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Director of Client Relations, Alpha - $200,000/year USD

Crossover
Palo Alto, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 6/8/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 8/31/2026
Many enrollment positions focus purely on throughput. This position is designed to uphold standards.

Alpha is constructing a school model of significant ambition. Our campuses integrate demanding academics, technology-driven instruction, and elevated expectations for both students and faculty. Students regularly outpace national learning benchmarks—the results are measurable. Afternoons are reserved for deeper exploration, independent work, and practical skill development. The model delivers results. But success depends entirely on enrolling the right families.

This is where your role begins.

You will manage the complete enrollment experience for a single campus, from initial outreach through family onboarding. This is not a role where responsibilities are divided. You are accountable for how families perceive us, how well they comprehend the model, and whether enrollment occurs for sound reasons. You will evaluate alignment, facilitate informed discussions, and advise against enrollment when it is the appropriate course. The objective is not volume maximization. The objective is fit.

We welcome applicants from premium client-facing environments outside conventional education: independent schools, competitive admissions programs, high-end hospitality, executive concierge services, exclusive membership communities, or entrepreneurs who have directly overseen high-value client relationships from start to finish. What counts is your capacity to execute a detailed, multi-phase engagement with discernment, precision, and accountability.

If your professional background centers on delivering exceptional service where reputation, trust, and experiential quality define success, this role will resonate—only here, the impact is measurably transformative.

This is a salaried, full-time, on-site position. We are currently hiring across La Jolla, Los Angeles, Marin County, Palo Alto, Piedmont, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Santa Monica, and South Bay. Relocation assistance is provided.

What You Will Be Doing

  • Managing the complete enrollment pathway for prospective families, beginning with initial inquiry and concluding with onboarding.
  • Facilitating exploratory conversations to evaluate alignment before proposing options or advancing families to subsequent stages.
  • Overseeing 20 concurrent family engagements across varying stages of the enrollment cycle, with disciplined tracking and follow-up protocols.
  • Delivering campus visits, student shadow days, and enrollment discussions that articulate outcomes, expectations, and ideal candidate profiles with clarity.
  • Ensuring precision in CRM and enrollment data systems (HubSpot and SIS) to enable forecasting, prioritization, and consistent service delivery.

What You Won’t Be Doing

  • Applying transactional or coercive enrollment methods.
  • Accepting families who lack alignment simply to satisfy numerical targets.
  • Overseeing a sizable team or operating within multi-tier approval structures.
  • Distributing accountability for the family journey across multiple individuals.
  • Performing duties remotely. This position is inherently campus-based.

Director Of Client Relations Key Responsibilities

Design and deliver a high-integrity, selective enrollment process that secures ideal-fit families while safeguarding the standards and effectiveness of the Alpha educational model.

Basic Requirements

  • 3 years providing premium, individualized service in settings where quality of service directly shapes organizational reputation (education, luxury hospitality, executive assistance, exclusive membership groups, or owner-managed service enterprises).
  • Proven ownership of a complete client, admissions, or enrollment process from initial engagement through final onboarding.
  • Experience coordinating 20 concurrent client, guest, or family relationships across multiple stages, supported by a structured tracking and prioritization approach.
  • Capacity to share specific instances of consultative judgment, including occasions where you advised against your offering because it was not appropriate.
  • Professional-level written communication experience with C-suite executives, high-net-worth clients, or discerning stakeholders.
  • Willingness to reside in or relocate within 60 days to one of these regions: La Jolla, CA; Los Angeles, CA; Marin County, CA; Palo Alto, CA; Piedmont, CA; San Francisco, CA; Santa Barbara, CA; Santa Monica, CA; or South Bay, CA.
  • Authorized to work in the United States without requiring visa sponsorship.

Nice-to-have Requirements

  • Background in selective independent school admissions or competitive enrollment programs.
  • Professional experience in luxury hospitality, VIP client services, or senior executive support.
  • History of designing or optimizing enrollment workflows, standard operating procedures, or service frameworks.
  • Proficiency leveraging data and CRM analytics to enhance conversion alignment, not merely velocity.

About Alpha

Want to join a learning rebellion that’s transforming the traditional classroom?

Alpha School is on a mission to reshape education with a bold approach that harnesses AI to accelerate learning and unleash student potential.

They don’t play by the old rules.

Alpha is creating a new paradigm where students master core academics in just two hours a day, freeing up time for hands-on, passion-driven learning that truly prepares them for the real world.

Alpha School is rewriting the rules of education.

Sounds too good to be true? It’s not.

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-5531-US-PaloAlto-DirectorofClie1

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