aggressive sales methods or pushing enrollment on families that lack alignment with Alpha's model.
• Handling application logistics, scheduling interviews, or determining admissions outcomes.
• Developing marketing strategy or foundational brand narratives independently.
• Leading a team rather than directly fostering relationships and orchestrating events yourself.
• Operating remotely. Authentic community formation requires in-person presence.

Create a flourishing community that reliably draws exceptional families and successfully converts accepted applicants into enrolled students, driving consistent and predictable growth in Alpha's admissions pipeline.

• Demonstrated track record building and scaling an in-person community from initial concept.
• Verified success designing and executing events across all phases from planning to post-event engagement.
• Background in selling to or influencing discerning, deliberate decision-makers through relational approaches rather than transactional tactics.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication abilities with capacity to engage genuinely with discerning families.
• Robust organizational capabilities with disciplined CRM practices and reliable execution.
• Independent, resourceful mindset with ease in building systems in unstructured environments.
• Deep commitment to Alpha's educational vision and conviction that AI is reshaping how students learn.
• Currently residing in New York City or prepared to relocate.
• Authorized to work in the United States