About the role
About Primer Primer is a growing network of K–8 schools restoring the timeless foundations of American education. Inspired by the original teaching primers that shaped a nation of readers, thinkers, and builders, our schools begin with what has always worked, and build for what lies ahead. Close-knit learning environments. Skilled educators. A culture that takes kids seriously as learners and leaders. Primers shaped the first 200 years of American children. Primer will ready them for the next.
About
the role We’re hiring a Market Manager in Alabama: a high impact role that serves as Primer's leader within a market and reports to the Alabama General Manager. You'll be accountable for the growth and educational operations of Primer in Alabama. We're looking for an executor with an education leadership background who is comfortable operating in high opacity environments and keeping multiple balls in the air. You'll be launching new Primers, supporting existing Primers, driving enrollment growth, and generally ensuring that we’re meeting the Primer standard for students and families across Alabama. And finally, because this role is brand new, you'll have an opportunity to help design
the role, build playbooks, and influence what success looks like for future hires. You might spend your morning working with the real estate team to evaluate a new location, your mid-day modeling active monitoring for new Primer Leaders and providing live feedback, your afternoon re-designing the pickup/drop-off plan for an existing campus, and your early evening hosting an Open House at a new campus. As our footprint in Alabama grows, this role will continue to evolve and you will evolve with it. What we're trying to do is extremely hard – there's a reason it hasn't been done before. There's a good chance this role will be the hardest work of your life. If you find that slightly-daunting-but-exciting, this might be
the role for you.
Responsibilities Ensure Primers across Alabama are meeting the Primer standard across all dimensions, from the academic program to campus operations. Partner with real estate, education, operations, marketing, and admissions teams to ensure the success of every Primer within a region of Alabama. Drive student growth by testing new local strategies. When they work, you'll help playbook the ideas so they can be leveraged in every city. Own many of Primer's local relationships, including families and leaders in the education community.