The College Board

Director

The AP Access team’s goal is to extend the growth and reach of the AP Program to serve the middle third of high school students by growing participation, serving more underrepresented students, and supporting teachers and schools to help students succeed.
The Instructional Services team within this department is dedicated to bringing innovative approaches to AP teaching and learning to scale that are inspired by and build on the needs, experiences, and insights of our educator and student communities.
Oversee and grow the business operations of AP professional learning and instructional portfolio at scale, ensuring high-quality delivery, financial sustainability, and innovation in support of AP’s mission to deepen teacher instruction and elevate student learning potential.
Lead financial management and oversight for AP Instructional Services, optimizing budgets and driving data-informed resource allocation.
Oversee lifecycle development of instructional service offerings and align processes with instructional design and curriculum updates.
Engineer and execute strategies to increase teacher participation and craft collateral to communicate offerings internally and externally.
Expand and deepen adoption of instructional and professional learning activities by leveraging educator feedback and research insights.
Identify, evaluate, and negotiate partnerships with endorsers, curriculum partners, and corporate partners; design frameworks to recruit and monitor partners.
Lead and manage a team of four responsible for business and partnership management of the AP Professional Learning and Instructional Services portfolio.

Senior Director, AP Instructional Services

Global Policy and External Relations (GPER) is a close-knit team of 14 policy and government relations (GR) professionals who drive policy proposals and appropriation priorities from design to implementation. Our core capabilities are policy design and adoption to reach a broader group of students, and to help College Board programs innovate, adapt, and grow . GR also focuses on advocacy and policy implementation to build and maintain a powerful network of external allies that will help us advance our organizational goals. This position will report to the Executive Director for State Government Relations .
As a Senior Director, State Government Relations, you are a strong leader who collaborates with colleagues to create strategies to increase awareness in support of College Board programs that help grow them. You are a relationship expert: you build and manage a network of governors, education policy advisors, legislators, AP (Advanced Placement) Advocates, and education associations and organizations. You can operate at the state and national levels, owning a national relationship or an external grouping of relationships important to the College Board and optimize our engagement and investment. You establish formal partnerships between the states and the College Board. You are a strong communicator with expertise in a specific policy area, which allows you to clearly communicate policy statements and proposals .
In this role, you will: Lead State Government Relations (60%) Build and manage relationships across multiple states (Arizona, Wisconsin, Idaho, Louisiana and Nevada), with a focus on Arizona Maintain a deep understanding of the key decision-makers that influence legislation in the state Understand the legislative environment across multiple states and be able to distill key information and strategy recommendations to organization leadership Able to take on new states and prioritize quickly to reach College Board goals Set and achieve measurable maintenance, and growth, in volume and revenue for College Board products (including AP, Pre-AP, CLEP, PSAT, SAT and Search) in all states in their portfolio. Measurable metrics include state and federal appropriations, new AP courses in schools, and student participation Drive Policy & Partnership Development (20%) Own a national relationship or group of relationships i.e., policy makers, contract lobbyists, Higher Education GR officials – ensuring maximum return on investment . When possible, establish formal partnerships between your assigned states and College Board . Develop understanding of AP credit policies and their applications in various states Develop expertise in a specific policy area such as internal data used to support GR work and teacher certification/shortages, and work closely with the Policy Team and Comms to craft policy statements and proposals ​
Implement Cross-Divisional Strategy (20%) Collaborate with colleagues on the Policy team and in the States and District Partnerships Division to develop long-term strategies for your states Move agilely to develop and implement short-term strategies in additional states when needed
Lead State Government Relations (60%): Build and manage relationships across multiple states (Arizona, Wisconsin, Idaho, Louisiana and Nevada), with a focus on Arizona; Maintain a deep understanding of the key decision-makers that influence legislation in the state; Understand the legislative environment across multiple states and be able to distill key information and strategy recommendations to organization leadership; Able to take on new states and prioritize quickly to reach College Board goals; Set and achieve measurable maintenance, and growth, in volume and revenue for College Board products (including AP, Pre-AP, CLEP, PSAT, SAT and Search) in all states in their portfolio. Measurable metrics include state and federal appropriations, new AP courses in schools, and student participation; Drive Policy & Partnership Development (20%): Own a national relationship or group of relationships i.e., policy makers, contract lobbyists, Higher Education GR officials – ensuring maximum return on investment . When possible, establish formal partnerships between your assigned states and College Board . Develop understanding of AP credit policies and their applications in various states; Implement Cross-Divisional Strategy (20%): Collaborate with colleagues on the Policy team and in the States and District Partnerships Division to develop long-term strategies for your states; Move agilely to develop and implement short-term strategies in additional states when needed

Senior Director, Government Relations

Accounts Receivable

• Support PSAT invoicing: align schedules, validate SSOR-to-Workday interface, create invoices, submit adjustments/write-offs, approve refunds, deliver stats, complete audit documentation
• Conduct collections outreach: manage automated reminders, follow-ups, reduce receivables aged 60+ days, provide daily status updates, resolve disputes and enter adjustments
• Provide team support: redistribute workloads during peak periods, maintain invoice processing completion rate during peak windows
• Collaborate with AP and SAT School Day billing, integrate new invoicing schedules, manage customer outreach to maintain clean receivables and high client satisfaction

Accounts Receivable Specialist

Full-stack Engineer

• Design & Implementation (70%): Build innovative solutions using Agile, CI/CD, and DevOps best practices; automate infrastructure lifecycle with IaC; develop internal tools; create custom Backstage plugins using React, Typescript and/or Node.js; collaborate with domain SMEs to analyze, design, and deliver features; contribute to Cloud Engineering Program
• Team Operations & Success (20%): Implement cloud-first architectures and best practices; research emerging trends and recommend technologies; participate in agile ceremonies; strengthen code quality via peer reviews; assist in diagnosing production issues
• Team Coordination (10%): Mentor team members; design training materials; lead technical efforts focusing on DNS, Disaster Recovery and Resiliency

Senior Director, AP Instructional Services

Senior Director, Government Relations

Accounts Receivable Specialist

Senior Engineer