Director, AP Engineering

College Board

7d • $96,000 - $135,000 • Remote

About The Position

The Director, AP Engineering is a remote role in College Board’s New Course Design department. The position is a one-year, full-time term role, with the potential to convert to a permanent Director position depending on the course’s final approval for release, business need, and individual performance. Candidates who live near College Board offices may choose a hybrid arrangement, working in the office Tuesday and Wednesday. Employees are occasionally required to travel for business.

The role focuses on two main workstreams: developing the AP Engineering course framework in partnership with the AP Engineering Advisory Committee and the Senior Director, Instructional Design, and developing assessment items aligned to that framework in partnership with the Senior Director, Assessment. The balance of work will shift as the course progresses through design. If AP Engineering receives final approval for release, the role may expand to ongoing responsibility for curriculum, assessment development, and the annual AP Reading.

The Director serves as the AP Engineering content lead, drafting the course framework, skill progressions, and learning objectives; coordinating Advisory Committee work; and managing development of assessment items and early scoring materials. The role also supports instructional and professional learning resources, incorporates stakeholder and field-testing feedback, and collaborates with psychometrics colleagues to assess early item viability against AP validity and fairness standards. The position is expected to travel up to eight times per year, with possible additional travel for field-test site visits or Advisory Committee meetings.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Engineering or a directly related discipline and knowledge of current trends in the field.
• At least 5 years of experience in professional learning, curriculum design, or standardized assessment development.
• Experience translating research or standards, such as labor-market, postsecondary, or state CTE standards, into instructional or assessment design decisions.
• Superior oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent organizational and planning skills, including managing multiple tasks and maintaining close attention to detail and proofreading.
• Skill in process and procedure implementation, including following project plans and schedules and maintaining tracking documentation.
• Technical acumen and proficiency with Microsoft Office and browser-based tools.
• Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills, including the ability to work with staff, subject matter experts, and industry partners at all levels.
• Comfort working with ambiguity and shifting priorities as field-test data becomes available.
• Willingness to travel up to 8 times a year, with possible additional travel for field-test site visits or Advisory Committee meetings.
• Passion for expanding educational and career opportunities and mission-driven work.
• Curiosity and enthusiasm for emerging technologies, with willingness to experiment with and adopt AI-driven solutions.
• Clear and concise written and verbal communication skills.
• A learner’s mindset, including welcoming diverse perspectives, giving and receiving timely, respectful feedback, and improving through iteration.
• A drive for impact and excellence, including solving complex problems, making data-informed decisions, and prioritizing what matters most.
• A collaborative and empathetic approach to working across differences and contributing to shared success.
• Authorization to work in the United States.

Nice To Haves

• Doctorate or significant industry credential.
• Experience with digital assessment and/or classroom teaching.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the AP Engineering content lead, with primary responsibility for drafting the course framework, skill progressions, and learning objectives.
• Partner with the Senior Director, Instructional Design and Director, Project Management to manage the AP Engineering Advisory Committee, set milestones, track deliverables, and drive framework development to on-time completion.
• Facilitate in-person and virtual Advisory Committee meetings, which may occur during the work week, evenings, or weekends, to review and refine framework drafts.
• Resolve conflicting Advisory Committee and field-test feedback with a documented recommendation to SD/ED.
• Conduct outreach to teachers and organizations to engage them in feedback opportunities.
• Manage the assessment-item and early-scoring-material development timeline with the Senior Director, Assessment, including sequencing stimulus selection, drafting rubrics, and tracking deliverables against framework milestones.
• Author and revise assessment item content in coordination with the Senior Director, Assessment, ensuring alignment with the emerging framework and AP assessment quality standards.
• Incorporate Advisory Committee, Test Development Committee, and small-scale field-testing feedback into iterative revisions of the framework and assessment items.
• Coordinate with psychometrics colleagues, via the Senior Director, Assessment, to check early item design viability against AP validity and fairness standards.
• Provide feedback on content-specific elements of instructional and professional resources developed by the Senior Director, Instructional Design and Director, Professional Learning.

Benefits

• Comprehensive compensation and benefits package.
• Fair and competitive compensation informed by qualifications, experience, impact, and market data.
• Location-adjusted salary.

What This Job Offers

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