Senior Director, Instructional Design

College Board - AP&I New Course Design and Delivery Location: This is a remote role. Candidates who live near CB offices have the option of being fully remote or hybrid (Tuesday and Wednesday in office). All CB employees are required to occasionally travel to meet in person for business purposes. Role Type: This is a full-time position About the Team The College Board's Advanced Placement and Instruction division (260 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. The Advanced Placement Program is the largest offering in the division's portfolio, and has six departments: Curriculum and Assessment, which is responsible for annual and ongoing development of the current suite of AP courses and exams; Delivery, which manages the annual cycle of transactions with schools - from student registration to exam administration, scoring, and score reporting; Access, which focuses on expanding availability of AP and Pre-AP courses, participation among traditionally underserved students, and supporting teachers; Strategy, which measures and evaluates the program's components, identifies and evaluates program opportunities and threats, and leads the development and implementation of strategic initiatives; and New Course Design and Development, charged with conducting curricular research, and designing, developing, evaluating, and continuously improving new AP courses and exams. About the Opportunity As an Instructional Designer within the AP Instructional Design department, you will play a key role in the development of innovative educational content for a portfolio of new AP courses. Your work will focus on prototyping, testing, and refining new course components, as well as developing clear requirements for content that will shape the future of AP offerings. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to ensure that prototypes evolve into high-quality, scalable instructional materials. You will also contribute to the piloting process, supporting the Executive Director who leads this phase, to ensure that new components are tested and refined based on real-world classroom data. In this role, you will: Develop Content Requirements: Collaborate with subject matter experts to translate research findings into clear, actionable requirements for new content while ensuring alignment with AP standards and goals. Lead Instructional Prototyping Efforts: Develop and refine prototypes for various components of new AP courses or instructional resources, such as sample topics, course skills, instructional approaches, and project-based learning tasks. Collaborate on Testing: Conduct small-scale testing of prototypes to gather feedback and data, ensuring that new components meet educational standards and effectively engage students. Support the Executive Director in the piloting process, contributing insights and adjustments based on pilot data working in partnership with Learning Engineering. Contribute to Cross-Divisional Planning: Participate in the planning process for the Development and Deployment stages, collaborating with the Project Management Office and other departments to ensure smooth hand-offs and effective governance. Specific Responsibilities: Research and Frameworks (10%) Support Curricular Analysis: Provide research and feedback support to the curricular analysis team and contribute to developing course design recommendations for consideration by College Board leadership. Ensure Alignment with Standards: Collaborate with subject matter experts to develop a framework for the course to ensure that the requirements align with educ