Associate Director, AP Editorial Production

Associate Director, AP Editorial 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).   Type: This is a full-time position 

About the Team  

AP® 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. The team currently consists of 18 talented and collaborative professionals with expertise in a variety of domains that are integral to the assessment production process. 

To support the continued production of high-quality teacher- and student-facing materials, the AP Program is looking fill the role of Associate Director, AP Editorial Production. 

About the Opportunity   

The Associate Director, AP Editorial Production will oversee project and process management for the various editorial reviews across all AP courses and products, maintaining and communicating detailed reporting and status tracking across a number of interdependent workstreams. Partnering with the AP Editorial team, AP content teams, and various other stakeholders, the Associate Director, AP Editorial Production will ensure that all assessment items undergo the rigorous vetting and editing processes that ensure a high-quality end product for AP teachers and students. 

As an Associate Director of AP Assessment Production, you are an integral member of the cross-functional team building and delivering AP 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:  

Build and maintain detailed editorial production plans across courses and products (40%) 

• Develop and maintain detailed review schedules for all summative and formative assessments as well as other ad hoc editorial initiatives 

• Maintain clear and up-to-date documentation of the status of all editorial deliverables  

• Collaborate with relevant CB stakeholders to refine and revise prioritization of competing deliverables, managing editorial team bandwidth  

• Calculate copyedit needs across the AP Assessment Production team based on current and long-term projected schedules; compare copyedit capacity against projected needs and identify potential gaps in copyedit capacity 

• Oversee the timing of new course onboarding, including development of course-specific authoring / editorial guidelines in collaboration with relevant technology teams 

Manage all aspects of relevant editorial review processes (40%) 

• Facilitate multiple levels of editorial review for all AP assessment products and resources, including training and management of outside vendors, where needed 

• Lead weekly stand-ups with the AP Editorial team, providing visibility into and accountability for current work status and upcoming deliverables 

• Facilitate resolution meetings to streamline feedback integration and ensure alignment and between editorial and content teams 

• Serve as liaison between editorial and other teams to support the resolution of issues affecting the editorial quality of items 

• 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 editorial work 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 

• Collaborate with Senior Director, Editorial Quality to define and uphold best practices, identifying process refinements that safeguard the editorial quality of all AP Assessment products  

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

 About You  

You Have: 

• 3+ years of relevant product and/or project management experience (required), preferably in the education industry 

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