Executive Director, AP Assessment Production Management
The College Board
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $136,000 - $195,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Lead end-to-end delivery of insourced AP Exam production across 40 + courses, ensuring 130+ forms are completed on time and within established windows aligned to the annual administration dates
- Oversee large-scale production and process management across thousands of items, maintaining quality, timelines, and operational rigor
- Drive prioritization and resolution of ~6,000+ assessment items, proactively identifying risks and removing barriers to production
- Oversee execution across multiple production models (digital, print, hybrid, accommodated), ensuring continuous improvement and operational effectiveness
- Design and implement scalable processes, tools, and operating models to support a fully insourced assessment production function
- Build and manage an integrated process management ecosystem enabling visibility across 10,000+ workflow steps and deliverables
- Lead a team of 20+ team members that is responsible for course-level end-to-end production and process management of insourced AP exam development
- Set vision and priorities for the team, track and mange progress to goals, and provide coaching and support to ensure team members meet and exceed goals, remain engaged, and contribute meaningfully to our mission
Requirements
- 7-10 years of experience in assessment development, product development and/or program management in the EdTech space
- Exceptional communication, influence, and systems-thinking skills
- Experience working with digital assessment platforms, content production pipelines, or regulated delivery environments strongly preferred
- Bachelor’s degree required ; Master’s degree preferred
- The ability to travel 6-8 times a year to College Board offices or on behalf of College Board business
- Curiosity and enthusiasm for emerging technologies, with a willingness to experiment with and adopt new AI-driven solutions and comfort with learning and applying new digital tools independently and proactively
- A drive for impact and excellence: solving complex problems, making data-informed decisions, prioritizing what matters most, and continuously improving through learning, user input, and external benchmarking
- Strong people leader with experience managing senior managers and cross-functional teams
- Demonstrated success leading high-stakes, multi-year operational transformations at scale
- Demonstrated fluency with emerging technologies, including AI-enabled tools, applying them strategically to inform multiyear project planning , while modeling effective and responsible use of AI to empower Assessment Production Management leaders and teams
Benefits
- Annual bonuses and opportunities for merit-based raises and promotions
- A mission-driven workplace where your impact matters
- A team that invests in your development and success
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
assessment developmentproduct developmentprogram managementprocess managementdata-informed decision makingoperational transformationsdigital assessment platformscontent production pipelinesAI-driven solutionsworkflow management
Soft Skills
communicationinfluencesystems-thinkingproblem solvingprioritizationcontinuous improvementpeople leadershipteam managementcoachingengagement