Director, SAT Suite Community Strategy and Implementation

About the role

The SAT Suite Program Access team leads the national strategy, implementation, and partner engagement efforts supporting states and districts administering the SAT Suite of Assessments (SAT, PSAT/NMSQT, PSAT 10 and PSAT 8/9). As digital transformation accelerates, our work increasingly centers on scalable systems, strong district partnerships, and effective implementation models that ensure every student benefits from high-quality assessment insights. The Program Access team will partner closely with the Partner Success team, who own the day-to-day relationships with state accountability contract customers, to determine the needs and provide scalable support of those states in addition to districts. As part of the K-12 SAT Suite Program Management & Partner Success team, we enable customer success, reinforce the value of the SAT Suite, and strengthen College Board's partnership with critical customers . The Director, SAT Suite Community Strategy and Implementation owns the national strategy, operating model, and outcomes for district engagement and implementation across the SAT Suite. This leader is accountable for how district-facing systems drive measurable improvements in adoption, implementation quality, and expansion of SAT Suite usage across districts. This role moves beyond designing systems to owning their effectiveness, ensuring that district engagement strategies translate into increased onboarding success, deeper implementation in classrooms, and sustained district partnership growth. The Director will define and lead a scalable engagement model spanning onboarding, lifecycle management, and community strategy, with clear accountability for district activation, retention, and expansion outcomes. Reporting to the Senior Director of Program Access, this role partners closely with College Board's College Readiness Assessments (CRA), State and District Partnerships, Product, and Operations field teams to align strategy, drive execution, and deliver measurable impact across the district lifecycle. In this role, you will: Own District Engagement Strategy & Outcomes (25%) Define and lead the national district engagement strategy, including evolution of the District Success Network (DSN), with full ownership of activation, implementation fidelity, retention, and expansion outcomes Establish and drive success metrics tied to district behavior change (e.g., onboarding completion, integration into district plans, sustained usage), ensuring measurable impact on adoption and implementation Make strategic decisions on engagement models, priorities, and investments to maximize district impact and long-term partnership success Drive Scalable Onboarding & Implementation Impact (20%) Own the end-to-end onboarding and implementation strategy, ensuring districts successfully transition from adoption to active use, while partnering with Operations to execute onboarding at scale Ensure that implementation frameworks lead to measurable outcomes, including: Increased percentage of districts fully onboarded within defined timelines Integration of SAT Suite practices into district instructional and assessment plans Continuously refine onboarding systems based on performance data and district outcomes Lead Community Strategy to Accelerate Adoption & Expansion (20%) Design and operationalize a national community engagement strategy that drives peer learning, adoption, and expansion Ensure the District Success Network community of practice and related structures result in: Increased district-to-district knowledge sharing that leads to implementation improvements Measurable growth in new district adoption and expansion within existing accounts Establish clear accountability for how community engagement contributes to SAT Suite growth goals Own Consultant Strategy & Impact (15%) Lead the SAT Suite Consultant Program as a strategic lever for district success Define how consultant engagements drive implementation quality, adoption, and expansion Align consultant deployment to district tiering and lifecycle stage to maximize impact Track and optimize consultant contributions to measurable district outcomes (e.g., onboarding success, implementation milestones achieved) Define Tiered Support Model & Service Strategy (10%) Own the strategy for differentiated district support, including Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 engagement models Ensure service models drive equitable access while prioritizing high-impact districts Align support strategies to outcomes such as implementation depth, retention, and expansion