Executive Director, AP Assessment Production Management

The Executive Director, AP Assessment Production Management is a senior leadership role overseeing the end-to-end process management of insourced AP exam development across 40+ courses, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality assessment forms. The role involves leading a team of 20+ professionals, designing scalable systems, and serving as a strategic partner to senior leadership during a period of rapid growth and transformation in the AP Program.

Location: Remote (US)

Salary: $136,000 - $195,000

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of insourced AP Exam production across 40+ courses, ensuring 130+ forms are completed on time and within established windows.
• Oversee large-scale production and process management across thousands of items, maintaining quality, timelines, and operational rigor.
• Drive prioritization and resolution of ~6,000+ assessment items, proactively identifying risks and removing barriers to production.
• Oversee execution across multiple production models (digital, print, hybrid, accommodated), ensuring continuous improvement and operational effectiveness.
• Serve as a primary partner to senior leaders, ensuring alignment, visibility, and execution across the portfolio of AP courses.
• Design and implement scalable processes, tools, and operating models to support a fully insourced assessment production function.
• Build and manage an integrated process management ecosystem enabling visibility across 10,000+ workflow steps and deliverables.
• Proactively assess and manage dependencies on cross-functional team capacity, driving alignment on priorities, surfacing constraints, and ensuring realistic, achievable production commitments.
• Own and operationalize a clear role clarity and accountability framework across Director, Senior Director, and Executive Director levels.
• Lead a team of 20+ team members responsible for course-level end-to-end production and process management of insourced AP exam development.
• Lead a manager-of-managers structure, providing strategic oversight to Senior Directors and empowering high-performing teams.
• Set vision and priorities for the team, track and manage progress to goals, and provide coaching and support.
• Cultivate an inclusive and high-achieving culture that enables all team members to live out College Board’s Operating Principles.
• Bring proven leadership experience and embody College Board’s Manager Expectations.

Requirements

• Demonstrated success leading high-stakes, multi-year operational transformations at scale.
• Experience using innovative thinking and data to inform decisions and actions.
• Fluency with emerging technologies, including AI-enabled tools, applying them strategically to inform multiyear project planning.
• Strong people leader with experience managing senior managers and cross-functional teams.
• Exceptional communication, influence, and systems-thinking skills.
• Experience working with digital assessment platforms, content production pipelines, or regulated delivery environments is strongly preferred.
• Ability to travel 6-8 times a year to College Board offices or on behalf of College Board business.
• 7-10 years of experience in assessment development, product development, and/or program management in the EdTech space.
• A strategic and inclusive leadership style.
• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred.

Benefits

• A supportive team and comprehensive package designed to help you thrive.
• Fair and competitive compensation grounded in your qualifications, experience, impact, and the market.

Additional Information

• Application review will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.
• The role involves a multi-step hiring process including resume review, interviews, performance exercises, and reference checks.
• The hiring range is $136,000 - $195,000, with salary adjusted by location and experience.