Fast Facts
The Engineering Manager will lead the Workforce Tools & Integration team at College Board, focusing on the design and delivery of cloud-based workforce platforms and AI-powered solutions. This fully remote role emphasizes collaboration, technical leadership, and continuous innovation to enhance technology delivery for staff and students.
Responsibilities: Key responsibilities include managing cloud integrations, leading Agile processes, designing user-centered tools, mentoring engineers, and influencing technology strategy across teams.
Skills: Required skills include cloud engineering expertise, strong knowledge of AI technologies, experience in Agile development environments, coding proficiency (Python, JavaScript, etc.), and excellent communication abilities.
Qualifications: Preferred qualifications include 7+ years in technology, with 5+ years in engineering management and experience with workforce technology tools like Atlassian Suite and AI integration.
Location: This position is remote, with potential visits to College Board offices in New York City or Reston, VA, 3-5 times a year.
Compensation: $125000 - $170000 / Annually
Engineering Manager
College Board–Technology/Infosec and Infrastructure/WorkforceTechnology & Services/Workforce Tools & Integration
Location:This is a fully remote role. Candidates who live near CB offices have theoptionof being fully remote or hybrid (Tuesday and Wednesday in office).
Type:This is a full-time position
About the Team
The Workforce Tools & Integration team builds the cloud, AI, and automation platforms that power how College Board staff work—modernizing service management, streamlining operations, and improving the speed and reliability of technology delivery for millions of students and thousands ofschoolswe serve.We work across Product DevOps, Security, Network Engineering, and Infrastructure to design secure, scalable solutions using tools like Jira Service Management, Atlassian Cloud, Slack, Okta, GitHub, and emerging AI capabilities such as OpenAI and Gemini. As a collaborative team, we swarm on complex challenges, go deep when needed, and continuously learn and innovate together, united by a commitment to delivering tools that help our workforce—andultimately ourstudents—thrive.
About the Opportunity
As an Engineering Manager, you will lead the team responsible for designing and delivering the workforce platforms, integrations, and AI-powered solutions that shape the daily experience of College Board staff. You will bring strong cloud engineeringexpertiseand AI fluency to translate complex needs into clear technical plans, guide architecture and delivery for event-driven cloud services and intelligent automations, and ensure our tools are secure, reliable, and easy to use. You will mentor engineers, influence cross-team decisions, and build strong partnerships across the organization, helping us work smarter, innovate faster, and deliver high-impact solutions that support our mission and drive meaningful operational improvement.
In this role, you will:
Discovery, Definition & Delivery (40%)
- Design, build, and deliver seamless, user-centered workforce tools and cloud integrations.
- Manageworkforcetechnology-basedtoolsthat enhanceevery stage ofthe employee life cyclesuch asChatGPT/Open AI,Atlassian Suite, Slack, Zoom, G-Suite, o365,Github, etc.
- Lead Agile processes—ensuring clarity of priorities, crisp execution, and continuous delivery momentumthrough,attendingandactivelyparticipatingin ceremonies such as sprint planning, daily scrums, sprint reviews/demosandretrospectivesto drive collaboration and momentum.
- Translate roadmaps into actionable work, sequencing and prioritizing epics and stories in partnership withkey stakeholders andtechnologyleaders
- Drive alignment across teams, resolve dependencies, and ensure the backlogremainsvisible andwell-understood.
- Write code to automate the infrastructure lifecycle,createand support internaltoolsand utilize CLIs to streamline processes.
- Partner with technology leaders to alignarchitectures, cloud services, and delivery patterns with organizational goals.
- Influence and contribute to forward-thinkingcloudinfrastructure and AI-driven tooling strategies.
- Represent workforce tools in Enterprise Architecture Review processes.
- Prioritize and sequence epics and stories in the product backlog based on feature priority.
- Work with stakeholders to resolve dependencies,negotiate, coordinate, and align priorities tosuccessfullydeliver features.
- Ensure the product backlog is visible, transparent, andwell-understood byall,clearly showingwhat the development team will work on next.
- Partner withtechnology leaders to understand businessobjectivesand align architectures and cloud product offerings with thoseobjectives.
- Contribute to the development and growth of theCloud Infrastructure Services,through thought leadership, design and implementation offorward-thinkingtools and processes.
- Participate in the Enterprise Architecture Review process as akeystakeholderin defining infrastructure products’ architecture
Strategy & Communication (30%)
- Craft a compelling vision and strategic plan grounded in datatoensurewe deliveran engaging, inclusive experience for all staff.
- Serve as anAI Technology Partner, co-designing secure, value-driven AI solutions with business owners and security teams
- Solution andimplement cloud-first architectural best practicesthat enableagility, scalability, and operational efficiency
- Contribute to technology strategy and planningto ensure alignment with organizationalobjectivesand industry best practices
- Researchemerging technologies(AI, automation, SaaS, cloud) to guide investment and innovation.
- Lead agile ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Grooming, Demo, etc.) and contributetohigh-qualityteam deliverables.
- Drive engineering excellence through peer reviews, design standards, and healthy technical debate
- Lead in the identification and resolution of productionissuestomaintainsystem stability, performance, and reliability.
Team Management (30%)
- Lead and manage a team ofaround7highly skilled engineers, ranging from Engineering Leads and Senior Engineers to junior engineers, fostering collaboration, technical excellence, and career development across experience levels.
- Effectively managetheengineeringbacklog to ensureteam membersare engaged, focused,and working effectively toward accomplishing goals.
- Lead technical efforts and mentor technical staff indevelopingandleveragingtechnology architectures and solutions,acrosscloud, SaaS, and AI-integrated solutions
- Set vision and priorities for the team, track and manage progress to goals, and provide coaching and support to ensure team members meet and exceed goals, remain engaged, and contribute meaningfully to our mission
- Cultivate an inclusive and high achieving culture that enables all team members to live out College Board’sOperating Principles.
- Bring proven leadership experience and consistently embody CollegeBoard’sManager Expectationsin your work.
About You
- 7+ years of professional work experience including aminimumof 5 years working in technology
- 3+ years of recent experience working asaEngineering Managerwith provenexpertisein delivering product or platform-level features for event-driven cloud-based solutions
- Experience or knowledge of workforce technology tools such as Atlassian Suite, Slack, Zoom, G-Suite, o365,Github,Zapier,etc.
- Experience managing teams of 4 to 8 direct reports, including higher-level individual contributors.
- Experience in:
- Building event-drivenAWScloud-based serverless applications.
- Building API’s or other back-end services.
- IntegratingOpenAI with other enterprise tools
- Implementations withLLMs and RAGmodels
- Codingusing Python, JavaScript,TypeScript,React.js, Node.js,orJava
- A strategic and inclusive leadership style:you set clear priorities, build effective team structures, plan for future needs, and foster a culture of belonging.
- A proven ability to drive performance and growth:you sethigh expectations, deliver real-time, evidence-based feedback, and coach team members to take smart risks, stretch their skills, and achieve meaningful impact.
- Strong experience working in an Agile product development environment.
- Ability toidentifyopportunities where AI can streamline processes, uncover insights, or improve outcomes.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills withanability to present ideas in user-friendly and engineeringlanguage.
- Experience leading engineering and architecture discussionsthat foster open and respectful dialogue, bringing stakeholders to agreement
- Exceptional planning, prioritization, and execution skills, delivering results on time and on budget in fast-paced environments.
- A bachelor's degree in the field of computer science preferred.
- Able to travel 3-5 times a year to our NYC or Reston, VA office
All roles at College Board require:
- A passion for expanding educational and career opportunitiesand 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 anda comfortlearning and applying new digital tools independently and proactively.
- Clear and concise communicationskills, written and verbal
- A learner's mindset and a commitment to growth:welcoming diverse perspectives, giving and receivingtimely, 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 beginimmediatelyand will continue until the position is filled. This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days.
- Whilethehiring processmay vary, it generallyincludes: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
AtCollegeBoard, 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’rea 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 $125,000–$170,000.
- Your exact salary will depend on your location, experience, and how your background compares to others in similar roles at the College Board.
- We aim to make our best offerupfront—rootedin fairness, transparency, and market data.
- We adjust salaries by location to ensure fairness, no matter where you live.
You’llhave open, transparent conversations about compensation, benefits, and whatit’slike to work atCollegeBoard throughout your hiring process. Check out ourcareerspage for more.
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