Director, Higher Education Data Strategy & Analytics

College Board•Remote - Virginia, VA

3d•$80,000 - $125,000•Remote

About The Position

The Director, Higher Education Data Strategy & Analytics advances College Board’s institutional data assets and turns them into strategic insights that help students, families, and institutions make better decisions. The role owns the strategy, quality standards, and roadmap for key data programs, including the Common Data Set partnership, AP Credit Policy survey, and Annual Survey of Colleges; develops an affordability market measurement framework; and produces analyses that support institutional and student reach and international recognition of SAT and AP. This strategic, cross-functional position partners with Strategic Higher Education, Financial Aid Programs and Services, Research, and other program teams to build data infrastructure, generate insights, and inform decisions. The Director presents recommendations to HMA leadership and senior and executive director colleagues. The role makes decisions on tool and platform requirements for the Annual Survey of Colleges and AP Credit Policy survey, Common Data Set content and related articles, and internal dashboard designs. Recommendations for external reporting are escalated to Product Managers, while net-cost metric recommendations go to the Executive Director and Unit VP for approval. The position is remote. Employees located near College Board offices may choose a hybrid schedule, with in-office work on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. All employees occasionally travel for business purposes. This is a full-time role.

Requirements

At least 5 years of experience in data-intensive areas such as data policy, analysis, survey collection, and interpretation.
Ability to understand broad context and think creatively about business challenges.
Ability to translate general inquiries into specific analytical questions and tasks.
Experience presenting complex information visually, including with Tableau or Power BI.
Advanced proficiency in Excel and SQL, and in a programming language such as R, Stata, or SAS.
Experience in higher education, such as admission, financial aid, or institutional research.
Proficiency managing external partnerships, leading technology roadmaps, and influencing cross-functional stakeholders.
Track record of influencing cross-functional and external partners to adopt recommendations and delivering a technology or process roadmap.
Passion for expanding educational and career opportunities and mission-driven work.
Curiosity about emerging technologies and willingness to experiment with and adopt AI-driven solutions, and to learn and apply digital tools independently and proactively.
Clear and concise written and verbal communication skills.
Learner’s mindset and commitment to growth, welcoming diverse perspectives, giving and receiving respectful feedback, and improving through iterative learning and user input.
Drive for impact and excellence, including solving complex problems, making data-informed decisions, prioritizing, and continuously improving.
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

Familiarity with the Common Data Set, NCES-IPEDS surveys, and higher education data and reporting.

Responsibilities

Own the strategy, roadmap, and data-quality standards for the Common Data Set partnership, AP Credit Policy survey, and Annual Survey of Colleges.
Decide changes to survey content, timing, and validation, and identify and support resolutions of cross-division trade-offs.
Create annual roadmaps and post-cycle findings with recommendations to modernize technology, improve process efficiency and quality, and increase institutional participation.
Benchmark data collection programs and modernize legacy processes while protecting response rates and improving data quality and completeness.
Build an affordability market measurement framework and conduct market segmentation, prioritization, targeting, and related analyses to advance institutional and student reach.
Deliver reports, dashboards, opportunity scoring, and analyses for Financial Aid Programs and Services, including CSS Profile, Net Price Calculator, and MyIntuition, to inform recommendations for Program and Product Managers.
Develop usage and benchmarking reports for colleges to increase the value, adoption, and retention of Financial Aid Programs and Services.
Analyze international student mobility and develop reports and actionable intelligence to support expanded SAT and AP recognition policies at international universities.
Generate market analyses, data tools, and insights that strengthen College Board thought leadership and support policy adoption across strategic outreach and recruitment, admission, financial aid, and retention.
Present recommendations to HMA leadership and senior and executive director colleagues in other divisions.
Make decisions on ASC and APCP tool and platform requirements, CDS content and related articles, and internal dashboard designs; escalate external reporting recommendations and net-cost metric recommendations to the specified approvers.