Introduction
The College Board, a national educational organization, is conducting a search for an Associate Director, SAT School Day Implementation Management in our Operations Department, who will be located in our Reston Virginia office.
Summary
The Associate Director, Registration and Test Administration will be accountable for the execution of College Board’s State and District Initiatives within the Registration and Test Administration Operations business group as well as ensure end-to-end coordination through the full Assessment Operations value stream. This position will be primarily focused on the Michigan School Day Contract and support other contracts as assigned.
To be successful, the Associate Director must oversee the timely and accurate development and maintenance of end-to-end, comprehensive project plans which impact multiple business areas and vendors. The Associate Director will also be required to identify and advocate for potential enhancements that will build efficiency and improve quality of the management of state and district initiatives.
The Associate Director will work closely with many stakeholders, both internal and external, to manage, monitor and ensure fulfillment of institutions’ contracted services, and will serve as a primary point of contact within the SAT Program for related implementation activities. The candidate will be responsible for working closely with our internal service unit teams and with external customers to support:
- Setting up the contract with College Board Finance
- Translating contract terms into operational requirements and deliverables
- Processing group registrations
- Collecting required inputs from the customer, and providing those to internal service units
- Monitoring key milestone deliverables such as test center setup, registration signup, SSD participation, test center supervisor training, and absentee/makeup testing
- Facilitating customer implementation calls and inquiries
- Delivering implementation reports and updates to the customer and to internal service units
Responsibilities
- Participates in cross-functional implementation management from the point of contract execution through post test-day activities
- Communicates regularly with key stakeholders, including operations, RAS, vendors and external customer contacts to ensure complete and accurate program implementation
- Partners with cross-functional key stakeholders to identify improvement opportunities and supports process and capability changes
- Provides regular status reporting to internal and external groups
Qualifications
Education/ Experience :
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Minimum of 3-5 years of project management required
- Experience in and/or knowledge of education assessment/testing
- Experience implementing large projects and fostering team work across internal and external stakeholders with whom the candidate does not have a direct reporting relationship
Related Skills & Other Requirements:
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Very detailed-oriented
- Strong collaborator
- Persuasive, personable and accessible
- Decisive within the framework of a collaborative change
Apply
If you are interested in joining the College Board and you meet our qualifications, we encourage you to apply by following the link below to send us your resume and a brief introductory cover letter that includes salary expectations.
Benefits
We offer our employees an outstanding benefits package which includes 4 weeks of paid time off, a generous retirement plan, tuition reimbursement and ongoing professional development and training.
Mission
The College Board’s mission is to connect students to college success and opportunity. We are a not-for-profit membership organization committed to excellence and equity in education. Among our best-known products are the SAT®, PSAT/NMSQT®, and Advanced Placement Program®.
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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