Senior Director – Evidence-based Learning and Leadership

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Job Description:

  • Lead the design of leadership convenings, learning experiences, and cohorts focused on evidence-based decision making in teaching, learning, coursework, career readiness and assessment.
  • Ensure all experiences are practical, interactive, and directly applicable to leaders’ day-to-day work.
  • Integrate emerging issues—such as generative AI—into leadership learning in a way that is grounded in instruction and learning.
  • Develop tools, frameworks, and resources that district leaders can use in their own context.
  • Design and implement resources, training, and supports that strengthen College Board’s field teams’ skills and confidence in engaging senior academic leaders.
  • Collaborate with College Board field and program teams to improve access and actionability of College Board instructional data and reports.
  • Manage the end-to-end execution of academic and instructional programs and convenings, including planning, facilitation, and follow-up.
  • Coordinate timelines, logistics, and deliverables to ensure high-quality implementation.
  • Gather and synthesize feedback to continuously improve offerings.
  • Manage day-to-day relationships with external academic and instructional partners and vendors (e.g., instructional support organizations, facilitators).
  • Leverage partner expertise to enable speed and scale while maintaining coherence and quality.
  • Work closely with colleagues across Learning & Assessment, State and District Partnerships, program and other teams to ensure content accuracy and alignment.
  • Support internal stakeholders by sharing insights and lessons learned from the field.
  • Contribute to shaping the team’s approach as demand and scope evolve.

Requirements:

  • Former district instructional leader, or equivalent role.
  • Deep experience with teaching and learning, particularly at the high school level.
  • Strong facilitation, adult learning, and instructional design skills.
  • Experience designing and leading leadership learning experiences or convenings.
  • Comfort working with research and assessment data, and other forms of evidence and translating them for practitioner audiences.
  • Highly organized, execution-oriented, and able to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously.
  • Collaborative, adaptable, and effective in ambiguous or evolving contexts.
  • A passion for expanding educational and career opportunities and mission-driven work.
  • Curiosity and enthusiasm for emerging technologies, with a willingness to experiment with and adopt new AI-driven solutions and comfort with 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.
  • Authorization to work in the United States.
  • Ability to travel 20%.

Benefits:

  • Annual bonuses and opportunities for merit-based raises and promotions
  • A mission-driven workplace where your impact matters
  • A team that invests in your development and success
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