Director, SAT Suite Strategy & Innovation

College Board – College Readiness Assessments (CRA)

100% Remote

Role Type: This is a full-time position

About the Team  

The College Readiness Assessments (CRA) division is a mission-driven team that delivers 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 life after high school. The SAT Suite connects students to a wide range of post-high school opportunities, including scholarships, careers, 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.  

The SAT Suite Innovation & Partnerships team turns bold ideas into real world impact. Operating at the intersection of strategy, product development, and partnerships, we explore and incubate initiatives that help students, educators, and districts build and measure the skills most critical for college and career success. We collaborate with product, research, and market-facing teams to address current needs while anticipating the future of digital assessment and learning. 

Our team works in close partnership with the Senior Vice President and Vice President of CRA as well as College Board’s Executive Leadership team to shape the SAT Suite’s innovation strategy and ensure the division makes diligent, high-impact investments that drive its long-term vision. Advising on and architecting solutions for the most complex questions facing the SAT Suite, our mission-driven, future-focused team plays a pivotal role in reimagining assessments and developing smarter, more actionable tools that help millions of students unlock opportunity. 

About the Opportunity

As the Director, SAT Suite Strategy & Innovation, you are energized by the opportunity to enhance the value and relevance of the SAT Suite, expanding access to college and career pathways for all students. Reporting to the Executive Director of Innovation & Partnerships, you will support high-impact initiatives that explore bold innovations, from reimagining product and go-to-market strategies to leveraging emerging technologies like AI to transform assessment. With deep curiosity, analytical rigor, and structured problem-solving, you’ll lead high impact workstreams on strategic projects, translating ambiguous problems into rigorous analyses and turning insights into business cases for senior leaders. This is a high-visibility, high-impact role for a mission-driven strategist ready to influence the direction of a nationally critical program serving students around the world. 

In this role, you will:

Strategy and Analysis (70%) 

• Lead workstreams on critical innovation projects that enhance the SAT Suite’s value, relevance, and flexibility. 

• Partner with the Executive Director to drive forward strategy projects end to end, from scoping, through analysis, synthesis, and recommendations to senior leaders.  

•  Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Product, Market Insights, and Policy, to define key research questions, scope analyses, and translate findings into strategic business implications.  

• Structure and lead market research and data analysis, analyzing outputs to support investment decisions, growth strategies, and new product or partnership opportunities.   

• Leverage expertise in the ed-tech landscape, assessment policy, and market trends to evaluate and advance the most promising ideas. 

• Manage multiple, concurrent strategic and analytical workstreams across varying projects and stages. 

Business Case Development (30%) 

• Translate complex innovation ideas into scalable strategies, balancing mission impact with financial sustainability and operational feasibility, with support from the Executive Director and Senior Director.

• Lead on deliverable creation to present compelling, data-informed business cases to secure leadership support for new pilots, partnerships, and innovation investments. 

• Lead analysis for build/ buy/ partner recommendations: build evaluation frameworks, gather and analyze information, and present recommendations to leadership.  

• Build and maintain relationships across a variety of cross-functional teams to garner insights and drive buy-in for recommendations.  

About You

To qualify for this role, you must have:

• 5+ years of experience in product strategy, innovation leadership, internal strategy, or management consulting. 

• Deep commitment to College Board’s mission to clear a path for all students to own their future. 

• A successful track record of supporting complex, ambiguous projects with significant organizational impact, including leading substantial workstreams within those projects.  

• An entrepreneurial orientation, proactively surfacing bold ideas, spotting opportunities others miss, and shaping creative strategies in complex, evolving environments. 

• Strong strategic thinking paired with operational execution capabilities.  

• Demonstrated ability to turn data into meaningful insights to guide decisions. 

• Exceptional communication skills that allow for clarity, persuasion, and engagement across formats and audiences. 

• Comfort operating in fast-paced, high-stakes environments with evolving priorities.  

• Bachelor’s degree required

• A deep understanding of educational systems, assessment, or digital learning is a plus.  

• The ability to travel 4-6 times a year to College Board offices or on behalf of College Board business. 

All roles at College Board require:

• A passion for expanding educational and career opportunities and mission-driven work

• Authorization to work in the United States for any employer

• Curiosity and enthusiasm for emerging technologies, with a willingness to experiment with and adopt new AI-driven solutions and a comfort 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.

About Our Process 

• Application review will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days.

• While the hiring process may vary, it generally includes: resume and application submission, recruiter phone/video screen, hiring manager interview, performance exercise such as live coding, a panel interview, a conversation with leadership and reference checks.  

What We Offer

At College Board, we offer more than just a paycheck—we provide a meaningful career, a supportive team, and a comprehensive package designed to help you thrive. We’re a self-sustaining nonprofit that believes in fair and competitive compensation, grounded in your qualifications, experience, impact, and the market.

A Thoughtful Approach to Compensation

• The hiring range for this role is $80,000 – $140,000.

• Your exact salary will depend on your location, experience, and how your background compares to others in similar roles at the College Board.

• We aim to make our best offer upfront—rooted in fairness, transparency, and market data.

• We adjust salaries by location to ensure fairness, no matter where you live.

You’ll have open, transparent conversations about compensation, benefits, and what it’s like to work at College Board throughout your hiring process. Check out our careers page for more.

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