Associate Director, Program Manager, Digital Assessments

Associate Director, Program Manager, Digital Assessments 

College Board – OCEO, Digital Product 

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).  

Role Type:  This is a full-time position 

About the Team  

The Digital Product team drives College Board’s evolution toward a next-generation digital assessment experience. Digital Product team members partner across the organization to ensure every solution we build improves outcomes for students, educators, and institutions. Within this organization, the Digital Product Development Program Management (PDPM) team orchestrates the delivery of these high-impact initiatives.  

We are a collaborative group of program and project managers who guide and support cross-functional workstreams spanning assessment operations, digital readiness, and assessment delivery. We ensure efficient coordination across business, product, and technology partners—balancing strategy with execution and ensuring workstreams move from concept to launch and operational execution seamlessly. 

About the Opportunity   

As Associate Program Manager, Digital Assessments, you will play a pivotal role in operationalizing and advancing digital assessment delivery. This position is ideal for a highly organized, proactive project manager eager to learn the digital assessment landscape, manage operational delivery, and support the execution of digital product initiatives. 
 
You will lead and/or support defined projects across digital assessment operations—assessment delivery readiness, user acceptance testing (UAT), and pilot support—while ensuring teams remain aligned, risks are mitigated, and deliverables meet quality expectations. 
 
This role bridges program management discipline with digital product execution. You will partner closely with colleagues across PDPM, Assessment Delivery, Digital Product, College Readiness Assessments (CRA), and Advanced Placement (AP) to ensure digital assessments are delivered smoothly and successfully. 

In this role, you will:  

Project & Program Delivery (50%) 

• Lead and coordinate defined workstreams under the direction of senior PDPM staff. 

• Manage the day-to-day execution of projects, ensuring scope, schedule, and quality goals are met. 

• Maintain and update project plans, schedules, risk registers, and key documentation (meeting notes, process maps, action logs, etc.). 

• Drive alignment among stakeholders by facilitating stand-ups, coordinating status updates, and following up on deliverables. 

• Translate retrospective outcomes into actionable improvement plans that enhance efficiency, collaboration, and deliver quality across initiatives. 

Cross-Functional Collaboration (30%) 

• Partner with internal stakeholders to support execution of digital assessment delivery, readiness initiatives, or digital pilots. 

• Support key communication touchpoints, ensuring clear documentation of project status, risks, and dependencies across teams. 

• Create clear concise summaries and updates for cross-functional stakeholders. 

• Build strong relationships across teams and serve as a reliable point of contact for coordination and follow-through. 

• Facilitate workstream