Executive Director, K-12, Northeast Regional Team

Executive Director, K-12 

College Board – State & District Partnerships 

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 Northeast Regional Team at College Board is a dynamic, high-energy team focused on expanding opportunities for students by partnering with educators in state departments of education, school districts, schools, and educational organizations to expand opportunities for students to own their futures. We sit within State & District Partnerships (SDP) (100+ staff), a highly engaged group that works to provide opportunities to students through promoting the use of College Board programs and services (SAT, PSAT, & AP) and BigFuture. 

About the opportunity  

As the Executive Director, you will report to the Regional Vice President (RVP), and you will be responsible for driving the execution of the 3–5-year strategy in your region while managing the region’s K-12 service team and College Board’s local and state partnerships/account initiatives. In doing so, you will lead and manage the K-12 services team to achieve enterprise, divisional, and regional goals that have broad impact within and across the College Board. You will serve as a liaison to and with other SDP Executive Directors, the College Readiness Assessment, BigFuture, and Advanced Placement programs, the SDP division and other divisions on initiatives that have broad impact to College Board programs. You also may be assigned by the RVP or Senior Vice President special assignments or additional liaison roles. This position will require you to independently take initiative, make decisions, and drive projects forward.  

In this role, you will: 

Manage & Coach Your Team (40%) 

• Lead and inspire a high-performing K-12 team, fostering a culture of collaboration, inclusion, growth and excellence to meet regional short-term, medium-term and long-term goals 

• Manage and mentor a team in their work with states, Top 250 districts, and influential organizations across the country  

• Provide coaching and support to K-12 staff in the development and delivery of presentations, workshops, and professional development programs to ensure they deliver results for and with their districts and states).   

• Identify emerging staff professional development needs and align individual and team supports accordingly 

• Partner with regional VP to refine engagement plan and execute plan with the regional team alongside the VP  

• Ensure effective communication across all levels of unit, promoting transparency and alignment to organization, division, and unit. This includes designing and delivering strong team meeting content, spearheading regula