Ecosystem Director

$400,000 USD/year ^{Pay is set based on global value, not the local market. Most roles = hourly rate x 40 hrs x 50 weeks}  ($200 USD/hour)

• Plan and deliver several gatherings each month, including open events, dinners organized by city and grade, and family retreats, within budget.
• Secure venues, hosts and vendors, and personally host events.
• Recruit current parents as ambassadors, help them share their experiences, and match them with prospective families, including those attending school tours.
• Build relationships with public officials and business executives to secure venues, support for new campus openings and opportunities for students.
• Connect enrolled families with parent circles and students with mentors, masterclasses and practical internships. Welcome graduating families into the alumni community within 30 days of graduation.
• Record every gathering and introduction, and how each family first heard about Alpha, in the customer relationship management (CRM) system. Maintain accurate records of the introductions and opportunities created for each family.

• Manage paid advertising or work to targets for impressions or lead volume.
• Lead brand communications or central marketing campaigns; these are Marketing’s responsibility.
• Process admissions, conduct tours or manage enrollment paperwork; these are the responsibilities of Admissions and Family Success.
• Run daily campus operations or manage the opening of physical premises.
• Treat attendance figures alone as evidence of success.
• Rely on a completed operating manual, templates or support staff to begin work.

Make personal referrals the source of the majority of enrollment growth in your region.

• At least five years of experience growing a community or client base through relationships, with at least one result you personally drove that you can explain with a number and a timeframe.
• Experience personally designing and running at least 20 gatherings in total, including at least three events with 100 or more attendees and ten gatherings with 12 or fewer people, with responsibility for budgets.
• Established working relationships with at least three elected or appointed public officials, C-level executives or centaur-company founders, with specific results from those relationships. You can host senior audiences, explain a new education model under questioning, and build partnerships that benefit both sides while respecting voluntary participation and compliance rules.
• At least one of these qualifications: an Ivy League degree; work at a top consulting, investment banking or public relations firm; a board seat at a local anchor institution; Chief of Staff experience with political or major industry leaders; or directed tours in the foreign service.
• Consistent use of a CRM or relationship-tracking system to record contacts, how families first heard about the organization, follow-ups and actions, with accurate first-contact records that remain unchanged.
• A deep local network you can use from day one in Miami, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston, Dallas or New York City, and residence in or willingness to return or relocate to that region. You must be available for regular weekday-evening and weekend hosting and local travel, and authorized to work in the United States without visa sponsorship.

• Experience leading regional growth, community programs or partnerships for a school group, membership club, franchise, faith or civic institution, or similar organization.
• Experience building a trusted client network and generating revenue as a client-facing principal in wealth management, consulting or business development.
• A background in admissions, advancement, community organizing or hospitality, with experience hosting events and representing an institution.
• Established relationships with local government or business leaders in your region.
• An understanding of how families make important decisions about their children’s education.