Director, Project Manager, AP Strategy and Analytics
College Board - AP&I
Location: This is a fully remote role. Candidates who live near CB offices have the option of being fully remote or hybrid (Tuesday and Wednesday in office).
Type:This is a full-time position
About the Team
The AP Strategy and Analytics team is responsible for charting the future of the AP Program: We explore, evaluate and incubate the highest promise ideas to expand the reach of AP. Our goal is to serve a broad range of high school students to succeed in rigorous courses and earn credit opportunities that accelerate them to and through college. We are a group of versatile, high-performing individuals who work closely with leaders across College Board to drive high-value strategic initiatives for the Program. Annually, over 3 million students take AP courses, with almost 40% of high school graduates taking AP exams at some point in their high school career, creating significant potential for impact for anyone joining this team.
About the Opportunity
Reporting to the Executive Director of Analytics and Strategic Initiatives in AP, you are charged with elevating and keeping the team focused on big-picture milestones to drive progress and delivery, managing select complex projects from end-to-end in partnership with content lead, and overseeing key team functions such as all-hands meetings, staffing, and budgeting to foster a collaborative and productive team culture. In this role, you will:
Manage team to high level milestones (30%)
Define, elevate, and track critical milestones that align with strategic priorities, keeping them visible and top of mind for the team by facilitating milestone planning sessions and conducting periodic progress reviews to assess status, identify risks, and ensure focus on key objectives.
Monitor for and elevate timeline risks in periodic reviews and weekly team meetings
Support decision-making and adjustments in resources or timelines as needed, ensuring that day-to-day activities align with overall project objectives.
Lead end-to-end management of complex, strategic projects from planning/scoping through final deliverables (50%)
Collaborate with appropriate stakeholders to ensure project scope, work breakdown structure and roles/responsibilities and approvals are well defined and captured, and respective deliverables are on track.
Facilitate project team meetings, documents, and communicates open issues and next steps while maintaining ongoing documentation of decisions rationale.
Create and manage project plans for the team and keep team accountable, elevating and problem-solving for risks
Liaise with other teams at CB who are supporting work to ensure alignment on timelines and effective hand-offs
Oversee key team functions to enhance productivity, collaboration, and team culture, including all-hands meetings, budgeting, and resource planning (20%)
Plan and facilitate all-hands meetings and weekly problem-solving meeting, ensuring they are purposeful and drive alignment on key priorities, team learning, and collaboration.
Oversee team budget planning and monitor spending, serving as point for the AP budget group for our team
About You
Bachelor's degree in a relevant area
Formal project management credential preferred: e.g. CAPM, PMP, PRINCE2, IPMA certification or a project management certificate from an accredited institution.
5+ years of relevant experience with a focus on project management
Previous experience with new product/program development desirable
Strong ability to identify and solve problems in a fast-paced environment
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Strong organization and prioritization skills and the proven ability to move forward multiple projects in concert, both independently and as a member of the team
A passion for supporting educational and career opportunities for millions of students
You are authorized to work in the United States.
Willingness to travel 4-6 times per year
About Our Process
Application review will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled
While the hiring process may vary, it generally includes: 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.
About Our Benefits and Compensation
College Board offers a competitive benefits and compensation program that attracts top talent looking to make a difference in education. As a self-sustaining non-profit, we believe in compensating employees equitably in relation to each other, their qualifications, their impact, and the relevant market.
The hiring range for a new employee in this position is $80,000 to $130,000.College Board differentiates salaries by location so where you live will narrow the portion of this range in which you can expect a salary.
Your salary will be carefully determined based on your location, relevant experience, the external labor market, and the pay of College Board employees in similar roles. College Board strives to provide our best offer up front based on this criteria.
Your salary is only one part of all that College Board offers, including but not limited to:
A comprehensive package designed to support the well-being of employees and their families and promote education. Our robust benefits package includes health, dental, and vision insurance, generous paid time off, paid parental leave, fertility benefits, pet insurance, tuition assistance, retirement benefits, and more
Recognition of exceptional performance through annual bonuses, salary growth over time through market increases, and opportunities for merit raises and promotions based on increased scope of responsibility
A job that matters, a team that cares, and a place to learn, innovate and thrive
You can expect to have transparent conversations about benefits and compensation with our recruiters throughout your application process.
