Associate Director, Instructional Impact

College Board • Remote - Virginia, VA

10d • $56,000 - $95,000 • Remote

About The Position

The Associate Director, Instructional Impact designs and builds digital companions: interactive, technology-enabled complements to core instructional, community, and enablement resources. The role supports all three Program Access Directors by advising which flagship resources should receive companions and determining how each resource should be translated into an interactive experience. The position reports to the Senior Director, SAT Suite Program Access and Instructional Impact.

Initially, the role will partner with the Director, SAT Suite Instructional Strategy & Resource Systems to create digital companions for priority assets such as the Skills Insight Instructional Resource, the MVP Toolkit, and Teacher Implementation Guide updates. It will then extend a standardized, reusable approach to the Community Strategy & Implementation and Program Success Enablement functions.

The position is remote. Candidates who live near College Board offices may choose to work fully remotely or in a hybrid arrangement, with office days Tuesday and Wednesday. Occasional travel to College Board offices or for business purposes is required.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree.
• 3–5+ years of experience in instructional design, digital learning development, or educational technology content development.
• Proficiency with authoring and publishing tools, including Articulate Storyline 360, Articulate Rise, Adobe Captivate, and Adobe Creative Cloud.
• Experience developing interactive digital learning assets, including simulations, multimedia, and JavaScript extensions.
• Familiarity with LMS technologies and emerging standards such as xAPI and cmi5.
• Experience implementing ADA Section 508/WCAG accessibility requirements in digital learning materials.
• Strong project management skills and the ability to manage multiple concurrent stakeholders and priorities.
• Strong collaboration skills and the ability to work across diverse colleagues, functions, and divisions.
• Commitment to educational equity and improving outcomes for students nationwide.
• Ability to travel occasionally to College Board offices or on behalf of College Board business.
• Passion for expanding educational and career opportunities and mission-driven work.
• Curiosity and enthusiasm for emerging technologies, willingness to experiment with and adopt AI-driven solutions, and comfort learning and applying new digital tools independently and proactively.
• Clear and concise written and verbal communication skills.
• A learner's mindset, including welcoming diverse perspectives, giving and receiving timely, respectful feedback, and continuously improving through iterative learning and user input.
• Drive for impact and excellence, including solving complex problems, making data-informed decisions, prioritizing effectively, and improving through learning, user input, and external benchmarking.
• Collaborative and empathetic approach, including working across differences, fostering trust, and contributing to shared success.
• Authorization to work in the United States.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree, such as an M.Ed. or a degree in instructional design or educational technology.
• Bilingual candidates preferred.
• Experience building scalable digital companion or micro-learning models that complement larger static instructional or resource assets.
• Experience supporting multiple internal stakeholders or teams simultaneously with competing priorities and timelines.
• Track record of establishing reusable design systems, templates, or component libraries that reduced production time across a team.

Responsibilities

• Advise the Director, SAT Suite Instructional Strategy & Resource Systems on which instructional assets to prioritize for digital companions and recommend a design approach for each.
• Design and build digital companions for flagship instructional assets, including interactive test-taking skills resources, a starter toolkit for new districts, and updated guides that help teachers apply assessment results in the classroom.
• Restructure, condense, and sequence complex instructional content for interactive formats, taking audience needs, accessibility, and build effort into account.
• Pair static instructional materials with digital experiences to accelerate the scale-up of priority resources.
• Build digital companions for district engagement resources, including materials for onboarding and engaging school districts and kits for in-person and virtual convenings.
• Build digital companions for field enablement resources, including implementation and training materials used by field teams and content in the internal enablement resource hub.
• Select the design approach for each companion based on its audience and use case.
• Own and document the companion standard, including decisions about format, tooling, accessibility, component design, and exceptions.
• Maintain documentation, templates, and a component library to govern future builds.
• Reduce build time and increase consistency as digital companion coverage expands.
• Recommend which resources receive companions and in what sequence based on expected engagement impact and build effort, and secure alignment from the senior director and directors before development begins.
• Use usage data and partner feedback to refine and expand digital companion coverage.
• Report on digital companion adoption and engagement impact across all three functions.

Benefits

• Comprehensive compensation and benefits package.
• Meaningful career and supportive team.
• Fair and competitive compensation grounded in qualifications, experience, impact, and market data.
• Open and transparent conversations about compensation and benefits throughout the hiring process.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director