Executive Director, AP Assessment Production Management

In this role, you will:

Assessment Production Delivery(40%)

• Lead end-to-end delivery of insourced AP Exam production across40+ courses, ensuring 130+ forms are completed on time and within established windows aligned to the annual administration dates

• Oversee large-scaleproduction andprocess management across thousands of items,maintainingquality, timelines, and operational rigor

• Drive prioritization and resolution of ~6,000+ assessment items, proactivelyidentifyingrisks and removing barriers to production

• Oversee execution across multiple production models (digital, print, hybrid, accommodated), ensuring continuous improvement and operational effectiveness

• Serve as a primary partner to senior leaders (e.g., Curriculum & Assessment Department Heads), ensuring alignment, visibility, and execution across the portfolio of AP courses

Assessment Production Operations and Infrastructure(30%)

• Design and implement scalable processes, tools, and operating models to support a fully insourced assessment production function

• Build and manage an integrated processmanagement ecosystem enabling visibility across 10,000+ workflow steps and deliverables

• Proactively assess and manage dependencies on cross-functional team capacity, driving alignment on priorities, surfacing constraints, and ensuring realistic, achievable production commitments

• Own and operationalize a clear role clarity and accountability framework across Director, Senior Director, and Executive Director levels, ensuring work is executed at theappropriate leveland aligned to defined ownership expectations

Team Leadership(30%)

• Lead a team of20+ team membersthatis responsible forcourse-level end-to-end productionand process management of insourced AP examdevelopment

• Lead a manager-of-managers structure, providing strategic oversight to Senior Directors and empowering high-performing teams

• Ensure you:

• Set vision and priorities for the team,trackand 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

• Cultivate an inclusive and high-achieving culture that enables all team members to live out CollegeBoard’sOperating Principleseffectively

• Bring proven leadership experience and consistently embody CollegeBoard’sManager Expectationsin your work

About You

 To qualify for this role, you must have:

• Demonstrated success leading high-stakes, multi-year operational transformations at scale

• Experience using innovative thinking and data to inform decisions and actions

• Demonstrated fluency with emerging technologies, including AI-enabled tools, applying them strategically to informmultiyear project planning, while modeling effective and responsible use of AI to empower Assessment ProductionManagementleaders and teams

• Strong people leader with experience managing senior managers and cross-functional teams

• Exceptional communication, influence, and systems-thinking skills

• Experience working with digital assessment platforms, content production pipelines, or regulated delivery environments strongly preferred

• The ability to travel 6-8 times a year to College Board offices or on behalf of College Board business

Exceptional candidates can effectively speak to:

• 7-10 years of experience in assessment development, productdevelopmentand/or program management in the EdTech space

• A strategic and inclusive leadership style: you set clear priorities, build effective team structures, plan for future needs, and foster a culture of belonging

• Bachelor’s degreerequired;Master’sdegree preferred

All roles at College Board require:

• A passion for expanding educational and career opportunities and mission-driven work

• 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

• Clear and concise communication skills, written and verbal

• A learner's mindset and a commitment to growth: welcoming diverse perspectives, giving and receivingtimely, respectful feedback, and continuously improving through iterative learning and user input

• 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

• A collaborative and empathetic approach: working across differences, fostering trust, and contributing to a culture of shared success

• Authorization to work in the United States

About Our Process

• Application review will beginimmediatelyand will continue until the position is filled. This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days

• Whilethehiring processmay vary, it generallyincludes:resume and application submission, recruiter phone/video screen, hiring manager interview, performance exercise such as live coding, a panel interview, a conversation with leadership and reference checks

What We Offer

AtCollegeBoard, we offer more than a paycheck- we provide a meaningful career, a supportive team, and a comprehensive package designed to help you thrive.We’rea self-sustaining nonprofit that believes in fair and competitive compensation grounded in your qualifications, experience, impact, and the market.

A Thoughtful Approach to Compensation

• The hiring range for this role is$136,000 - $195,000.

• Your exact salary will depend on your location, experience, and how your background compares to others in similar roles at the College Board

• We aim to make our best offer upfront, rooted in fairness, transparency, and market data

• We adjust salaries by location to ensure fairness, no matter where you live