Senior Director, AP Growth Lead

College Board•New York, NY

19d•$112,000 - $165,000•Remote

About The Position

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 systems operate, along with the ability to build trust, guide adult learning, and manage change, especially when data is incomplete, incentives conflict, or stakeholders disagree. As you support teams working to expand access to AP, you demonstrate a strong commitment to students and take accountability for delivering meaningful, sustainable impact.

Requirements

10+ years of professional experience in a school or district, including relevant experience with efforts to expand access in your 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 in education, 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
A passion for expanding educational and career opportunities and mission-driven work
Authorization to work in the United States for any employer
Curiosity and enthusiasm for emerging technologies, with a willingness to experiment with and adopt new AI-driven solutions and a comfort 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.

Nice To Haves

Experience as an AP teacher and school or district leader
The ability to travel 2-3 times per month to College Board offices or on behalf of College Board business.

Responsibilities

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 the equitable expansion of AP, such that schools increase student access by adopting additional course 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 and state feasibility data and learnings into actionable strategic knowledge using superb analytical acumen, critical thinking, and communication skills
Lead and Manage the AP Growth Team (55%) Lead a team of 4 that is responsible for the growth and expanded access of AP.
Set vision and priorities for the team, track and mange progress 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 College Board’s Operating Principles effectively.
Bring proven leadership experience and consistently embody College Board’s Manager Expectations in your work.
Deliver Training (10%) Deliver standardized high-quality staff training, both synchronously and asynchronously, along with a portfolio of supporting learning materials
Implement a model for leveraging instructional expertise and knowledge as sales resources that support the teams responsible for growing AP 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 member is able to work at peak performance
Develop an annual set of learnings from the access initiatives designed to increase the number of sections that serve AP students