Fast Facts
Join the College Board as a Senior Director, AP Growth Lead, where you will lead a team focused on expanding access to Advanced Placement programs for high school students across the country.
Responsibilities: You will drive sales strategies for AP expansion, manage a team of growth managers, deliver staff training, and develop strategies for increasing AP program impact.
Skills: Candidates should have a strong background in education, project management experience, exceptional communication skills, and a data-driven decision-making ability.
Qualifications: Preferred qualifications include 10+ years of relevant experience, a successful track record in expanding AP programs, and experience as an AP teacher or district leader.
Location: Remote position based in New York, USA, with potential travel 2-3 times a month to College Board offices.
Compensation: $112000 - $165000 / Annually
Senior Director, AP Growth Lead
College Board–AP & Instruction
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)
Role Type: This is a full-time position
About the Team
The AP Access and Implementation team focuses on expanding the benefits of AP to all high school students who enter 4-year and 2-year colleges, specifically to students whohaven’treceived the foundation AP provides for college success. AP has a demonstrated and trustedimpacton on-time college graduation rates, even aftercontrolling forother predictors, and has shown to improve college graduation rates as students takeadditionalAP courses and exams. And yet, not all students have access to AP.In this role, you will be relied upon to lead a range of high-value strategic initiatives that focus on maximizing the reach of the AP Program. The team’s goal is to serve a broader range of high school students on AP courses and credit opportunities that best accelerate them to and through college.
About the Opportunity
As Senior Director, AP Growth Lead, you lead, coach, and develop a team of growth managers responsible for co-creating with regional teams and partners, and executing evidence-based, actionable strategies that expand AP adoption across schools, districts, and states. You set direction, prioritize work, and ensure that adoption approaches translate into effective execution through staff development, coordination, and disciplined project management.
You thrive in a coaching-oriented leadership role, supporting multiple regional teams as they navigate complex educational environments. You apply sound judgment in balancing data, professional experience, and local context to guide decisions. You bring a deep understanding of how schools and systemsoperate, along with the ability to build trust, guide adult learning, and manage change, especially when data is incomplete,incentivesconflict, or stakeholders disagree. As you support teams working to expand access to AP, youdemonstratea strong commitment to students and take accountability for delivering meaningful, sustainable impact.
In this role, you will:
Drive Sales Strategy and Infrastructure(25%)
- Partner with diverse executives and managers within AP and across SDP and Inside Sales to support,facilitate, and develop campaign-specific strategies
- Implement campaign-specific sales strategies that successfully drive theequitableexpansion of AP, such that schools increase student access by adoptingadditionalcourse sections to fulfill existing AP potential
- Build reporting systems across sales campaigns to track progress towards goals and support field teams in their outreach and adoption
- Evaluate and transform school andstatefeasibility data and learnings into actionable strategic knowledge using superb analytical acumen, critical thinking, and communication skills
Lead andManagethe AP Growth Team (55%)
- Lead a team of 4 thatis responsible forthe growth and expanded access of AP.
- Set vision and priorities for the team,trackandmangeprogress 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 CollegeBoard’sOperating Principleseffectively.
- Bring proven leadership experience and consistently embody CollegeBoard’sManager Expectationsin your work.
DeliverTraining (10%)
- Deliver standardized high-quality staff training, both synchronously and asynchronously, along with a portfolio of supporting learning materials
- Implement a model forleveraginginstructionalexpertiseand knowledgeas salesresources that support the teams responsible forgrowingAP in schools, districts, and states
- Build a standardized a process to recruit, train, and support a team of consultants that support adoption
Build for the Future(15%)
- Develop a strategy to improve impact of staff trainings so that trainings meet the needs of regional teams and each team memberis able towork at peak performance
- Develop an annual set of learnings from the access initiatives designed to increase the number of sections that serve AP students
About You
To qualify for this role, you must have:
- 10+ years of professional experience in a school or district, including relevantexperience with efforts to expand accessinyour school’s or district’s Advanced Placement(AP) programs.
- A successful record of accomplishment leading multiple diverse projects with responsibility for balancing competing demands for project scope, time, cost, risk, and quality within a limited pool of resources
- A strong background ineducation,and experience in school or district leadership
- Exceptional communication, public presentation, and advocacy skills
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate with a wide range of senior constituents
- Demonstrated ability to apply an analytical, data-driven approach to decision-making
- Strongly preferred: Experience as an AP teacher andschoolor districtleader
- The ability totravel2-3timesper monthto College Board offices or on behalf of College Board business.
All roles at College Board require:
- A passion forexpandingeducationaland careeropportunitiesand mission-driven work
- Authorization to work in the United Statesfor 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 communication skills,written and verbal
- Alearner'smindset 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 $112,000-$165,000
- 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—rootedinfairness, 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.
