Campus Student Founder / Teacher

PEAK6•Austin, TX

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

We are launching a new business under PEAK6 that gives students the opportunity to teach their peers poker — as a way to build strategic thinking, decision-making under uncertainty, and confidence. You would be on the ground floor. Not running a club, not filling a role someone else designed — building the thing itself, with us. This is a PEAK6 company—not a UT program, and not affiliated with or endorsed by the University of Texas. We're starting here because we want students building it and students learning from it. No money is exchanged and nothing is wagered in the poker play itself. Gambling of any form is expressly prohibited. You get paid; the games do not involve stakes. These are skill-building lessons. Jenny Just co-founded PEAK6 in 1997 with $1.5M as a proprietary options trading firm. Today it's a multibillion-dollar, founder-led "company of companies" spanning fintech, finance, edtech, and insurance—every one of them a business where taking, pricing, and managing risk determines success. Poker is a fast and fun way to practice risk-taking: every hand is a bet placed on incomplete information, and you find out quickly whether you read it right. That's why Jenny has spent years teaching poker, and why she's watched what it does for people in rooms nowhere near a poker table. She has built a company around this idea before and seen it work. The next one she wants to build is this one—and she wants students to build it with her. We are hiring for 2 different roles: Track 1 — Student Founders (2-3 Positions) You build and manage the business at UT. Work directly with Jenny Just, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of PEAK6, and her team to set the strategy — what this looks like, who it reaches, how it grows Launch it, then run it Recruit students and build a community from nothing Help us hire and lead the student teachers under you Host one to two sessions per week Secure space and campus partners — or use our Austin office Build the marketing plan and execute it Track 2 — Student Teachers (10+ Positions) You'd teach beginner lessons one to two times a week, recruit the students who attend, and grow the program from zero. We fund it, equip it, and back you. Recruit students and build a community from nothing Deal and teach poker games, with some light support from professional poker instructors as needed/dictated Help create a room people want to come back to Why poker Poker rewards the player who acts on probability rather than waiting for certainty. That instinct translates directly to founding a company, raising money, negotiating, and leading.

Requirements

Extremely entrepreneurial
A self-starter
Charismatic and organized
Comfortable walking up to strangers and recruiting them
Interested in startups and leadership
Know how to play poker
Feel confident dealing and hosting a game
Want to build something that has your fingerprints on it
Open to students — any year, any major, any gender

Nice To Haves

Some experience is required, but we can help you level up your skills

Responsibilities

Build and manage the business at UT
Work directly with Jenny Just, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of PEAK6, and her team to set the strategy
Launch it, then run it
Recruit students and build a community from nothing
Help us hire and lead the student teachers under you
Host one to two sessions per week
Secure space and campus partners — or use our Austin office
Build the marketing plan and execute it
Teach beginner lessons one to two times a week
Recruit the students who attend
Grow the program from zero
Deal and teach poker games
Help create a room people want to come back to