Associate Director, Talent Acquisition

College Board • New York, NY

9d • $56,000 - $100,000 • Remote

About The Position

The Talent Acquisition team, part of the Global Strategy and Talent division, plays a crucial role in enabling College Board's mission by hiring the right people. As a member of a larger Talent organization of approximately 40 professionals, this team collaborates with leaders across the enterprise to attract and secure high-quality talent that drives business outcomes. The team's approach is consultative, data-driven, and service-oriented, providing a client-centered experience to hiring managers and candidates with a focus on thoughtful search design, high-quality talent, and measurable outcomes. They foster a collaborative environment, celebrate shared successes, and maintain strong camaraderie, reinforcing their reputation as a trusted partner. The team is committed to innovation, continuously adopting and operationalizing new technologies, automation, and AI-enabled tools to enhance efficiency and improve the experience for candidates and hiring managers.

As an Associate Director, Talent Acquisition, you will be responsible for bringing great people onto College Board teams by managing full-cycle recruiting for a consistent volume of roles. This position is designed for a recruiter who prefers to focus on the core recruitment activities of sourcing, screening, interviewing, and closing candidates, rather than taking on projects or initiatives. You will utilize established recruiting practices, tools, and frameworks to achieve timely, high-quality hiring outcomes and ensure a positive candidate experience. This role is ideal for someone looking to refine their recruitment skills through consistent full-cycle hiring and who enjoys the steady pace of managing ongoing recruitment needs. Success requires a curiosity for adopting new technologies to boost efficiency, a commitment to continuous improvement to enhance the candidate experience and optimize working methods, and the ability to drive hiring across various functions and levels.

Requirements

• 3 to 5 years of full cycle recruiting experience, corporate and/or education recruiting experience preferred
• Energized by the day-to-day work of recruiting, sourcing, screening, interviewing, and closing, and comfort working a steady, high volume caseload of similar roles
• Strong ability to build productive relationships with hiring managers
• Exceptional organizational skills and time management, with the discipline to keep pipelines, deadlines, and details precisely on track
• Working knowledge of HR principles, employment practices, and confidentiality requirements
• Experience using Applicant Tracking Systems; Workday experience preferred
• Ability to work independently while contributing positively to a collaborative team
• A desire to grow as a recruiter through consistent, hands-on experience
• Willingness to travel 2 to 4 times per year to College Board offices or for business needs
• A passion for expanding educational and career opportunities and mission driven work
• Curiosity and enthusiasm for emerging technologies, with a willingness to experiment with and adopt new AI driven solutions and comfort with 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
• Authorization to work in the United States

Nice To Haves

• Experience or interest in education or nonprofit environments is a plus, though not required

Responsibilities

• Own the full cycle recruiting from intake through offer acceptance, including role scoping, sourcing strategy, and close; for a steady volume portfolio of non-technical roles across corporate, academic, and operations functions
• Conduct structured intake meetings to define competencies, success profiles, and evaluation criteria and use that information to design thoughtful interview guides and candidate exercises aligned to agreed-upon scorecards
• Drive strong close outcomes through effective candidate engagement and stakeholder alignment
• Leverage automation and AI-enabled tools to streamline sourcing, screening, scheduling, and communication while maintaining high-quality candidate engagement
• Proactively source, engage, and activate passive candidates through targeted outreach and relationship building
• Monitor pipeline activity and hiring progress, sharing regular updates with stakeholders
• Represent College Board's employer brand in every candidate interaction
• Maintain accurate, timely candidate and requisition data in the ATS (Workday preferred)
• Track and meet recruiting metrics including time-to-hire, offer acceptance, and candidate satisfaction, as well as funnel health metrics
• Drive offer processes, including offer extensions, negotiations within established guidelines, and candidate closing
• Ensure compliance with organizational policies and hiring standards
• Partner with hiring managers to calibrate expectations and refine role scope based on market conditions
• Guide leaders through evidence-based hiring decisions and structured debrief processes
• Influence hiring outcomes to ensure alignment with business priorities and long-term talent strategy
• Educate hiring leaders on evolving recruiting tools and data insights to support faster, higher-quality hiring decisions

Benefits

• Meaningful career
• Supportive team
• Comprehensive package designed to help you thrive
• Fair and competitive compensation grounded in your qualifications, experience, impact, and the market
• Open, transparent conversations about compensation, benefits, and what it’s like to work at College Board throughout your hiring process

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed