Executive Director, AP Instructional Design

Executive Director, AP Instructional Design 

College Board - API 

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). All CB employees are required to occasionally travel to meet in person for business purposes. 

Role Type: This is a full-time position. 

About the Team  

The College Board’s Advanced Placement and Instruction division (300+ staff) develops and administers coursework taken by more than 3 million students worldwide each school year, and the related subject-matter exams utilized by more than 4,000 colleges and universities for course placement and awarding of college credit. These include credit and placement examination programs like CLEP and ACCUplacer; Advanced Placement (AP) and Pre-AP courses in 40+ disciplines; and associated teacher professional learning programs.   

The Advanced Placement Program is the largest offering in the division’s portfolio, and has six departments: Curriculum and Assessment, which develops the course frameworks, designs the exams, and guides the grading and scoring process; Delivery, which manages the annual cycle of transactions with schools – from student registration to exam administration, scoring, and score reporting; Access, which focuses on expanding availability of AP and Pre-AP courses, participation among traditionally underserved students, and supporting teachers; Strategy, which measures and evaluates the program’s components, identifies and evaluates program opportunities and threats, and leads the development and implementation of strategic initiatives; and Instructional Design, a new department charged with developing and implementing a curricular research and design phase to proceed all major content development projects, including: any possible new AP course; any significant revision to existing AP courses; major changes to student assessments, such as replacing part of the summative exam with through-course tasks or projects; and new teacher resources. 

About the Opportunity   

As Executive Director, you will lead the curricular research and instructional design phases for a portfolio of projects within the department. To this end, you will work closely with cross-functional teams and manage the project lifecycle from inception through the development and delivery of precise project requirements, product roadmaps and launch plans. You will lead the curricular research, prototyping, and content development for new AP courses, focusing on relevance, engagement, and alignment with college credit standards. To do this, you will assemble and manage flexible teams throughout the project phases, ensuring seamless transitions and collaboration across departments. Your leadership will drive the innovation and quality of instructional content, directly impacting the educational experience of millions of students globally.  

As the ED, AP Instructional Design, you will develop and lead approaches such as, but not limited to, the following:  

• Lead the instructional design process by guiding the work of curriculum analysts, instructional designers, and subject matter experts to develop and refine instructional content and resources across various AP courses.  

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Learning Engineering, Access, and