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Director, Special Projects College Board - College Readiness Assessments Location: This is a fully remote role. Candidates who live near CB offices have the option of being fully remote or hybrid (Tuesday and Wednesday in office). Type: This is a full-time position About the Team The College Readiness Assessments ("CRA") division is a team of mission-driven people who deliver the SAT Suite of Assessments (SAT, PSAT/NMSQT, PSAT10, and PSAT 8/9) to millions of students across the world each year to help open their paths to college, career, and life after high school.The SAT Suite connects students to a wide range of post-high school opportunities, including scholarships, careers and colleges and universities. In 2023, we retired the use of paper/pencil testing and are now a fully digital SAT Suite offering an assessment that is easier to give, easier to take, more secure, and more relevant. About the Opportunity The Director, Special Projects will play a critical role in ensuring the success of the College Readiness Assessments division as it serves tens of thousands of schools and millions of students each year in pursuit of expanding opportunity for all students. They will lead the division's goal setting, performance-driving and culture-building efforts, tackle special initiatives, drive the Senior Vice President's internal and public-facing agenda, and represent the Senior Vice President and the division in a variety of settings, including among other senior leaders at the organization. In this role, the Director will make executive, strategic and operational level decisions at a complex mission-driven organization and be a critical partner in helping the Senior Vice President manage priorities and maximize effectiveness across the division and the College Board. The Director will partner with and guide the division's managers, serving as a communications and organization conduit between the Senior Vice President and her team. The Director will also be a member of the Senior Vice President's leadership team, will partner with the Senior Vice President to ensure that the work of the College Readiness Assessments division is well planned and executed and will work with the Senior Vice President to maximize her effectiveness across multiple verticals, people, and mission-critical initiatives. In this role, you will: SVP Support (50%) * Serve as Chief of Staff to and manage planning, execution, and support of the Senior Vice President's work with CRA and adjacent teams * Act as proxy to support day to day management and oversight of some of the SVP's direct reports to ensure work that does not rise to level of SVP is actioned and moved forward * Create the Senior Vice President's daily briefings, make recommendations on how to handle incoming asks/projects, and manage her inbox * Represent the Senior Vice President in internal working groups and meetings making recommendations and decisions on behalf of SVP and our program * Draft, proofread, and edit mission critical correspondence, emails, and presentations for the Senior Vice President, representing the entire division and the College Board Divisional Support (25%) * Develop a deep understanding of the SAT Suite's mission, strategy, operations, and business model and serve as a member of the SAT Suite leadership team, while providing sound counsel and professional discretion * Support the Senior Vice President in identifying strategic priorities and goals including leading the annual goal setting process and subsequent progress monitoring for the entire division * Define and drive the divisionBBTECH_RESERVED To view the full job description,

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