Director, Higher Education Data Strategy – Analytics

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $80k - $125k / year

⏰ Full Time

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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 the strategy, roadmap, and data-quality standards for the Common Data Set partnership, AP Credit Policy survey, and Annual Survey of Colleges • Decide changes to content, timing, and validation and resolve cross-division trade-offs • Author annual roadmaps and post-cycle findings with recommendations to modernize technology and improve process efficiency, quality, and institutional participation • Benchmark leading programs and modernize legacy collection processes while protecting response rates • Build an Affordability market measurement framework • Generate market segmentation, prioritization, targeting, and related analyses to advance institutional and student reach • Deliver reports, dashboards, opportunity scoring, and analyses for Financial Aid Programs and Services, including CSS Profile, Net Price Calculator, and MyIntuition • Provide strategic recommendations to Program and Product Managers • Develop usage and benchmarking reports for colleges to increase service value, adoption, and retention • Analyze international student mobility data to support SAT and AP recognition policies at international universities • Develop internal and external reports and actionable intelligence to identify opportunities and secure new policies • Generate market analyses, data tools, and insights that strengthen College Board thought leadership and drive policy adoption • Make decisions on tool and platform requirements, CDS content and related articles, and internal dashboard designs • Present recommendations to HMA leadership and senior/executive director colleagues across divisions • Escalate external reporting recommendations to Product Managers and net-cost metric recommendations to executive leadership for approval

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in data-intensive areas such as data policy, analysis, survey collection, and interpretation • Strong ability to understand big-picture context and creatively solve business challenges • Ability to translate general inquiries into specific analytical questions and tasks • Experience presenting complex information visually, including via Tableau/Power BI • Ability to analyze large and complex datasets • Advanced proficiency in Excel and SQL • Programming proficiency in R, Stata, or SAS • Experience in higher education, such as admissions, financial aid, or institutional research • Proficiency managing external partnerships, leading technology roadmaps, and influencing cross-functional stakeholders • Familiarity with the Common Data Set, NCES-IPEDS surveys, and higher education data/reporting preferred • Track record of influencing cross-functional and external partners to adopt recommendations • Track record of delivering a technology or process roadmap • 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 new digital tools independently • Clear and concise written and verbal communication skills • Learner's mindset and commitment to growth • Drive for impact and excellence • Collaborative and empathetic approach • Authorization to work in the United States

🏖️ Benefits

• Fully remote or hybrid option for candidates living near College Board offices (Tuesday and Wednesday in office) • Meaningful career and supportive team • Comprehensive compensation and benefits package • Compensation adjusted by location for fairness • Transparent conversations about compensation and benefits • Occasional travel to meet in person for business purposes

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