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Director, Project Manager, Career Kickstart Assessment Production
College Board - AP&I
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). East coast hours are required.
Type: This is a full-time position
About the Team
Career Kickstart expands the successful AP model to the career and
technical education space, by offering schools a new set of
career-oriented high school courses that provide students with relevant,
high-quality instruction and experiences that lead to
industry-recognized credentials and college credit, and ultimately,
power students\' progress to in-demand jobs in high-growth sectors and
choice-filled lives. We are in the nascent stages of building this
program and have a start-up culture.
To support the continued production of high-quality teacher- and
student-facing materials, the Career Kickstart Program is looking fill
the role of Director, Project Manager, Career Kickstart Assessment
Production.
About the Opportunity
The Director, Project Manager, Career Kickstart Assessment Production
will oversee project and process management for assessment authoring and
review for up to 3 Career Kickstart courses, maintaining and
communicating detailed reporting and status tracking across a number of
interdependent workstreams. Partnering with Career Kickstart content
teams, external consultant content creators, and various other
stakeholders, the Director, Career Kickstart Assessment Production, will
ensure that all assessment items are developed to designated
specifications and on needed timelines.
As Director, Project Manager, Career Kickstart Assessment Production,
you are an integral member of the cross-functional team building and
delivering Career Kickstart Exams and Instructional resources. You are a
collaborative, insightful, and highly-motivated professional, with a
keen eye for detail and a passion for educational opportunity. You are
not shy about digging into ambiguity and you are quick to propose more
efficient ways of getting things done.
In this role, you will:
Project Planning (40%)
- Develop and maintain detailed item authoring and review schedules
for all summative and formative assessments for each of the courses
you manage
- Collaborate with CB stakeholders (Career Kickstart Assessment, AP
Classroom, Technology, Digital Delivery) as well as external
partners to define and implement requirements for Career Kickstart
assessment products based on the requirements of the range of Career
Kickstart courses, platforms, and formats
- Partner with Career Kickstart content teams to build and maintain
detailed assessment item and form specifications, monitoring
existing item inventory and scoping/scheduling assessment production
work accordingly
- Support the recruitment, on-boarding, and continued professional
learning of high-quality independent consultants to serve as content
creators across all applicable courses
Project Management (40%)
- Maintain clear and up-to-date documentation of the status of all
assessment deliverables under your management
- Facilitate multiple levels of internal and external reviews for all
Career Kickstart assessment products and resources, ensuring all
feedback is considered and integrated
- Serve as the representative for assessment production for each of
the courses you manage to both internal and external audiences,
triaging obstacles and escalating roadblocks and delays, as needed
- Lead weekly stand-ups with all relevant Career Kickstart content
teams, providing visibility into and accountability for current work
stat s and upcoming deliverables
- Budget and track all costs in your purview and recommend efficient
staffing and resourcing solutions
Process Development and Improvement (20%)
- Integrate project management tools for your course(s) with processes
managed by other key stakeholders In the Assessment Production value
chain
- Collaborate with peers and the broader Assessment Production team to
document and iterate on current project management practices
- Share recommendations for process and tool improvements on an
ongoing basis
About You
You Have:
Bachelor\'s degree is required
5+ years of relevant product and/or project management experience is
required, preferably in the education industry
High degree of personal ownership and accountability to consistently
deliver results in a fast-paced environment
Strong organizational and time management skills with a process-oriented
mindset
Excellent interpersonal, collaborative and communication skills;
demonstrated ability to establish positive working relationships at all
levels of the organization
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