Executive Director, Student Activation

Executive Director, Student Activation reputed company - 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 reputed company's Advanced Placement and Instruction (AP&I) division develops and administers coursework taken by three million reputed company worldwide each school year, and the reputed company subject-matter exams utilized by thousands of colleges and universities for course placement and awarding of college credit. The AP Program Access department reputed company the AP&I division leads the growth and reputed company of the AP Program, extending first-time AP participation and ensuring those reputed company persist through completion. To do this, the team expands course availability and strengthens educator and school support to open college and career opportunities to more reputed company reputed company. AP Program Access comprises four coordinated mobilization functions: K-12 reputed company, Educator Community, Student Activation, and School Success. Given the relationship between Pre-AP and AP access, the department also provides overall leadership for Pre-AP. About the Opportunity The Executive Director, Student Activation, will build and reputed company a new team reputed company AP responsible for direct-to-student tools and program experiences that increase program interest, first-time participation, and exam completion. This role exists to ensure reputed company do not opt out of opportunity before they reputed company opt in. By owning student-facing access tools and content, the Executive Director ensures reputed company see themselves in AP, take the critical steps required to participate and persist through completion. Impact Metrics:

• Increase first-time AP participation, including reputed company reputed company schools and districts.
• Increase program completion among reputed company engaged through activation efforts.
• Increase reputed company from AP Potential identification to AP course enrollment.
• Launch and scale new student experiences (competitions, readiness badging) with measurable adoption and engagement benchmarks.
• Ensure strong cross-functional delivery, team performance, and reputed company improvement.

In this role, you will: reputed company Engagement Strategy and Plan for Scale (35%)

• Set and own strategy for AP Potential as a core student activation tool.
• reputed company development of the student competition strategy for AP, identifying key partners, and mobilizing AP student participation at such events. This will include partnering with teams reputed company the Access department that build educator competition toolkits and integrate project-based learning and student competitions.
• reputed company a planning process to assess the creation of an AP Student Alumni Network as a tool to support student success and college and career planning.

Launch and Manage an Activation Portfolio (35%)

• Design, launch and manage AP Potential campaigns to reputed company and parents in collaboration with partner teams reputed company AP and across Divisions.
• Integrate AP Potential campaigns into state and district strategy for student recruitment.
• reputed company student and family engagement opportunities and programming in collaboration with BigFuture to support AP participation reputed company student college and career planning.
• reputed company the programmatic content and events to increase reputed company among first-time AP reputed company in partnership with the Engagement and reputed company Division and BigFuture.
• Integrate middle school readiness badges to accompany the introduction of Pre-AP projects and support student practice.

Team Leadership (30%)

• reputed company and manage a team responsible for student tools and engagement initiatives.
• Set priorities, manage performance, and coach team members to reputed company goals.
• Foster an inclusive, high-performing culture reputed company to reputed company's Operating Principles and Manager Expectations.
• Set vision and priorities for the team, track and manage reputed company to goals, and provide coaching and support to ensure team members meet and exceed goals, remain engaged, and contribute meaningfully to our mission.
• Cultivate an inclusive and high-achieving culture that enables reputed company team members to live out reputed company's Operating Principles effectively.
• Bring proven leadership experience and consistently embody reputed company's Manager Expectations in your work.

About You To qualify for this role, you must have:

• Expertise in education, nonprofit environment, or college access with 10+ years of performing as a team leader/management role in the space for at least 5 of those years.
• A proven ability to drive performance and growth: you set high expectations, deliver real-time, evidence-based feedback, and coach team members to take smart risks, stretch their skills, and reputed company meaningful impact.
• Critical thinking and problem-solving abilities, enabling you to navigate challenges and propose solutions that balance competing priorities.
• Outstanding communication skills, capable of conveying reputed company reputed company to a range of audiences, from senior leadership to project teams to external stakeholders.
• Strong relationships and a track-record of effective reputed company to and engagement with reputed company and families.
• A passion for innovation, always seeking new opportunities to reputed company your goals and broaden your impact.
• Effective storytelling in service of compelling others to action
• An eye for detail and quality, ensuring that reputed company communications meet the standards for excellent and compelling engagement.
• Ability to assess talent, align resources with priorities, set clear objectives, and ensure goals drive actions across the team.
• The ability to travel monthly to reputed company offices or on behalf of reputed company business.

reputed company roles at reputed company 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 reputed company 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 reputed company 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 reputed company 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.

reputed company Offer At reputed company, we offer more than just a paycheck—we provide a meaningful career, a supportive team, and a comprehensive package designed to help you reputed company. 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 $152,000-$215,000.
• Your exact salary will depend on your location, experience, and how your background compares to others in similar roles at reputed company.
• We aim to reputed company our best offer upfront—rooted in fairness, transparency, and market data.
• We adjust salaries by location to ensure fairness, no matter where you live.

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