Assistant Director, K12 Delivery Specialist

Assistant Director, K-12 Delivery Specialist College Board - Operations 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). All CB employees are required to occasionally travel to meet in person for business purposes. Type: This is a full-time position About the Team The College Board Operations division manages the digital test delivery process for millions of students each year. Our Assessment Delivery Operations (ADO) team is primarily responsible for managing and overseeing the successful execution of digital assessments like the SAT and Advanced Placement examinations. Among its many responsibilities, ADO ensures that test sites meet security and network requirements, test proctors are credentialed and trained to administer tests consistently and fairly, students arrive on test day with the correct documents and testing materials, and that testing issues are promptly addressed. Our team plays a critical and essential role in the success of students and educators before, during, and after test day. And, due to its central role in supporting College Board's mission, ADO works closely with partners and stakeholders across College Board, the education sector, and beyond to shape and improve testing technologies, customer experience, and testing outcomes. This team works closely with College Readiness Assessments (CRA) State Partner Success team as well as external stakeholders, primarily district assessment coordinators and school test coordinators.Internally, this team partners closely with other ADO team members as well as State and District Partnership (SDP) colleagues. About the Opportunity As a K12 Delivery Specialist within ADO, you are responsible for supporting implementation of a state's SAT and PSAT assessment program.You will be an escalation point of contact for the state's district and school test coordinators as they prepare and then deliver the assessment for their federal accountability measurement or other state legislative requirements. The K12 Delivery Specialist works closely with the CRA State Partner Success team and key ADO and Customer Experience partners to ensure a successful test administration at every eligible school in contract states. This includes providing trainings to district and school stakeholders and managing escalations from these stakeholders in a timely manner and within the specified guidelines for states as well as the policies of various internal departments. You will be most successful in this role if you are a hands-on, flexible delivery specialist who is willing to go above and beyond to support customers and find resolutions to issues. In this role, you will: Provide Assessment Delivery Support (65%) Serve as business contact between the schools and districts and internal College Board teams to address and resolve exceptions and/or escalated cases. Establish a strong relationship with the CRA State Partner Success team, SDP, and other College Board stakeholders, and external state partners. Assist State Success Manager at state DOE meetings and communicate formally and informally with internal and external stakeholders. Act as SAT and PSAT subject matter expert to provide guidance to district and school test coordinators. Conduct proactive readiness outreach to prepare schools and districts for administering digital tests. Act as a voice of the customer during policy, process, and solutioning discussions. Lead and deliver all contractually required training sessions and remote office hours as needed with schools and districts. Respond to district and school inquiries via email and phone, providing on-site support as needed.Escalate issues to the State Success Manager or the SDP District POC as appropriate. Work within aggressive timelines and with extremely sensitive test administration-impacting cases. Design and implement manual processes to implement workarounds for exce