Senior Director, Assessment Solutions and Technical Strategy

Curriculum Associates•US MA Remote, MA

9d•$164,250 - $196,500

About The Position

This role is part of the Assessment Solutions team and reports to the Associate Vice President of Assessment Solutions. The Assessment Solutions team is one of the Assessment and Psychometrics team within Assessment Programs group. This position sits at the intersection of psychometric expertise and strategic communication, bringing deep technical knowledge of educational measurement to bear on the documentation, proposal, and knowledge-translation work that enables Curriculum Associates’ assessment products to succeed in competitive state and district markets. In this role, working closely with leaders across the Assessment Programs team, you will work closely with a team of people across departments that include Bids and Proposals, Sales, and Marketing teams, and others. You’ll work with a dynamic and diverse team of associate vice presidents, directors, project managers, writers, researchers, marketing personnel, and assessment designers all focused on making classrooms better places for students and teachers. Responsible AI use is a core expectation of this role. The Senior Director is expected to model effective AI adoption and build AI fluency - using AI tools to accelerate analysis, sharpen writing and communication, and manage technical projects.

Requirements

Strong analytical/critical and creative thinking skills, including an ability to analyze data to inform both relevant response/market needs and existing capabilities relative to those needs
Ability to work in a self-directed and action-oriented way, anticipating and synthesizing needs, and developing a plan of action to meet deadlines with high-quality deliverables
Curiosity and initiative to learn new information, technologies, and skills, and to procure information using available resources
Excellent written and verbal communication
Experience leveraging AI tools (e.g., Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot) to support proposal development, technical writing, and documentation management.
Deep expertise in psychometrics and educational measurement, including applied experience with item response theory, test development, validity, reliability, and standard setting. Demonstrated ability to analyze, synthesize, and translate sophisticated psychometric technical materials into clear, compelling language for district, state, and policy audiences.
Demonstrated expertise in K–12 assessment design and technical content, with the credibility and communication skills to engage productively with psychometricians, researchers, product teams, and external assessment experts on strategy and solutions
Ability to manage multiple tasks/projects concurrently, anticipate and solve problems, and develop creative solutions
Proven ability to work collaboratively and effectively across departments and business units with competing needs
Doctorate (Ph.D. or Ed.D.) in Educational Measurement, Psychometrics, or a closely related field required; or Masters level qualification plus relevant experience in K-12 assessment instead.
Knowledge of psychometric methodology that includes Classical Test Theory, Item Response Theory, Computer Adaptive Testing, Standard Setting, Field Testing, Scaling and Equating, Reliability, Validity, Classification Accuracy, and bias and DIF analyses.
A minimum of 5 years of technical writing experience with assessments
Demonstrated experience communicating about K-12 digital assessment and learning, specifically with district or state level audiences

Nice To Haves

Experience in educational publishing proposal writing, particularly for state or large district RFPs in assessment or educational measurement
Record of peer-reviewed publication or professional conference presentations in educational measurement, psychometrics, or K–12 assessment
Experience applying psychometric methods in an operational K–12 assessment context, such as test development, standard setting, or technical manual preparation
Detailed knowledge of key state and national policies and trends on educational assessment

Responsibilities

Lead proposal response strategy on behalf of the Assessment and Psychometrics teams to best position our Curriculum Associates assessment products to meet state and district needs while balancing the needs of our product roadmaps.
Drive the development of and lead ongoing management of the proposal response process for the Assessment and Psychometrics teams to create proposal responses which will showcase Curriculum Associate’s principled approach to assessment, coherence with instruction, deep psychometric expertise, and best in class assessment solutions.
Translate high-quality technical documentation into proposal text, assessment boilerplate, and technical reference materials that are accurate, psychometrically grounded, and accessible to the target audience, leveraging AI-tools as appropriate. Apply expertise in educational measurement to ensure documentation reflects the technical rigor expected by sophisticated state and district evaluators.
Manage assessment boilerplate text, technical documentation libraries, and versioning of materials as new assessment products, psychometric analyses, and research findings are generated. Maintain consistency and technical accuracy across all documentation as the assessment product portfolio evolves.
Use AI-assisted tools to accelerate proposal drafting, boilerplate development, and technical documentation workflows, ensuring all AI-assisted output undergoes expert review for psychometric accuracy and technical rigor before use.
Work closely with the Assessment, Psychometrics, and Marketing teams to develop an in-depth and continuously current understanding of Curriculum Associates’ assessment products, the psychometric and research foundations behind them, and how they are implemented in districts and classrooms across the country. Serve as a primary translator between technical psychometric and measurement expertise and the documentation, proposal, and strategic communication needs of the broader team.
Serve as a psychometric and assessment subject matter expert to diagnose gaps in proposals, conceptualize and develop technically rigorous solutions, and provide input when custom product expertise and implementation guidance are required to address state or large district purchasing or review requirements. Report to the larger Assessment team the market needs and assessment capability gaps demonstrated in these proposals and drive strategic decisions on how to fill them.
Review requests for proposals, information, and qualifications with a critical psychometric and assessment design lens. Identify technical and strategic challenges, propose and develop solutions that draw on deep measurement expertise, and communicate findings and recommendations clearly to the broader team.
Provide guidance on communicating relevant assessment, research, and implementation topics for the cross-departmental team that works on bids and proposals.
Contribute to and lead the preparation of third party-reviewed publications, technical reports, and presentations for academic and professional conferences in educational measurement and assessment. Use AI tools to produce high-quality, well-structured, and technically-sound publications.
Represent Curriculum Associates as a thought leader at conferences such as NCME, CCSSO, and AERA, advancing both the organization’s external reputation and the field’s understanding of applied psychometrics in K–12 assessment.