Senior Director, AP Product Strategy, Analytics & Intelligence

Job Description

College Board - AP&I
Location: This is a remote role. Candidates who live near CB offices have the option of being fully remote or hybrid (Tuesday and Wednesday in office). All CB employees are required to occasionally travel to meet in person for business purposes.
Role Type: This is a full-time position

About the Team
The College Board's Advanced Placement and Instruction (AP&I) division develops and administers coursework and exams taken by almost 4 million students worldwide each school year. Thousands of colleges and universities use AP scores to award college credit and to help students advance further in their studies.

The AP Product Strategy department in the AP&I division identifies and evaluates new program opportunities. This includes ways to expand AP's value proposition and to secure AP's value to students and families. We identify, evaluate, and incubate high-impact ideas that shape the future of AP. These ideas expand access, strengthen AP's value proposition, and guide what we build next. Our goal is to broaden the number of students who succeed in rigorous courses and earn credit opportunities that accelerate them on their paths after high school.

We are a team of versatile, high-performing individuals who work closely with leaders across College Board to inform strategic initiatives for the AP Program.

About the Opportunity
As Senior Director, AP Product Strategy, Analytics & Intelligence, you bring statistical rigor to a process where accuracy matters. You understand the risk calculus involved in forecasting for an organization this size. You exercise sound judgment about when projections should hold and when they should move. You are an effective communicator to all stakeholders involved when you first release the forecast and when it changes. You also contribute statistical expertise to the team's broader work on what drives and limits AP participation and success. You are equally comfortable testing a new modeling technique, digging into a supply and demand question, or turning around a fast-moving analytic request. You enjoy learning and applying new analytic tools and approaches on the job. You take satisfaction in helping colleagues, junior and senior alike, sharpen their own forecasting and statistical thinking.

In this role, you will own and advance the volume projection models that inform how AP sets goals, tracks progress, and communicates expectations. Your work matters to Strategic Finance, State and District Partnerships, the Office of the President, and the Office of the CEO, as well as colleagues across AP. It connects near-term in-cycle registration tracking to a longer-term forecast horizon. That longer-term work will eventually help track progress toward AP's 2040 goal for student participation and success, while also helping to identify new opportunities for accelerating toward that goal.

In this role, you will:
Lead Current-Year AP Volume Forecasting (25%)

- Exercise independent judgment on whether shifts in registration data signal real risk or noise, decide when the forecast should hold or move, and balance risk of inaccurate forecasts to operational and financial impacts.

- Diagnose the underlying drivers of forecast shifts by gathering context from other constituents and historical data, and communicate findings and prescribed responses to all stakeholder groups

- Document assumptions, inputs, and changes each cycle

Advance Long-Term, AI/ML-Driven Volume Projection Modeling (40%)

- Develop and refine the future-year AP volume projection model, incorporating school-level data

- Apply and test AI/ML forecasting techniques to improve model accuracy and extend the forecast horizon

- Manage forecast risk across constituent groups, applying sound judgment on when to hold or revise projections

- Lay groundwork to eventually connect volume projections to AP's 2040 participation goal

Analyze Supply and Demand Issues Facing AP to Inform College Board’s Long-Term Strategy (20%)

- Scope, execute, and draw conclusions from statistical analyses across the team's five focus areas, both questions directed by the ED and those identified independently

- Translate findings into recommendations that directly inform division leadership's decisions on AP participation and success gaps.

Own Analytic Infrastructure and Address Data Gaps (15%)

- Identify and prioritize analytic gaps that limit the team's or colleagues' ability to answer strategic questions with data, choosing which gaps to pursue based on organizational impact

- Close prioritized gaps by making better use of existing data, sourcing additional data, or partnering across teams

- Exercise discretion over time allocation to balance proactive gap-closing work against emergent, ad hoc analytic requests

About You
To qualify for this role, you must have:

- Expertise in strategy and analysis with 10+ years of experience in forecasting, statistical modeling, or a similar analytically-grounded role

- A track record of applying statistical and forecasting methods to real-world business or policy problems

- Fluency in data interpretation and visualization, with a critical thinking mindset and an ability to distill complex information into clear, compelling narratives

- Experience with AI/ML techniques as applied to forecasting or predictive modeling, and a hunger for testing new approaches

- The ability to serve as a thought partner to senior colleagues on forecasting and statistical questions, and to mentor junior staff in developing these skills

- Sound judgment in managing risk and ambiguity, particularly when reconciling projections across multiple stakeholder groups

- Exceptional communication skills that allow you to be clear, compelling, and persuasive across formats and audiences

- Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred

- The ability to travel 3-5 times a year to College Board offices or on behalf of College Board business

All roles at College Board require:

- A passion for expanding educational and career opportunities and mission-driven work

- Authorization to work in the United States for any employer

- Curiosity and enthusiasm for emerging technologies, with a willingness to experiment with and adopt new AI-driven solutions and comfort learning and applying new digital tools independently and proactively.

- Clear and concise communication skills, written and verbal

- A learner's mindset and a commitment to growth: welcoming diverse perspectives, giving and receiving timely, respectful feedback, and continuously improving through iterative learning and user input

- A drive for impact and excellence: solving complex problems, making data-informed decisions, prioritizing what matters most, and continuously improving through learning, user input, and external benchmarking

- A collaborative and empathetic approach: working across differences, fostering trust, and contributing to a culture of shared success

About Our Process

- Application review will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days.

- While the hiring process may vary, it generally includes: resume and application submission, recruiter phone/video screen, hiring manager interview, performance exercise such as live coding, a panel interview, a conversation with leadership and reference checks.

What We Offer
At College Board, we offer more than just a paycheck-we provide a meaningful career, a supportive team, and a comprehensive package designed to help you thrive. We’re a self-sustaining nonprofit that believes in fair and competitive compensation, grounded in your qualifications, experience, impact, and the market.

A Thoughtful Approach to Compensation

- The hiring range for this role is $116,000 - $180,000.

- Your exact salary will depend on your location, experience, and how your background compares to others in similar roles at College Board.

- We aim to make our best offer upfront-rooted in fairness, transparency, and market data.

- We adjust salaries by location to ensure fairness, no matter where you live.

You’ll have open, transparent conversations about compensation, benefits, and what it’s like to work at College Board throughout your hiring process. Check out our careers page for more.

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