Assistant Director, Technology Initiatives

Assistant Director, Technology Initiatives

College Board - Technology

Location: Reston, VA

Type:

• This is a full-time position

About the Team

At College Board, we are building products and services that connect students to college success and opportunity. College Board Technology has a key role to play in the organization's ability to deliver its strategic priorities. To do this effectively, we are curating a culture centered on a set of principles. In Technology, we are organized as teams dedicated to products. We say products, not projects, because in software projects are subject to abandonware, while products get better over time. Products get better because we wake up every day thinking about how to improve them.

About the Opportunity

As the Asst. Director, Technology Initiatives, you'll be at the heart of a fast-moving technology organization-where strategy meets execution. You'll play a pivotal role in shaping how the CIO's vision comes to life, triaging high-impact requests, enabling clarity across priorities, and ensuring the right conversations happen at the right time. This is a unique opportunity to work alongside senior leaders, influence outcomes across the enterprise, and help drive meaningful change in a dynamic, Agile environment.

In this role, you will:

Drive Clarity, Action, and Alignment at the Heart of the CIO Office - 70%

• Emergent Request Triage: Serve as the primary intake point for inbound and ad hoc requests to the CIO, assessing urgency, strategic relevance, and appropriate routing or response. Track and manage follow-ups to ensure timely resolution.

• Operational Support: Provide day-to-day operational support to the Office of the CIO, including meeting preparation, coordination of leadership communications, and follow-through on action items.

• Initiative Coordination: Support the execution of strategic and high-priority initiatives by facilitating alignment, surfacing blockers, and ensuring progress is visible and measurable.

• Stakeholder Engagement: Act as a liaison between the CIO Office and internal teams, ensuring clear communication, alignment on priorities, and consistent follow-up on deliverables.

Enable Insight and Transparency Through Information and Executive Communication - 20%

• Information Management: Maintain and organize key documentation, dashboards, and knowledge repositories to support transparency and informed decision-making.

• Executive Reporting: Assist in preparing concise, high-impact updates, presentations, and reports for the CIO and senior leadership.

ChampionContinuous Improvement Across People, Processes, and Practices - 10%

• Continuous Improvement: Identify and recommend improvements to workflows, intake processes, and communication practices within the CIO Office.

About You

To qualify for this role, you must have:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

• 1-3+ years of experience in delivery, strategic operations, or cross-functional initiative leadership within a technology organization.

• Strong understanding of Agile principles and ways of working.

• Proven ability to navigate ambiguity, influence without authority, and drive alignment across diverse stakeholders.

• Excellent communication, facilitation, and storytelling skills.

• Experience with collaboration and tracking tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence, Miro, Trello, or similar).

• The ability to travel 3-5 times a year to College Board offices or on behalf of College Board business.

• Strategic thinker with a systems mindset.

• Comfortable working in fast-paced, evolving environments.

• High emotional intelligence and a collaborative spirit.

• Experience working directly with senior or executive leadership.

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

• Proficiency in Microsoft Suite Tools (or a willingness to learn)

• 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

• Evidence of skills and mindsets required to live out College Board's Operating Principles, notably:

• A commitment to candid, timely, respectful feedback

• A learner orientation and an openness to ideas and diverse perspectives

• The ability to push for excellence through data-informed decision-making, iterative learning, external benchmarking and user-inputs

• Strong problem-solving skills, including the ability to break down complex issues and identify clear paths forward

• A track record of prioritizing high-impact work, simplifying complexity, taking initiative, and making decisions quickly with clarity of purpose

• A habit of collaborating across differences, practicing empathy, and contributing to a culture of trust and 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 $44,000-$80,000.

• 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.

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