Senior Director, K-12, Strategic Account Manager (Indiana)

Senior Director, K-12 

College Board – State & District Partnerships 

Location: Remote in the MRO; Must live in Indiana 

About the Team  

The Midwest regional K-12 team at College Board is a dynamic, high-energy team focused on expanding opportunity for students by partnering with educators in high schools, school districts, and state departments of education. We sit within State & District Partnerships, a highly engaged group that works to provide opportunities to students through promoting the use of College Board programs and services including assessments (SAT, PSAT, & AP), BigFuture and College Board Search. 

About the Opportunity   

As a Senior Director of K-12, you are directly responsible for independently leading major initiatives that support College Board partnerships in states and/or districts to drive college and career readiness for all students. Your ability to build deep and meaningful relationships with colleagues and with educators will play a critical role in the lives of students and educators and will allow the College Board to achieve its goals connected to expanding access to College Board programs. When K-12 leaders in your territory have the information they need to select and implement College Board programs that will best serve their students, it is because of your expertise, ability to analyze and distill data, and skill to build strategic partnerships that advance student success. 

In this role, you will: 

Strategic State and/or District Management (75%): 

• Oversee the development of a comprehensive, multi-year state strategic plan in partnership with the Regional Vice President and Regional Executive Director with the to ensure increased access and opportunity to students & educators.  

• Serve as a state lead by spearheading an internal working group comprised of SDP, Higher Ed, Government Relations, and Policy colleagues to ensure that USS approaches are inclusive of varied stakeholders and support organizational priorities. 

• Apply understanding of the full K-12 education landscape in the state to influence strategy plans and execution.  

• Deeply understand state and district opportunities and problems to develop comprehensive strategic district account plans that include customized, data-driven, solutions that meet state and district needs, with the ultimate goal of maintaining and growing business across your assigned territory.    

• Build and own strong relationships with external partners and community stakeholders, identifying key decision-makers and influencers 

• Employ various College Board sources to access, compile, and analyze data in support of work with districts/states. Independently conduct standard and complex data analysis to inform recommendations to stakeholders in strategy pl