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College Board is hiring an Executive Director, AP Assessment Production Management. This senior leadership role directs end-to-end process management of insourced AP exam development across 40+ courses, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality assessment forms at scale. The role involves leading a team of 20+ professionals, designing scalable production systems, and partnering with senior leadership to drive operational alignment and continuous improvement.

Highlights

Lead production and process management for over 40 AP courses, ensuring 130+ exam forms are delivered on time.
Oversee large-scale management of approximately 6,000 assessment items and thousands of workflow steps.
Manage multiple production models including digital, print, hybrid, and accommodated formats.
Design and implement scalable processes, tools, and operating models for fully insourced assessment production.
Build an integrated production management ecosystem with visibility across 10,000+ workflow steps and deliverables.
Lead and mentor a team of more than 20 members, including senior directors, in a manager-of-managers structure.
Requires strong leadership experience, systems-thinking, communication skills, and ability to manage cross-functional teams.
Experience preferred with digital assessment platforms, content production pipelines, or regulated delivery environments.
Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred; 7-10 years of EdTech-related assessment or program management experience is ideal.
Compensation range is $136,000 to $195,000, adjusted by location and experience, with annual bonuses and merit-based raises.

Executive Director, AP Assessment Production Management Full Description

Executive Director, AP Assessment Production Management

College Board - AP&I

Location: This is a remote role. Candidates who live near CB offices have the option of being fully remote or hybrid (Tuesday and Wednesday in office).

Role Type: This is a full-time position

About the Team

APÂ® is a rigorous academic program built on the commitment, passion and hard work of students and educators from secondary schools and higher education. With almost 40 courses in a wide variety of subject areas, AP provides willing and academically prepared high school students with the opportunity to study and learn at the college level. The AP program is rapidly expanding its development of instructional and assessment products under the leadership of the growing Assessment Production team. This role would oversee the Assessment Production Management Team and is comprised of 20+ professionals overseeing the end-to-end production and process management of insourced AP exam development.

About the Opportunity

The Executive Director, AP Assessment Production Management is a senior leadership role responsible for leading the end-to-end process management of insourced AP exam development across 40+ courses, ensuring the reliable, on-time delivery of high-quality assessment forms at scale. This role sits at the center of a complex, cross-functional ecosystem, serving as a key operational and strategic partner to senior leadership on AP Production & Delivery, AP Curriculum & Assessment, and other senior leaders to drive alignment, execution, and continuous improvement during a period of rapid growth and transformation in the AP Program.

The Executive Director is accountable for building and sustaining an integrated production management ecosystem that enables visibility, coordination, and control across a multitude of interdependent workflows and deliverables. This includes designing scalable systems, tools, and processes that support multiple production modalities and position the organization for full insourcing, increased volume, and future portfolio expansion, while balancing immediate delivery demands with long-term operational resilience.

In this role, you will:

Assessment Production Delivery (40%)

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

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 process management 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 the appropriate level and aligned to defined ownership expectations

Team Leadership (30%)

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

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, 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

Cultivate an inclusive and high-achieving culture that enables all team members to live out College Board's Operating Principles effectively

Bring proven leadership experience and consistently embody College Board's Manager Expectations in 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 inform multiyear project planning, while modeling effective and responsible use of AI to empower Assessment Production Management leaders 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, product development and/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 degree required; Master's degree 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 receiving timely, 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 begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days

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

What We Offer

At College Board, we offer more than a paycheck- we provide a meaningful career, a supportive team, and a comprehensive package designed to help you thrive. We're a 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

You'll have open, transparent conversations about compensation, benefits, and what it's like to work at College Board throughout your hiring process. Check out our careers page for more.

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