Your Role as Manager of School Design

BGS's School Design practice builds the foundational architecture that enables schools to perform at the highest level. As a Manager of School Design, you work with school and system leaders to design, assess, and stress-test the core elements of a high-performing school: its mission and vision, academic model, program structure, staffing design, and student culture systems.

This is a hybrid role with travel on-site to schools across the United States (concentrated in the New York City Metropolitan area). You work in close partnership with our Managing Partners to set the design strategy for each engagement, translate complex institutional goals into clear and operational school design artifacts, and ensure that every element of a school's design is coherent, ambitious, and feasible.

Through our work, our school partners design the systems that make their vision a reality. Your deliverables are precise, sequenced, and built to last. You measure your success by the durability of what you build.

Your Beliefs & Behaviors

• You believe in our Core Beliefs and in the theory of action behind the Blueprint.

• You design with the end in mind. Every artifact you produce — whether a vision document, a staffing model, or a program map — is traceable back to outcomes for students, families, and faculty.

• You hold high standards for internal alignment and presentation. You see misalignment quickly and work to close gaps. You take pride in the quality of your written work and always seek to improve.

• You communicate with candor and precision, translating complex design decisions into language that school leaders can own and act on.

• You are a builder. You believe the difference between a good school and a great one often lives in the details of its design — and you treat those details as consequential.

• You believe in building a legacy, measuring your own success by client success that sustains over years and decades.

Your Qualifications for Manager, School Design

• At least 5 years of experience in school leadership, instructional leadership, or school design, with demonstrated results.

• Experience scaling a school model — you have built or helped build systems that transferred across campuses, grades, or cohorts.

• A track record as a founder or early team member of a high-performing school or program, with evidence of excellent student outcomes.

• Deep expertise in instructional leadership: you know what rigorous teaching looks like, how to design for it, and how to build the systems that sustain it.

• A Bachelor’s degree or higher.

Compensation for Manager, School Design

• Salary range: $120,000–$150,000 per year, depending on experience.

• Successful team members may earn bonuses, based on performance.

• As a fast-growing, mission-driven firm, we are committed to investing in our people. We offer flexible work, unlimited Paid Time Off, professional development opportunities, and wellness stipends that reflect our Core Belief in building systems and structures that enable educators to achieve their fullest potential.

To apply, please send an email to careers@bgs-advisors.com with the role you are applying for in the subject line, a brief note summarizing your fit, and your resume attached as PDF. Please include your earliest start date. We look forward to hearing from you and appreciate your interest.

Your Role as Director of Partnerships

The Director of Partnerships owns BGS’s national expansion. This is a business development role: approximately 90% of your time is spent sourcing, cultivating, and closing new client relationships across school networks, charter management organizations, districts, and foundations. The remaining 10% will involve support of ongoing projects, leveraging your credibility as an effective school leader.

We want to be a school leader’s first call when they are faced with a challenge; the first number they dial will be yours. You build and work a national pipeline, represent the firm at conferences and convenings as a credible practitioner voice, and develop the referral network that allows warm leads to find us as often as we find them. You own the full sales cycle — from first contact through proposal, negotiation, and close — and you build our momentum from the ground up.

This is a start-up role, with uncapped upside, inside a mission-driven firm. The infrastructure, brand recognition, and systems of a large consultancy do not exist here yet; you will be the one who builds them. If that energizes you, read on. If it gives you pause, this is probably not the right fit.

Your Responsibilities

• Cultivate long-term relationships with school and system leaders, funders, and partner organizations

• Develop and execute BGS's brand awareness strategy in the field: identifying the conferences, publications, networks, and conversations where BGS should have a seat and representing our team

• Build and manage a national pipeline of prospective clients

• Build BGS’s referral and partnership network — including funders, adjacent organizations, peer firms, and education leadership programs — so that warm leads find us as often as we find them

• Track market intelligence: where funding is flowing, which networks are growing, and what problems school leaders are prioritizing

• Collaborate with the Partners on proposal and scoping conversations, and ultimately, hand off new engagements to the project team with relationship continuity

Your Beliefs & Behaviors

• You believe in our Core Beliefs and in the theory of action behind the Blueprint. 

• You take ownership over the firm’s growth with a long-term horizon. You understand that the best client relationships take 12 to 18 months to close, and you invest accordingly.

• You are a builder of great teams and networks. There is no playbook for this role yet (a feature, not a bug, as some might say).

• You communicate with candor and credibility, and you are a connector. You invest in relationships because you believe the work matters beyond any single engagement.

• You are deeply motivated by building a legacy, and joining a team that believes we can transform student outcomes through improving schools. 

Your Qualifications for Director of Partnerships

• At least 7 years of experience in education leadership, start-up growth, or a combination of both.

• A track record in school leadership, system leadership, or school design, with outstanding results that distinguish you as a leader.

• Presence in the field: conference speaking experience, published writing, or a professional reputation that opens doors in the rooms that matter.

• An existing network in the PK–12 sector. You can identify prospective BGS clients and begin working relationships from day one.

• Comfort with the full sales cycle — sourcing, cultivating, scoping, proposing, negotiating, and closing — in a start-up environment. In this role, you will work directly with the founding Partners to develop and deliver on an expansion strategy that will transform schools.

• Preferred: Demonstrated success in a senior sales, business development, or growth role — in education services, consulting, or an adjacent field. We want to see pipeline you have built and deals you have closed.

• A Bachelor’s degree or higher.

Compensation for Director of Partnerships

• Base salary starting at $150,000, commensurate with experience.

• Total compensation rises significantly based on portfolio growth, with uncapped upside tied directly to revenue generated.

• As a fast-growing, mission-driven firm, we are committed to investing in our people. We offer flexible work, unlimited Paid Time Off, professional development opportunities, and wellness stipends that reflect our Core Belief in building systems and structures that enable educators to achieve their fullest potential.

To apply, please send an email to careers@bgs-advisors.com with the role you are applying for in the subject line, a brief note summarizing your fit, and your resume attached as PDF. Please include your earliest start date. We look forward to hearing from you and appreciate your interest.