Associate Director-Analytics College Board – Learning & Assessment (Market Research team)

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, term position that will last for 2 years from the start date.

About the Team

Market Research is an applied research team utilizing a mixed-methods approach to partner with all College Board divisions to gather, analyze, and make recommendations based on data collected from a broad range of stakeholders. We serve as the organizational hub of data collection efforts spanning surveys, interviews, and focus groups, with the ability to combine this stakeholder feedback with administrative datasets. Insights produced from our research empower partners to effectively design, implement, and promote their programs and products in the field, while also positioning the organization as a thought leader with a data-informed perspective on timely issues spanning the education sector.

About the Opportunity

The Associate Director-Analytics will play a critical role in our keeping our data collection efforts humming, bringing an applied, decision-oriented lens to working closely with partners to collect and analyze data to drive key program and product decisions. This role requires a capable collaborator with a strong skill set in mixed-methods research. Specifically, you will help translate program needs into answerable research questions, build appropriate data collection tools, manage start-to-finish data collection cycles, clean and manage data, and produce high quality analysis and visualizations. You have sound knowledge of techniques for analyzing survey, interview and focus group data, including: descriptives, data reduction techniques such as factor analysis, trend analysis, and regression-based models. You also have demonstrated experience working both independently and as part of a research team on report writing and data visualization. This position will increase our capacity to conduct research efforts that support both our regular cycles of analysis for core programs, as well as emergent research needs spanning topics such as AI in assessment and instruction, career pathways, and workforce partnerships.

In this role, you will:

Manage Instrument Design and Data Collection (40%)

• Design and support the execution of quantitative and qualitative data collection efforts, including surveys, interview protocols, focus group guides, and other research instruments.

• Manage end-to-end data collection logistics, including programming surveys, coordinating recruitment, monitoring response rates, ensuring data quality, distributing incentives, and adhering to established timelines and research standards.

• Ensure respondents are representative of their stakeholder group and that the overall number of responses is adequate for the intended analytical approach.

Conduct Data Analysis (40%)

• Conduct quantitative and qualitative analyses to address defined research questions:

• Clean and prepare datasets, including extracting and merging administrative data to survey data.

• Perform descriptive and trend analyses

• Support segmentation, benchmarking, and regression-based analyses as appropriate; and

• Synthesize qualitative findings.

• Ensure analytical accuracy, reproducibility, transparency, and alignment with the project’s standard of evidence.

Collaborate on Reporting and Data Visualization (20%)

• Support team members in translating research findings into clear, actionable deliverables, including written summaries, presentations, dashboards, and data visualizations.

• Prepare and structure datasets for clean, accurate presentation in Tableau dashboards and other reporting tools, ensuring consistency and usability.

• Assist in developing materials and trainings to help partners interpret and use research data effectively.

About You

• Experience conducting research in applied settings, particularly data collection with educators, students, or school-based stakeholders, with sensitivity to context, access, and response burden.

• Knowledge of survey and interview instrument design principles, including question wording, response scales, skip logic, and data quality considerations.

• Experience conducting quantitative and qualitative analyses to address defined research questions, including descriptive, trend, and regression-based approaches.

• Ability to clean, manage, merge, and validate quantitative and qualitative datasets to ensure completeness, accuracy, and integrity.

• Familiarity with qualitative coding and thematic analysis approaches for interviews and focus groups.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate research questions into structured analysis plans and communicate findings clearly to non-technical audiences.

• Clear written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain findings and support trainings on how to interpret and use research data.

• Strong organizational and project management skills, including the ability to manage multiple deadlines and prioritize effectively.

Exceptional candidates can effectively speak to:

• Expertise in applied research methods, with 2–4 years of experience conducting survey-based and qualitative research in education, nonprofit, or related policy settings.

• Proficiency in Qualtrics and/or Sawtooth (or similar survey platforms) for instrument programming, logic design, testing, and data export.

• Proficiency in data management in Excel, including data cleaning, pivot tables, formulas, and basic data visualization.

• Experience writing and executing SQLqueries to extract, clean, and integrate data from administrative databases.

• Experience using statistical software such as Stata or R to conduct descriptive, trend, and regression-based analyses.

• Experience using qualitative data analysis software such as Atlas.ti (or similar platforms such as NVivo or Dedoose) to code and analyze interview or focus group data.

• Experience preparing data for and building dashboards in Tableau, ensuring accuracy, clarity, and usability.

• Master’s degree in a related field (e.g., education research, public policy, statistics, social sciences).

• The ability to travel 2-3 times a year to College Board offices or on behalf of College Board business.

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, a panel interview, a potential 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 $56,000–$95,000.

• 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.