Accelerator Program Manager, Founders School - $200,000/year USD at Crossover

Traditional high schools define success by grades and standardized test results. At Founders School, success is defined by companies created, real problems addressed, and students accomplishing what most adults would deem impossible.

We seek someone capable of inspiring, pushing, and nurturing driven teenage entrepreneurs as they launch genuine businesses, become proficient in AI, and work toward ambitions typically reserved for adulthood.

If high expectations, significant autonomy, and enabling remarkable young people to reach exceptional results excite you, continue reading.

What You Will Be Doing

• Propel day-to-day progress and momentum within your assigned student group via standups, coaching conversations, and accountability frameworks.
• Lead weekly one-on-one coaching meetings and daily touchpoints that enable students to navigate challenges and sustain forward motion.
• Track student activity in FounderOS, spot slowing progress before it compounds, and arrange support interventions as necessary.
• Link students with mentors, entrepreneurs, operators, and resources that drive accelerated development.
• Facilitate workshops, gatherings, and community activities that deepen culture and elevate performance expectations.
• Demonstrate practical AI application and guide students in embedding AI into their ventures, operations, and strategic thinking.
• Accompany students on 3-4 annual school trips.

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Delivering in-depth strategic business advisory as students develop their ventures. FounderOS, Entrepreneurs-in-Residence, and guest mentors handle that function.
• Tolerating output beneath a student's proven capability.
• Instructing academic coursework. The academic platform and teaching staff manage that domain.
• Leading workshops beyond your demonstrated competencies.
• Offering low-quality resources or connections inconsistent with Founders School expectations.

Accelerator Program Manager Key Responsibilities

Build the culture, accountability structures, and support infrastructure that allow motivated student founders to execute reliably, use AI strategically, and attain results far exceeding those of conventional educational models.

Basic Requirements

• 3+ years in leadership or high-impact contributor positions at startups, scaling companies, or comparably rigorous settings.
• The capacity to participate meaningfully in entrepreneurial discussions and recognize when specialist input is required.
• A demonstrable skill beyond coaching: workshop design, event orchestration, content development, community cultivation, network expansion, or equivalent value-add.
• The presence to capture the focus of ambitious adolescents and build an environment they are eager to join.
• The capability to communicate critical feedback in ways that enhance drive and outcomes.
• Regular application of AI tools, with concrete illustrations of how AI enhances your productivity.
• Availability to work on-site in New York City (relocation assistance available).
• Legal authorization to work in the United States.

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Founded or helped found a company.
• Background coaching, mentoring, or managing programs for adolescents or emerging adults.
• An established network of entrepreneurs, operators, investors, or advisors.
• Startup experience in early phases where you managed diverse responsibilities and created frameworks from the ground up.

About Founders School

Founders School is a four-year high school built for ambitious students who want to create, build, and solve meaningful problems. The program combines Alpha School's elite academics, real-world experience, and mentorship from world-class entrepreneurs around three commitments to every student: Build a million-dollar business. Identify problems in the world worth solving. Master AI before adults do.

This is a place for people who'd rather build the thing than manage the thing. We're hiring the founding team that builds the dream high school for the most entrepreneurial and ambitious students in the country. Launching in NYC Fall 2026.

There is so much to cover for this exciting role, and space here is limited. Hit the Apply button if you found this interesting and want to learn more. We look forward to meeting you!

Working with us

This is a full-time (40 hours per week), long-term position. The position is immediately available and requires entering into an independent contractor agreement with Crossover as a Contractor of Record. The compensation level for this role is $100 USD/hour, which equates to $200,000 USD/year assuming 40 hours per week and 50 weeks per year. The payment period is weekly. Consult www.crossover.com/help-and-faqs for more details on this topic.

Crossover Job Code: LJ-5816-US-Paterson-AcceleratorPro.001