Director of Donor Relations, 2 Hour Learning - $400,000​/year USD

You entered private school leadership to drive how students learn—not to navigate capital campaigns or mediate parent governance. A version of this role exists where the academic framework is safeguarded centrally, operational functions are managed for you, and your focus remains on what you do best: cultivating trust with the most influential families, transforming them into advocates, and serving as the credible voice when conversations become challenging.

You will lead the parent-facing function for Alpha in a single metro area—Los Angeles, San Francisco, or Miami. Success is measured by enrollment and advocacy: converting prospective ultra-high-net-worth families, ensuring current UHNW families re-enroll, refer others, publicly endorse 2 Hour Learning, and establishing Alpha as a prominent name locally. Approximately half your time is external—facilitating community partnerships, hosting information sessions, and holding 1:1 discussions with discerning parents who have reviewed every AI critique and seek to understand why the model is sound.

The remainder of your role serves as the escalation point. When an Associate Dean of Parents encounters a situation beyond their scope—a board-connected family considering withdrawal, or a campus quietly adjusting the model to appease a vocal parent—it escalates to you. Your responsibility is to retain the family while preserving the model. Both outcomes are required. You then document the resolution so the Associate Dean network can manage similar cases independently going forward.

If you have led a private or independent K-12 institution, or built a career earning the confidence of UHNW families in another sector, and you have been seeking a position where judgment and persuasion are the core outputs, this role delivers that opportunity.

• Developing local visibility by establishing partnerships with independent advisors, family offices, and private clubs, alongside hosting workshops and community gatherings that drive inbound interest
• Managing the full admissions cycle for affluent families: conducting information sessions, following up individually via the CRM, making enrollment decisions, and when appropriate, communicating that the school is not the right fit for a particular child
• Converting enrolled parents into vocal advocates for 2 Hour Learning by facilitating advocacy workshops and parent-to-parent networks, ensuring enrolled families become your most effective channel for new inquiries
• Addressing escalations beyond the capacity of others: determining whether the issue stems from the model, campus implementation, or family alignment, engaging directly with the family, then documenting the resolution for network-wide reference
• Maintaining consistent engagement with current families through regular touchpoints, and relaying patterns and feedback to leadership

• Leading capital campaigns, major gifts programs, donor cultivation efforts, or any fundraising activities
• Organizing PTAs, parent committees, School Improvement Councils, or focus groups that influence school policy
• Overseeing facilities, finance, legal matters, vendors, technology, marketing, or community logistics—centralized teams manage these functions, keeping your time dedicated to relationships rather than operations
• Developing curriculum or providing instructional coaching to teaching staff; the academic model is centrally owned and protected
• Granting exceptions or modifications to the educational model in response to parent requests, regardless of the parent's influence
• Merely logging and answering complaints, or drafting newsletters and routine parent updates
• Resolving conflict through avoidance—diplomacy in this context requires delivering difficult messages, not diluting standards
• Operating remotely; this is an on-site, full-time, public-facing position that includes evening and weekend community engagements

Create a metro region where Alpha families serve as the most vocal advocates for 2 Hour Learning—and where every parent crisis is resolved without compromising the model.

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