Director, Special Projects

Director, Special Projects  

College Board – State & District Partnerships  

Remote (must work East coast hours) 

About the Team 

The State and District Partnerships (SDP) team at College Board is a dynamic and high-energy group dedicated to expanding opportunities for students by collaborating with educators in high schools, school districts, and state departments of education. Our team, consisting of over 100 highly engaged staff members, is committed to promoting the use of College Board programs and services, including the SAT Suite of Assessments, Advanced Placement (AP), and BigFuture. Our division is relentless in our pursuit of increasing the number of students who have access to these programs and ensuring our partners have the supports they need to implement them effectively.  

Within SDP, the Business Planning & Operations (BP&O) team focuses on developing and implementing efficient business processes across the division and with cross-organizational teams to ensure the seamless delivery of our programs. We leverage data, observation, experience, and creativity to guide decision-making and process development making all of our teams in SDP more effective. 

About the Opportunity  

The Director, Special Projects will play a critical role in ensuring the success of the State and District Partnerships division as it serves tens of thousands of schools and millions of students each year in pursuit of expanding opportunity for all students. You will lead the division’s goal setting, performance-driving and culture-building efforts, tackle special initiatives, drive the Senior Vice President’s internal and public-facing agenda, and represent the Senior Vice President and the division in a variety of settings, including among other senior leaders at the organization. In this role, the Director will make executive, strategic and operational level decisions at a complex mission-driven organization and be a critical partner in helping the Senior Vice President manage priorities and maximize effectiveness across the division and the College Board. The Director will partner with all teams in SDP including the Business Planning and Operations team, serving as a communications and organization conduit between the Senior Vice President and his team. 

The Director will also be a member of the Senior Vice President’s leadership team, will partner with the Senior Vice President to ensure that the work of the SDP division is well planned and executed and will work with the Senior Vice President to maximize his effectiveness across multiple verticals, people, and mission-critical initiatives.  

In this role, you will:  

SVP Support (50%) 

• Serve as Chief of Staff to and manage planning, execution, and support of the Senior Vice President’s work with SDP and adjacent teams 

• Act as proxy to support day to day management and oversight of some of the SVP’s direct reports to ensure work that does not rise to level of SVP is actioned and moved forward  

• Represent the Senior Vice President in internal working groups and meetings making recommendations and decisions on behalf of SVP and our program 

• Build effective systems and structures to support the SVP and SDP especially as it relates to monthly priorities. 

• Draft, proofread, and edit mission critical correspondence, emails, and presentations for the Senior Vice President, representing the entire division and the College Board 

• Serve as a member of the SDP leadership team, while providing sound counsel and professional discretion  

• Plan and facilitate leadership meetings and retreats, including setting objectives and preparing agendas in collaboration with the SVP.