Senior Director, Talent Acquisition

Senior Director - Talent Acquisition College Board - Global Strategy and Talent About the Team At College Board, the Talent team is the engine behind our people, who in turn power our mission to positively impact millions of students worldwide. We are a dynamic, mission-driven group dedicated to supporting and enabling our nearly 2,000 employees to do the most meaningful, high-impact work of their careers. As the world of work evolves rapidly, the Talent team plays a critical role in helping College Board adapt with clarity, consistency, and purpose. Guided by a clear philosophy, we design with the end user in mind, use data to solve real problems, innovate thoughtfully, and communicate directly and honestly. Our work is grounded in building high-performing teams, fostering strong and accountable leadership, and creating the conditions for every employee to thrive. The Talent Acquisition (TA) team builds College Board's future workforce. It designs and delivers recruiting strategies that attract, assess, and hire diverse, mission-aligned talent at scale and delivers an onboarding experience that empowers new hires to lead and make impact early in their tenure. As the front door to College Board, the TA team ensures every hiring manager, candidate, and new hire experiences excellence, equity, and efficiency, powering the organization with the people, skills, and leadership needed to deliver on Elevate CB. About the Opportunity As the Senior Director, Talent Acquisition, you will lead one of College Board's most critical enterprise capabilities: how we attract, assess, and hire the talent that powers our mission. In this role, you will own the execution and evolution of the Talent Acquisition strategy, building on a strong foundation to continuously refine and adapt how we hire as our organization and the external talent market evolve. You will ensure we are able to meet hiring demand at scale while maintaining a consistently high bar for talent, translating enterprise priorities into clear plans, aligned execution, and measurable outcomes. As the SD, Talent Acquisition you will operate at the intersection of delivery and innovation, ensuring that Talent Acquisition not only performs effectively today, but continues to improve over time. You will advance structured, evidence-based hiring practices that strengthen decision quality and fairness, while leading the adoption of AI-powered tools, automation, and modern systems that enable speed, efficiency, and focus on the most meaningful human elements of hiring. You'll also be responsible for building and leading our talent recruitment team, focused especially on maintaining strong culture and engagement, managing the team through change and adoption of tools, and remaining accountable for acquisition at scale. You will set strategy and vision and create clarity of expectations, provide timely feedback, and foster a culture of ownership and joy where team members take pride in their craft, their growth and their outcomes. This is a role for a leader who believes that strong systems and strong people go hand in hand, and that both are required to deliver consistent, enterprise-level results. Reporting to the Vice President of Talent, you will play a central role in shaping how we bring exceptional people into an organization committed to expanding opportunity for millions of students. In This Role, You Will... Lead Talent Acquisition Strategy and Operating Model (25%) Own the execution and evolution of the enterprise Talent Acquisition strategy, ensuring alignment with College Board's business priorities and broader Talent strategy Translate enterprise goals into hiring plans, capacity models, and prioritization frameworks that guide recruiting execution into clear, measurable outcomes Partner with VP and SVP leaders to align on hiring priorities, sequencing, and tradeoffs Use data and forecasting to anticipate hiring demand, identify risks, and adjust approach as needed Team Leade