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TheCollegeBoard Senior Project Manager, AP Curriculum and Assessment in Lansing, Michigan

About the Team The AP Curriculum and Assessment (C&A) Team at College Board (50+ staff) collaborates with colleagues across all aspects of the AP Program to develop, manage, and deliver AP's 40+ courses in a wide variety of subject areas. AP® is a rigorous academic program built on the commitment, passion, and hard work of students and educators from secondary schools and higher education. AP provides willing and academically prepared high school students with the opportunity to study and learn at the college level. About the Opportunity As the Senior Project Manager, AP Curriculum and Assessment, you are responsible for overseeing all project management for course and exam revisions and updates from beginning to end. You are responsible for the maintenance and improvement of all course and exam revision and updates roadmap documents, timelines, and process templates and documentation. As Senior Project Manager, you are responsible for creation of project plans in SmartSheet, monitoring each step of the plan, reporting on the health of the project, and ensuring the project meets its deadlines with all appropriate deliverables completed. You will also act as the C&A project liaison for projects that C&A staff work on with other departments within AP, such as project additions, project-based learning, research studies, etc. Additionally, you are responsible for the creation of a library of process documentation and templates to support all operational and project-based work for the full Curriculum and Assessment team. This process documentation must be clear and designed to align and streamline the work done within the department. Part of this library will include the creation and maintenance of file structures within SharePoint as well as the revamping of SmartSheet dashboards to be full-team as well as course-specific and contain all necessary visualizations and links to process documents as well as commonly accessed links. You are responsible for oversight and improvement of the existing SuperCalendar (a SmartSheet calendar system designed to unify all tasks and deadlines within a single individualized and personalized calendar) to ensure it is meeting the needs of all C&A staff, inclusive of work done with other departments within AP. Finally, you are responsible for managing the roadmap and data sourcing for standard setting and acting as the liaison with Psychometrics. You will also support the oversight of the multi-million dollar AP Curriculum and Assessment Operations budget as well as provide cross-team support for all cyclical operational work and special projects that may arise involving C&A staff. In this role, you will: AP Course and Exam Updates and Revisions (50%) * Maintain the course and exam revisions and updates timelines, refining them when necessary based on research and experience, and developing additional documents related to process and timeline for course and exam revisions and updates. * Create a project plan and serve as Project Manager for all course and exam revisions and updates, from initiation/kick-off of course framework development to implementation of revised/updated course and exam, including collaboration with departments such as publications, instruction, course audit, and AP Classroom. * Serve as C&A project liaison when needed for projects C&A staff are involved in cross-departmentally, such as project additions, project-based learning, research studies, and other projects as designated. * Oversee and manage the standard setting roadmap and all related data sources and artifacts that serve as inputs to standard setting decisions and processes, including liaising with Psychometrics. Process Development, Structure, and Organization (40%) * Maintain, augment, and improve the existing "SuperCalendar" structure within SmartSheet, including coordination with other departments to incorporate those workstreams. * Conduct on-going research, inclusive of surveys and focus groups, to understand

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