Executive Director, AP Portfolio and Product Readiness

Executive Director, AP Portfolio and Product Readiness 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). Type: This is a full-time position  About the Team    The College Board’s Advanced Placement and Instruction division (300+ staff) develops and administers coursework taken by more than 3 million students worldwide each school year, and the related subject-matter exams utilized by more than 4,000 colleges and universities for course placement and awarding of college credit. These include credit and placement examination programs like CLEP and ACCUplacer; Advanced Placement (AP) and Pre-AP courses in 40+ disciplines; and associated teacher professional learning programs.    To support the continued growth and evolution of the program, the AP Program Enablement team is designed to oversee the end-to-end management of the AP Course Roadmap, as well as the processes and production functions that underpin all new and existing AP courses and exams. This team plays a central role in ensuring alignment, quality, and efficiency across the full lifecycle of course and assessment production. About the Opportunity     The Executive Director, AP Portfolio and Product Readiness is a senior leadership role responsible for driving the strategic planning, governance, and execution of the AP Course Roadmap across the division. This leader will establish and oversee centralized portfolio management structures that enable coordinated execution, operational transparency, and accountability across course development, content production, digital implementation, and product readiness initiatives. Working across AP and in close partnership with divisional teams, such as GPER, the Executive Director will align resources, timelines, and dependencies to ensure successful delivery of new, revised and updated AP course and assessments. This role leads cross-functional operating rhythms, integrating oversight of Content Production and Course Product Readiness to drive coordinated execution, publication quality, and launch readiness for instructional, assessment, and curricular products. The Executive Director will drive scalable operational excellence through effective governance, production management, workflow optimization, and continuous improvement practices while ensuring high-quality deliverables. This role plays a critical leadership role in advancing innovative content management strategies, leveraging emerging technologies and AI-enabled tools, strengthening collaboration across the division to support AP’s long-term strategic initiatives. In this role, you will: AP Content Development & Production Management (20%) Oversee the AP Content Production function responsible for the design, development, and delivery of all AP curricular, assessment, and instruction publications, ensuring high-quality content that advances AP’s strategic priorities. Ensure the successful production and delivery of Course and Exam Descriptions (CEDs), course frameworks, exam design publications, practice exams, and teacher support assets for new, revised, and updated AP courses, ensuring alignment to assessment validity, instructional quality, and operational timelines. Establish and maintain rigorous production workflows, quality assurance standards, and cross-functional collaboration processes that ensure accurate, accessible, and scalable instructional and assessment materials across the AP portfolio. Partner closely with Curriculum & Assessment, Course Design & Development, and other AP departments to support readiness decisions for 6-8 new or redesigned courses aligned to the division’s five-year strategic growth plan. AP Course Product Readiness & Cross-Functional Delivery (20%) Oversee the end-to-end readiness and delivery strategy for new and revised AP course products, ensuring alignment across New Course Design & Development, Curriculum & Assessment, Access and other operational teams within AP and GPER. Direct the full production lifecycle, including scoping, development, review, publication, implementation, and launch readiness, ensuring high-quality and on-time delivery of course assets and teacher support materials. Oversee cross-functional integration and execution, leading a team that serves as the central coordination point across Curriculum & Assessment, New Course Design & Delivery, Product, and Production teams to manage dependencies, risks, and roadmap milestones. Establish and drive operational processes that support disciplined execution, workflow optimization, continuous improvement, and transparent reporting across all course readiness initiatives. Divisional Portfolio and Program Management (40%) Lead the strategic planning and execution of the AP Course Roadmap, ensuring alignment across new and revised course development, production, readiness, and organizational priorities. Design and implement divisional governance structures, including decision-rights frameworks, planning cadences, escalation protocols, and accountability measures that support effective cross-divisional execution. Establish and chair a program management governance body to drive transparency, accountability, quality standards, and timely decision-making across departments. Develop and maintain a unified, multi-year AP Course Roadmap that integrates priorities and timelines across New Course Design & Development, Curriculum & Assessment, Strategy, Access, and Delivery teams. Ensure end-to-end visibility into course pipelines, interdependencies, resource allocation, production schedules, and organizational capacity to support proactive planning and risk mitigation. Partner closely with Digital Product and Technology leadership to ensure continuous alignment between the AP Course Roadmap and the technology roadmaps, enabling integrated planning and delivery across con