Job: General Manager - City Expansion (Los Angeles)

Location: Los Angeles

Type: Full-Time

Salary: $80,000 - $130,000

Zen Educate, a well-funded, hyper-growth scale-up with significant traction in the US and UK is rapidly expanding our team and looking for leaders to launch new US cities and regions. Join us in making an impact on the lives of students and teachers.

At Zen, we help connect schools with temporary educators (substitute teachers, paraprofessionals, etc.) Our mission is to change the world of education recruitment and tackle teacher shortages. Our purpose-built platform dramatically improves system efficiencies using cutting-edge algorithms and a world-class user experience - schools save money, and teachers earn more!

This is your chance to join a high-growth tech startup on the ground floor and make a real difference. We are a collaborative company and you’re leadership will not only shape the future of Zen Educate in the US but also impact the wider education system. 

Strategic Leadership: Define your region's launch and growth strategy, setting and achieving ambitious targets. 

Define and Set Targets: Own the overall end-to-end delivery of a new city including planning, hiring, people management, launch, and everything in between

Team Development: Build and coach a strong commercial team to continuously improve service levels and usage in a particular geography

Relationship Management: Foster strategic partnerships with education leaders and key district accounts

Execution & Enablement: Own the execution and drive performance improvement of the logistics and operations of dispatching teachers and teaching assistants to work in schools by developing tools, processes, and systems. 

Get your hands dirty. Like any true start-up, no two weeks will be the same and a general interest in ‘mucking in’ and just getting the job done is crucial

Career Progression: As an early employee and a senior leader, you will play a significant role in shaping the company's strategy and direction, and enjoy accelerated career growth opportunities

Learning Environment: Thrive in an environment that prizes learning and growth to hone your skills as a professional with a dedicated focus on personal and professional development and mentorship from industry leaders. 

Social Impact: Join a company that is making a difference in education and positively impacting the lives of students and teachers.

Ownership: We expect everyone to ‘Act like an Owner’ as a core value so we make everyone an owner in the business with generous stock option grants

Top Performers: Startups are hard. We’re looking for relentless individuals

Proven track record of hitting targets

Passion for Education: Share our passion for positively impacting education 

Strong Bias to Action: Let’s roll up our sleeves together and get things done

- Work that you want to talk about

- Competitive salary

- Ownership in the company

- 15+ days PTO & 9 federal holidays

- Fun-loving, tight-knit team solving a problem that makes a difference

- Health Insurance (Dental and Vision)

- 401k

At Zen, we strive to build a culture of equity and inclusion, where everyone is respected, valued and appreciated for their unique traits, experiences and perspectives. We are committed to creating a safe, inclusive and equitable environment where our team can thrive, regardless of age, ethnicity, race, gender identity, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, disability, religion or beliefs. We value our differences and believe that practices of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion help us create a fairer, more compassionate environment for all.

We welcome applicants with diverse backgrounds and different experiences and perspectives — just like the staff who teach through Zen and the children at the schools we work with. We believe in hiring the best people from the widest pool and creating an inclusive culture where people’s voices are heard and all our team can look forward to coming to work.

We are committed to building a team that reflects the diversity of our community and promoting an equitable and inclusive environment for all. We seek out diverse opinions, beliefs, and experiences because they collectively make us stronger; we’ve had former teachers, pilots, fundraisers, engineers, lawyers, marketers, social media experts and more join our team.