Program Manager, Entrepreneurship Education

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Who We Are

We are a design thinking lab for teens. We run entrepreneurship education programs that foster agentic thinking, smart risk-taking, and independent decision-making, building confidence and courage in what teens are capable of.

We believe entrepreneurship is a mindset: a problem-solving framework fueled by curiosity, creativity, and grit. By learning to think like a social entrepreneur, students embrace rejection, rewire their relationship with failure, lead with empathy, and adapt through iteration. We believe that developing this mindset as a teen gives students real differentiation, deeper self-knowledge, and the resilience to accomplish their goals.

About This Role

You own the end-to-end delivery of our flagship program. From the welcome email to students to the final story, you are accountable for the quality of the student experience, the effectiveness of our advisors, and the operational health of the program as it scales. You solve problems before they become patterns and hold the standard across every cohort, every term.

You will be in charge of a 3-month-long virtual experience where we guide students through the process of launching and leading their own ventures, projects, non-profits, and enterprises that create positive value in their communities. The program features weekly classes, 1-1 check-ins with entrepreneurial advisors, and challenges that encourage teens to put their ideas into action and reflect along the way.

Program Operations & Delivery

• You lead 2-3 cohorts per term.
• You own term logistics — scheduling, advisor coordination, make-up session options (Spring Break, major school breaks, religious holidays, IB/AP testing, etc.).
• You prepare, maintain, and iterate on all program resources, such as tracking documents, lesson plans, journal entries, weekly next actions, message templates, and interview materials.
• You monitor student progress across all cohorts; proactively manage students at risk of not graduating or struggling.
• You enforce program policies consistently across students and advisors while honoring the spirit and purpose of the program.
• You support with admissions interviews.

Advisor Support & Development

• You build advisor quality — recruiting, vetting, onboarding, and supporting leads through the hard moments mid-term, not just the easy ones.
• You run pulse-check channels with leads for routine feedback, troubleshooting, and cohort support throughout the term.

Graduation

• You own the graduation process — every student crosses the finish line with a real, well-developed story.
• You close the loop with parents and families and act on feedback before the next term starts.

Curriculum & Quality

• You hold the standard — keeping curriculum sharp and catching what breaks before it becomes a pattern, especially as we scale.

Social Entrepreneurship Education As we grow, you'll have the opportunity to…

• Manage the program team or partnerships.
• Design workshops and in-person experiences for teens and educators.
• Support the design and launch of new program initiatives.
• Manage a digital story archive as a resource for student stories, alumni engagement, and program credibility.

Who You Are

• You have a bias toward action and take pride in execution. You make fast decisions with 70% confidence, own the outcome either way, and create order from chaos without needing a perfect plan.
• You are ambitious and growth-oriented, constantly seeking new tools, frameworks, and feedback, but you keep your ego out of it. What drives you is creating value for others, not personal recognition.
• You communicate clearly and quickly, in writing and verbally. A message doesn't sit unread. Emails don’t intimidate you.
• You hold a high bar for every student and advisor experience, not just the ones that are easy to deliver.
• You solve problems. You can jump in to facilitate when an advisor is sick, deeply empathize with an overwhelmed student, and assume good intentions when things go sideways.
• You see this as your full-time entrepreneurial role, not a side quest. You want to help build the social enterprise.
• You are comfortable with a non-traditional schedule as our teen-focused programs run afternoons, evenings, and weekends, and you value the flexibility that comes with that.
• You believe a growth mindset matters more than tenure or age.

This Role Is Not for You If…

• You prefer strategy discussions over getting things done.
• You get overwhelmed by competing priorities or need a highly structured day to be effective.
• You need perfect information before making a call.
• You want standard 9–5 hours and no evening or weekend work.
• You'd rather build something new than make something great even better.
• You are uncomfortable being held accountable for outcomes, not just effort.
• You don't want to be directly parent- or partner-facing (now or in the future).

Why Take This Job

• You'll directly shape meaningful experiences for hundreds of ambitious teens each year and see the results term-by-term.
• You'll learn how to manage and scale a high-quality program, with room to grow into new roles as we grow.
• You'll have a high degree of autonomy and earn more responsibility over time.
• You'll develop real skills as a social entrepreneur inside an organization built around smart risk-taking, creative problem-solving, and iteration through real-world feedback.
• You'll work in a fully remote environment, own your own schedule, and have opportunities to travel for school visits, events, and conferences.
• 6+ weeks of time off and flexible scheduling, including 2-week closure during the winter holidays, spring break week, and time at the start and end of summer (when no programs are running).

Salaried, full-time position. Opportunities for growth in both pay and career advancement as we scale our programs and expand responsibilities.

Benefits include health and vision insurance, paid sick and personal days, a wellness stipend, remote office funds, and a professional development budget that grows over time.

Full professional proficiency in English