Senior Engineering Director, Work-Based Learning

College Board – Technology Division  

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  

College Board is a mission-driven, not-for-profit organization working to clear a path for all students to own their futures. We are expanding our impact beyond access to higher education, helping students develop the skills, experiences, and confidence they need to thrive in college, career, and life. Each year, we serve more than 7 million students, building opportunity at scale in a rapidly changing world. 

We are launching a new exploratory effort to design and scale innovative ways for students to build durable skills, the collaboration, problem-solving, and communication abilities that employers value and that students carry with them for life. 

Our team is in an exciting build phase, shaping the technology, people, and processes that will bring this program to life. We’re assembling a cross-functional group of designers, engineers, product managers, and researchers who thrive on solving meaningful problems. Together, we’re building tools that:  

• Help teachers guide students through real-world, employer-driven projects  
• Enable students to practice and strengthen durable, transferable skills while building professional connections  
• Make it easier for employers to engage with future talent and invest in their communities  

This work sits at the intersection of education and the workforce, translating our mission into experiences that prepare every student to succeed in whatever path they choose. You’ll be part of a team creating something new: a program that brings the world of work into schools and helps students develop the skills that last a lifetime. 

About the Opportunity   

In this role, you will serve as the Senior Engineering Director for our Product Team. You will lead the engineers building a nationwide Work-Based Learning program to reach tens of thousands of students. Alongside a Tech Lead, Product Manager and Product Designer you will empower educators, engage business partners, and foster student learning. You will enable the programs long-term scale by defining technical strategies, establishing engineering practices, and growing a high-performing engineering team. This is a rare opportunity to lead both the technical foundation and the human engine of a mission-driven educational initiative, backed by the vision and national reach of the College Board. 

In this role, you will: 

Provide technical leadership to the team (40%) 

• Sort through options for solutioning, leveraging your own technical expertise. 
• With senior engineers on the team, in partnership with the product owner and designer, craft and execute a technology strategy to deliver on the product roadmap.  
• Continue to learn and stay current with the state of software engineering sharing that knowledge within the team to support best practices. 
• Review and occasionally write code yourself using preferred technologies including TypeScript, React, NodeJS. 
• Manage scope and actively work against developing technical debt. 
• Monitor and manage costs, working with internal resources to optimize the cost and performance of applications. 
• Approach every feature with a security-sensitive perspective. 

Build a highly engaged, and high-performing team (30%) 

• Cultivate norms that support strong communication, a positive working culture, and an engaged team. 
• Define ceremonies that support your high-performing Agile team, while maximizing productive work time. 
• Actively cultivate the superpowers of team members and leverage these to develop products. 
• Support diversity and inclusion from the perspectives of demographics, skills, and experience. 
• Manage work culture to ensure the mission and operating principles of College Board are consistently recognized and utilized to promote a productive and fair work environment. 
• Support and invest in the growth of your team members, which will range from junior to senior engineers.  

Interface with business partners and technology colleagues (30%): 

• Develop deep understanding of the business needs your team serves to provide thought leadership and consistent messaging around the work of the team. 
• Develop strong working relationships with business and product partners to understand the nuances of the complex systems supported by your product. 
• Manage scope and workload, working with product owners to deliver the most valuable work first. 
• Partner with the product