Associate Director, Investments and Strategic Initiatives

Associate Director, Investments and Strategic Initiatives

College Board - Finance

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 Investments and Strategic Initiatives team is at the forefront of shaping the College Board’s future — identifying bold opportunities, guiding strategic growth, and driving impact through smart investments. This highly visible, five-person team partners closely with leaders across AP, SAT, BigFuture, Finance, and Strategy, offering you unparalleled exposure to senior decision-making and the fast-growing EdTech and impact investing sectors. If you’re passionate about applying your financial acumen to initiatives that make a difference, this is your chance to do work that matters.

 About the Opportunity   

As the Associate Director of Investments and Strategic Initiatives, you will play a critical role in shaping the College Board’s long-term business strategy. Your work will directly influence how we expand access to education for millions of students. You will work on important strategic initiatives and develop financial analysis that supports key decisions related to investments, M&A transactions, and strategic partnerships. You will also be responsible for growing the College Board’s impact investment fund. This role offers long-term upward mobility at College Board, but also positions you as a strong candidate for a top MBA program after 2-3 years (many former Associate Directors have gone this route). 

In this role, you will:  

Advance our M&A strategy that we hope will yield tremendous impact not only for the organization but for our members and students.  (60%)  

• Research education sectors, develop landscape assessment, and analyze and understand trends to identify new areas of growth for the College Board. 

• Analyze potential acquisition targets and develop preliminary strategic rationale and risk assessment.   

• Develop analytical frameworks and complex financial models, including company projections, customer analysis, company valuation, and financial return analysis.  

• Participate in financial due diligence of target companies. 

• Work closely with senior leaders from Finance, Strategy, Talent, Technology, and Legal to advance transactions through College Board’s approval process.   

• Create effective presentation materials for senior management and Board members.  

• Play a key role in the overall project management and execution of acquisitions.   

 Grow our Impact Investment Portfolio (40%)   

• Source investment opportunities for the College Board’s growing impact investment fund via industry research and meetings with Edtech investors and entrepreneurs.  

• Participate in due diligence process to evaluate mission impact potential, financial return, and strategic benefits of investments in early-stage education technology companies.  

• Lead all aspects of the financial analysis to evalua