Associate Director – Project & Portfolio Management

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $56k - $90k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

👔 Director

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The College Board

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1900

📚 Education

🤝 Non-profit

Education • Non-profit

The College Board is a mission-driven, not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting excellence and equity in education. It connects students to college success and opportunity by supporting them in building essential skills for higher education and removing barriers to access. The College Board operates with a focus on respect, diversity, inclusion, and collaboration, with a diverse and dedicated team of professionals. Based in several locations across the United States, they strive to modernize operations and increase their digital footprint, supporting students and families nationwide.

📋 Description

• Own project management across the full lifecycle for the team's portfolio of prototype and pilot initiatives • Manage timelines, milestones, dependencies, and decision gates • Coordinate cross-functional contributors, track commitments, and align workstreams to charters and deadlines • Operate project intake and kickoff processes from intake through retrospective • Track risks, blockers, dependencies, open questions, and decisions, escalating threats to timelines or go/no-go gates • Build and maintain portfolio trackers and status reporting • Support pilot execution through logistics coordination, stakeholder communications, timelines, and launch readiness • Maintain visibility across active initiatives, pilots, and evaluation efforts • Own the team's document and knowledge management system, including artifact library, templates, version control, naming conventions, and access • Maintain reusable artifacts such as pilot charters, decision memos, evaluation plans, and project briefs • Manage document workflows, including drafting support, review routing, and final production • Capture and organize team decisions, learnings, and process improvements • Facilitate agile-style planning, including sprint or cycle planning, standups, backlog grooming, and retrospectives

🎯 Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in project or program management • Demonstrated ability to manage complex, multi-stakeholder portfolios across their full lifecycle, including timelines, dependencies, risks, and decision gates, in an ambiguous, fast-moving environment • Experience owning knowledge and document management systems, including building templates, version control, and reusable artifact libraries • Strong writing, editing, and document production skills • Ability to travel up to 10% of the time for team and stakeholder meetings • Experience with Agile methodology preferred • Passion for expanding educational and career opportunities and mission-driven work • Curiosity and enthusiasm for emerging technologies, willingness to experiment with and adopt AI-driven solutions, and comfort learning and applying new digital tools independently and proactively • Clear and concise written and verbal communication skills • Learner's mindset and commitment to growth • Drive for impact and excellence, including data-informed decision-making • Collaborative and empathetic approach • Authorization to work in the United States

🏖️ Benefits

• Fully remote option • Hybrid option for candidates near College Board offices (Tuesday and Wednesday in office) • Occasional travel for in-person business purposes • Comprehensive compensation and benefits package • Fair and competitive compensation • Location-adjusted salaries • Transparent conversations about compensation and benefits