Director, Project Manager, Career Kickstart Assessment Production

Director, Project Manager, Career Kickstart Assessment Production 

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). East coast hours are required. 

Type: This is a full-time position 

About the Team 

Career Kickstart expands the successful AP model to the career and technical education space, by offering schools a new set of career-oriented high school courses that provide students with relevant, high-quality instruction and experiences that lead to industry-recognized credentials and college credit, and ultimately, power students' progress to in-demand jobs in high-growth sectors and choice-filled lives. We are in the nascent stages of building this program and have a start-up culture. 

To support the continued production of high-quality teacher- and student-facing materials, the Career Kickstart Program is looking fill the role of Director, Project Manager, Career Kickstart Assessment Production. 

About the Opportunity   

The Director, Project Manager, Career Kickstart Assessment Production will oversee project and process management for assessment authoring and review for up to 3 Career Kickstart courses, maintaining and communicating detailed reporting and status tracking across a number of interdependent workstreams. Partnering with Career Kickstart content teams, external consultant content creators, and various other stakeholders, the Director, Career Kickstart Assessment Production, will ensure that all assessment items are developed to designated specifications and on needed timelines. 

As Director, Project Manager, Career Kickstart Assessment Production, you are an integral member of the cross-functional team building and delivering Career Kickstart Exams and Instructional resources. You are a collaborative, insightful, and highly-motivated professional, with a keen eye for detail and a passion for educational opportunity. You are not shy about digging into ambiguity and you are quick to propose more efficient ways of getting things done. 

In this role, you will:  

Project Planning (40%) 

• Develop and maintain detailed item authoring and review schedules for all summative and formative assessments for each of the courses you manage 

• Collaborate with CB stakeholders (Career Kickstart Assessment, AP Classroom, Technology, Digital Delivery) as well as external partners to define and implement requirements for Career Kickstart assessment products based on the requirements of the range of Career Kickstart courses, platforms, and formats 

• Partner with Career Kickstart content teams to build and maintain detailed assessment item and form specifications, monitoring existing item inventory and scoping/scheduling assessment production work accordingly 

• Support the recruitment, on-boarding, and continued professional learning of high-quality independent consultants to serve as content creators across all applicable courses 

Project Management (40%) 

• Maintain clear and up-to-date documentation of the status of all assessment deliverables under your management 

• Facilitate multiple levels of internal and external reviews for all Career Kickstart assessment products and resources, ensuring all feedback is considered and integrated 

• Serve as the representative for assessment production for each of the courses you manage to both internal and external audiences, triaging obstacles and escalating roadblocks and delays, as needed 

• Lead weekly stand-ups with all relevant Career Kickstart content teams, providing visibility into and accountability for current work status and upcoming deliverables 

• Budget and track all costs in your purview and recommend efficient staffing and resourcing solutions  

Process Development and Improvement (20%) 

• Integrate project management tools for your course(s) with processes managed by other key stakeholders In the Assessment Production value chain 

• Collaborate with peers and the broader Assessment Production team to document and iterate on current project management practices 

• Share recommendations for process and tool improvements on an ongoing basis 

About You  

You Have: 

• Bachelor’s degree is required 

• 5+ years of relevant product and/or project management experience is required, preferably in the education industry 

• High degree of personal ownership and accountability to consistently deliver results in a fast-paced environment 

• Strong organizational and time management skills with a process-oriented mindset 

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