Fast Facts

The College Board is seeking a Senior Director, Product Owner to lead the Test Management & Pre-administration Setup team, responsible for enhancing digital assessment capabilities for students and administrators. This fully remote full-time role involves managing the product backlog, delivering high-impact features, and ensuring effective communication with stakeholders.

Responsibilities: Key responsibilities include owning the product backlog, delivering high-quality features, leading agile workflows, defining product roadmaps, conducting user research, and communicating product progress effectively.

Skills: Required skills include expertise in product ownership, backlog management, data analytics, excellent communication capabilities, and proficiency in tools like PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Confluence, and JIRA.

Qualifications: Preferred qualifications include 10+ years of relevant experience, familiarity with educational technology, strong problem-solving skills, technical literacy, and a bachelor's degree.

Location: This is a fully remote role, but candidates living near College Board offices can opt for a hybrid model (in-office on Tuesdays and Wednesdays).

Compensation: $108000 - $165000 / Annually

Senior Director, Product Owner: Test Management & Pre-administration Setup 

College Board - Digital Product 

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)

Type:This is a full-time position

About the Team 

The Digital Product team includes 60+ product development professionals—product owners, product managers, content strategists, and project leads—united by a mission to deliver world-class digital assessment and instructional products. We lead the transition from paper to digital testing and manage the full product lifecycle of College Board’s digital platform, partnering closely with stakeholders across the organization to meet the needs of students, educators, and school and test center staff.

About the Opportunity  

As the Product Owner for College Board’s Test Mgmt.& Setup Application, you will own the success of a mission-critical platform used by thousands of administrators annually to facilitate students takingdigital AP and SAT Suite exams. You are responsible for delivering high-value features that enhance administrator’s test-day configuration and setup capabilities, streamline user interactions, and ensure reliable administration of our digital assessments at scale.

You will serve as the single point of accountability for the product backlog, working cross-functionally with Product Management, Technology, and Design to ensure the test day configuration and setup application is stable, intuitive, and aligned to our roadmap. Your leadership will directly impact the quality, speed, and success of digital test delivery.  

In this Role, You Will:

Deliver High-Impact Product Features (60%)

• Own and maintain a clear, actionable, and prioritized product backlog that aligns to College Board’s digital test delivery goals.
• Lead agile delivery workflows (sprint planning, standups, demos, retros) to deliver high-quality features on-time and at scale.
• Sequence and scope feature development that supports roadmap and organizational priorities.
• Write user stories with detailed acceptance criteria; validate delivery by accepting completed work and leading end-of-sprint reviews.
• Translate stakeholder feedback and user data into backlog refinements that improve product effectiveness, reliability, and usability.
• Partner with QA and Design teams to define test cases and support user acceptance testing (UAT) for critical features.

Drive Roadmap Execution and Feature Outcomes (25%)

• Define and maintain the product roadmap, ensuring work is sequenced to deliver clear, measurable outcomes.
• Break down roadmap initiatives into feature-level OKRs/KPIs tied to user experience, platform reliability, and/or operational performance.
• Ensure every sprint is aligned to broader strategic goals while continuously advocating for test coordinator needs.
• Lead user and market research to prioritize enhancements that reduce friction, increase adoption, and/or improve the test-day configuration experience.

Communicate Value, Progress, and Delivery Status (15%)

• Serve as the go-to communicator of product progress—leading demos, drafting feature briefs, and delivering updates that increase transparency and stakeholder confidence.
• Collaborate with internal teams (Test Delivery, Customer Experience, Marketing, Ops) to share release notes, training documentation, and key functionality updates.
• Ensure internal partners understand the impact of product enhancements on test administration workflows, platform performance, and user satisfaction.

What Success Looks Like

• Clear backlog visibility and feature documentation enabling efficient, high-quality software development.
• On-time, on-target delivery of new functionality supporting Spring 2026 (and beyond) digital test delivery.
• Reduction in known user pain points across test day configurationand setupflows, validated by user feedback and post-test surveys.
• Demonstrated improvement in test-day reliability, stability, or usability metrics (as defined in partnership with Product and Engineering).

 About You 

To qualify for this role, you must have:

• Expertise in product ownership and associated capabilities, with 10+ years performing backlog management, product delivery workflow leadership, and stakeholder management, preferably in the educational technology space.
• Familiarity and experience defining and leveraging usage, product, and qualitative analytics to advocate forproduct direction;Adept problem-solving skills, including using data to inform decisions and actions.
• Knowledge of userexperience best-practices and skilled in translating business needs into user-centered features
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including facilitating meetings and presenting remotely and in-person to groups of 15 or more
• Technical literacy, with the ability to understand data exchanges, system architecture, data modeling and integration workflows
• Proven ability to build relationships and influence others to action 
• A passion for supporting educational and career opportunities for millions of students
• Outstanding knowledge of emerging trends and best-practices in the education technology field 
• Excellent PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Confluence, and JIRA skills; SQL a plus
• Bachelor’s degree is required
• The ability to travel 3-6 times a year to College Board offices or on behalf of College Board business
• Authorization to work in the United States

All roles at College Board require: 

• A passion for expanding educational and career opportunities and mission-driven work
• Authorization to work in the United States for any employer
• Curiosity and enthusiasm for emerging technologies, with a willingness to experiment with and adopt new AI-driven solutions and a comfort 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.

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 just 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 $108,000-$165,000
• 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.