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Named by Fast Company as one of the most innovative education companies, the College Board is a mission-focused organization. This job requires a strong focus on improving educational opportunities and outcomes, particularly for disadvantaged students, in the context of a competitive business environment.
The College Board, the national educational organization, is conducting a search for a Director/Senior Director, Strategy and Analysis in the Learning, Evaluation, and Research (LEvR) division. This position can be based out of the New York, NY office.
About Learning, Evaluation and Research (LEvR)
The LEvR division is made up of three teams including:
Access Learning Lab: partners with College Board Research to test creative solutions to address access barriers and identify solutions for implementation across the organization.
Psychometrics & Research: Designs, conducts, and manages research and statistical analysis efforts to support various Higher Education programs, most notably the SAT suite of assessments.
Learning Engineering: The Learning Engineering team is charged with drawing upon the best available learning-related research to support the continuous improvement of our programs, and to design and test new tools and methods for improving student performance in our courses and assessments. Whereas the evaluation of learning interventions often ends after “does it work?”, this team goes further to figure out “how can it work better?”
About the Role
In this role you will plan, coordinate, and execute the Learning, Evaluation, and Research (LEvR) division’s strategy to ensure that data and evidence drive all College Board products, decisions, and communications. Reporting to the Senior Vice President, this leader will coordinate and facilitate strategic planning and reporting processes across the division and ensure that analytic work is appropriately resourced and fulfilled. This individual will work across the division to coordinate, unify, and focus LEvR’s strategy for new product development through rapid testing and learning.
You are entrepreneurial and pragmatic, combining knowledge of research methods with excellent command of data and evidence and a finely-honed understanding of internal and external constituents’ needs.
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What You’ll do
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- Develop and lead execution of a division-wide approach to proving a strategic business case for research, innovation, and new product development initiatives, working closely with SVP to ensure that the division is organized and resourced in order to deliver on them.
- Implement new tools and cross-divisional approaches to fulfilling analytic work requests in order to ensure that data provided in communications and decision-making is complete, clear, and accurate.
- Guide implementation of major divisional activities (such as strategic planning, goals/metrics reporting, engagement initiatives) through effective collaboration with other divisional leaders, with primary responsibility for high-quality deliverables for the SVP and ELT.
- Through consultation and coordination with LEvR leadership, identify and lead high-priority, SVP-sponsored, cross-department initiatives.
- Implement weekly/monthly/quarterly team communications and updates in service of unifying the division’s strategic focus. Ensure ongoing team communications are optimized and consistent.
- Establish effective partnerships with key colleagues across the College Board, such as the Executive Director of Strategy, so that LEvR’s priorities align with and guide organizational priorities and initiatives.
- Partner with other data-related and strategy leaders across the enterprise to maintain optimal data-use strategy to further College Board’s mission.
- Maintain a keen understanding of the education and college access and success markets, forge partnerships, and help position the College Board’s strategic leadership in these domains.
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About You
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- 6+ years of education industry experience in roles related to strategy, product management, or product development, with experience in research and/or data science a significant plus
- Master’s degree/MBA or higher
- Excellent facility with data analysis technologies, systems, and approaches.
- Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
- Proven ability to work with senior leaders and executives in ways that inspire trust and confidence.
- Ability to lead through influence and relationships as well as intellect.
- Deep commitment to the College Board’s mission, to the integrity of evidence, and to the stewardship of our resources are paramount.
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Benefits
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We offer our employees an outstanding benefits package which includes 4 weeks of paid time off, a generous retirement savings plan, tuition reimbursement and ongoing professional development and training.
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Mission
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Our mission is to clear a path for all students to own their future. The College Board is committed to diversity in the workplace and is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The College Board participates in E-Verify, a service of DHS and SSA, where required. Please understand that only qualified applicants will be contacted.
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