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The College Board Associate Director, K-12 REQ001591 Jackson in Jackson, Mississippi
This position is for a Associate Director, K-12, Remote, with a company located in Jackson, Mississippi.
Summary: As an Associate Director of K-12, you are directly responsible for managing relationships with key stakeholders at schools and districts within an assigned territory. You will contribute to state and regional strategies and goals in consultation with your manager. Your ability to build deep and meaningful relationships with educators will play a critical role in the lives of students and educators and will allow the College Board to achieve its goals. When K-12 leaders in your territory have the information, they need to select and implement College Board programs that will best serve their students, it's because of your expertise, clear communication, ability to analyze and distill data, and skill to build strategic partnerships that advance student success.
Duties and Responsibilities Include: Coordinate educational services to include targeting needs in plans of action for each deliverable, identifying resources and scheduling for partnership deliverables, and working with state and local administrators to build support for program delivery. Manage the operational activities of College Board commitments for the delivery of educational services, the development of operational plans and establishing timelines for contract deliverables. Build and maintain strong relationships with key state agency and/or district staff. In consultation with the K-12 Senior Director/State Lead, create and deliver key reports and presentations to all levels of district and/or state officials independently or collaboratively with colleagues. Apply understanding of K-12 educational landscape of your assigned accounts to develop and execute a district strategy in consultation with the Senior Director. Execute account strategies with a focus on service-model implementation. Utilize consultative sales processes in the course of district-level, data-focused needs analyses. Manage all aspects of contracting processes. Plan and conduct in-depth, sometimes customized, workshops and professional development programs for K-12 constituent groups Collaborate with Senior Director/State Lead to complete assigned tasks related to state strategy. Utilize Salesforce CRM for account management, to monitor progress toward goals, to manage state/district account plans, and for proactive opportunity and task management. Employ various Company sources to access, compile, and analyze data in support of work with districts. Independently conduct standard and complex data analysis to inform recommendations to stakeholders in strategy planning. Contribute to divisional or regional projects assigned by leadership.
Requirements and Qualifications Include: At least 5 years of relevant and progressive experience in education or a related field; direct experience in assessment, curriculum, or student achievement initiatives highly desired. Possess a passion for education and deep commitment to the Company's mission of promoting educational equity, access, and excellence for students of all backgrounds. Demonstrated ability to build deep and meaningful relationships, to influence others to action, and to effectively handle multiple situations simultaneously. Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including developing and leading presentations, and ability to analyze and succinctly summarize key data points to present key findings to constituents. Strong organization and prioritization skills and the proven ability to move forward multiple time-sensitive projects in concert, both independently and as a member of the team. Strong computer literacy, including Microsoft applications. Willingness & ability to travel extensively. A Bachelor's degree. Experience using customer relationship management system like Salesforce (preferred).
An Equal Employer Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer.