Executive Director, AP Credit and Placement

Executive Director, AP Credit and Placement 

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 College Board’s Advanced Placement and Instruction (AP&I) division develops and administers coursework taken by almost 4 million students worldwide each school year, and the related subject-matter exams utilized by thousands of colleges and universities for course placement and awarding of college credit. The AP Product Strategy department in the AP&I division identifies and evaluates new program opportunities, including ways to expand upon AP’s value proposition, and secures AP’s value to students and families.  

The AP Credit and Placement team, an expanding, nine-person unit which sits within the AP Product Strategy department, achieves ambitious goals for credit availability across all AP courses, both established and recently launched courses, as well as contributing to the development of and laying a foundation for credit availability for courses that have yet to launch. The team is committed to expanding opportunities for students, and is equally committed to assuring that colleges and universities find value in providing students with advanced placement and credit for their AP scores.   

The AP Credit and Placement team is dedicated to expanding AP’s reach by developing and implementing strategies that secure AP credit policies, helping students earn college credit and placement. The team builds scalable models that enhance faculty understanding of AP course and exam content and student outcomes. Our team is dedicated to forward-thinking policy development and to ensuring that AP continues to be valued by and provide value to higher education leaders for its role in preparing and accelerating students. 

About the Opportunity 

As the Executive Director, AP Credit and Placement, you will be responsible for leading the team to surpass our goals and consistently secure and expand the landscape of credit availability. You’ll focus on rapidly securing credit for new and recently launched AP courses and exams while assuring continued acceptance of all AP subjects for credit by colleges and universities.  

You are motivated by the impact that credit has on propelling students to college and to degrees, particularly students currently underrepresented in college. You are equally committed to assuring that colleges and universities find value in providing students with advanced placement and credit for their AP scores, partnering with a range of campus leaders to connect AP credit acceptance to their goals for student retention and success.  

You have a campaigner’s mindset and toolkit, and are motivated by demanding, measurable goals. You enjoy crafting new strategies while improving upon proven approaches. You like to understand the return to your investments and seek ways to bring highly effective efforts to scale.  

In this role, you will: 

Strategy, Analysis, and Prototyping (35%) 

• Use data to set goals, prioritize opportunities, evaluate strategies, and determine what’s working and what’s not 

• Communicate with colleagues using data and evidence about the progress to—and barriers to—goals  

• Identify data-backed opportunities to start and t