Director, Higher Education Data Strategy & Analytics

Director, Higher Education Data Strategy & Analytics

College Board - HMA

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

As a member of the Strategy, Analytics, and Insights team, you will join a small group with big impact, delivering insights to colleagues across program delivery, product development, and strategic outreach. The team drives clear visibility on student and higher ed engagement, highlights areas of opportunity, and builds resources that power insights for internal and external audiences.

About the Opportunity

College Board is seeking a Director, Higher Education Data Strategy & Analytics to advance our core institutional data assets and translate them into strategic insight that helps students, families, and the institutions that serve them to make better decisions. In this role, you will own the strategy, quality standards, and roadmap for College Board's flagship data programs like the Annual Survey of Colleges, author the Affordability market measurement framework, generate analyses that support institutional and student reach, and deliver insights that grow international Higher Education recognition of SAT and AP.

This is a strategic and highly cross-functional role. You will partner closely with colleagues across Strategic Higher Education, Financial Aid Programs and Services, Research, and other program teams to build data infrastructure, generate insights, and drive decisions that advance College Board's mission and market position.

In this role, you will:

Advance College Board's Core Institutional Data Programs (40%)

• Own strategy, roadmap, and data-quality standards for the Common Data Set (CDS) partnership, AP Credit Policy survey, and Annual Survey of Colleges (ASC), the higher education sector's most widely used data collection efforts. Decide changes to content, timing, and validation; and identify and support resolutions of cross-division trade-offs.
• Author the annual roadmap and post-cycle findings, each with clear recommendations that modernize technology, strengthen process efficiency and quality, and grow institutional participation.
• Benchmark against leading programs to challenge legacy collection processes, and pace modernization to improve data quality and completeness without putting response rates at risk.
  

Shape the Affordability Analytics Framework & Agenda (40%)

• Build an Affordability market measurement framework. Generate market segmentation, prioritization, targeting, and related analyses that advance institutional and student reach, increasing the number of students and families that understand what college is likely to cost and how to afford their education
• Deliver reports, dashboards, opportunity scoring, and related analyses on our Financial Aid Programs and Services (e.g., CSS Profile, Net Price Calculator, MyIntuition), that drive strategic recommendations for Program & Product Managers
• Develop a suite of usage and benchmarking reports for colleges that increases the value, adoption, and retention of these services.

Strengthen SAT/ AP Recognition and Enrollment Leader Engagement (20%)

• Support the expansion of SAT and AP recognition policies at international universities by analyzing data on international student mobility, and developing internal/ external reports and actionable intelligence to help colleagues to identify opportunities and secure new policies
• Generate market analyses, data tools, and insights that strengthen College Board’s thought leadership and drive policy adoption across strategic outreach/ recruitment, admission, financial aid, and retention

How You'll Work

Decision rights: This role makes decisions on tool/ platform requirements for ASC/ APCP, content for CDS and related articles, and designs for internal dashboards. This role escalates recommendations for external reporting to Product Managers for review, and recommendations for net-cost metrics to Executive Director and Unit VP for approval.

Stakeholder level: Present recommendations to HMA leadership and Senior/ Executive Director colleagues in other divisions.

About You

• 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 think creatively about how to solve business challenges
• Proficiency in translating general inquiries into specific analytical questions & tasks
• Experience presenting complex information in compelling visual ways, including via Tableau/ PowerBI
• Ability to analyze large and complex datasets (advanced proficiency in Excel, SQL and programming language such as R, Stata, or SAS)
• Experience in higher education (e.g., admission, financial aid, 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 your recommendations, and delivering a technology or process roadmap

All roles at College Board require:

• A passion for expanding educational and career opportunities and mission-driven work

• Curiosity and enthusiasm for emerging technologies, with a willingness to experiment with and adopt new AI-driven solutions and comfort with learning and applying new digital tools independently and proactively.

• Clear and concise communication skills, written and verbal

• A learner's mindset and a commitment to growth: welcoming diverse perspectives, giving and receiving timely, respectful feedback, and continuously improving through iterative learning and user input.

• A drive for impact and excellence: solving complex problems, making data-informed decisions, prioritizing what matters most, and continuously improving through learning, user input, and external benchmarking.

• A collaborative and empathetic approach: working across differences, fostering trust, and contributing to a culture of shared success

• Authorization to work in the United States

About Our Process

• Application review will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days.
• While the hiring process may vary, it generally includes: resume and application submission, recruiter phone/video screen, hiring manager interview, performance exercise such as live coding, a panel interview, a conversation with leadership and reference checks.

What We Offer

At College Board, we offer more than a paycheck: we provide a meaningful career, a supportive team, and a comprehensive package designed to help you thrive. We’re a self-sustaining nonprofit that believes in fair and competitive compensation grounded in your qualifications, experience, impact, and the market.

A Thoughtful Approach to Compensation

• The hiring range for this role is $80,000–$125,000.
• Your exact salary will depend on your location, experience, and how your background compares to others in similar roles at the College Board.
• We aim to make our best offer upfront, rooted in fairness, transparency, and market data.
• We adjust salaries by location to ensure fairness, no matter where you live.

You’ll have open, transparent conversations about compensation, benefits, and what it’s like to work at College Board throughout your hiring process. Check out our careers page for more.

About College Board

College Board reaches more than 7 million students a year, helping them navigate the path from high school to college and career. We’re a mission-driven, not-for-profit membership organization dedicated to excellence in education. Founded 125 years ago, we are committed to clearing a path for all students to own their future. We pioneered programs like the SAT® and AP® to expand opportunities for students and help them develop the skills they need. Our BigFuture® program helps students plan for college, pay for college, and explore careers. Learn more at cb.org.

Mission

Clearing a path for all students to own their future.

What Guides Us

At College Board, our work is guided by four Operating Principles, and we seek team members who not only align with these principles but actively live them out in their day-to-day work​.

• Prioritize and Simplify– We focus on what matters most, reduce complexity, and move quickly when needed.

• Say and Receive– We give and receive feedback candidly and kindly, welcoming growth and healthy debate.

• Go for Greatness– We pursue excellence using data, iteration, and bold thinking to raise the bar.

• Lead as One College Board– We build a culture of trust, inclusion, and shared responsibility for long-term impact.

We Value and Provide Growth, Recognition, and Purpose

In addition to a competitive salary and benefits, we offer:

• Annual bonuses and opportunities for merit-based raises and promotions

• A mission-driven workplace where your impact matters

• A team that invests in your development and success

EEOC statement

College Board is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We’re committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status.