Senior Director, Talent Enablement

About The Team 

The Talent team at College Board shapes the workforce that positively impacts millions of students across the world. It’s a close knit, dedicated team of ~30 people with a passion for facilitating a stronger experience for our 1,800 employees. We pride ourselves on being end-user focused, using data to solve problems, innovating to find a new way, communicating directly and honestly, and having fun along the way.

About The Opportunity 

This role is a key architect of our strategy to build diverse, inclusive, engaged, and high-performing teams. You will design and execute key talent management initiatives including performance management, talent planning, and 360 feedback. You’ll ensure our systems, processes, and tools will resonate and appeal to our employees. Ultimately, you’ll enhance employee engagement, improve performance, and drive innovation across College Board.

You Will Report Into The Vice President Of Talent And Work Closely With Our Talent Enablement Team, Our Business Partner (BP) Team, And The Office Of The President. Specifically, You’ll Drive Strategy And Projects Across The Talent Lifecycle, Including

Ensuring strong performance (35%) 

Partner with leadership to define expectations for employee performance, including outcomes they need to achieve and behaviors they need to exemplify Evolve our performance management system to celebrate and hold people accountable to the defined expectations Partner with our compensation team to connect our performance management strategy to our rewards and incentives Ensure strong integration with Workday and other TE systems and tools

Evolving teams (20%)

Finalize and scale our approach to talent planning and succession planning Partner with our Talent Acquisition leader to strengthen internal hiring Partner with our Generalist and BP teams to ensure we transition talent well

Cultivating strong culture (20%)

Build, launch, and reinforce key rituals that reinforce our College Board culture in the day to day Ensure strong launch, analysis, and action planning against the annual Gallup employee engagement and inclusion survey

Enabling learning and growth (15%)

Partner with others to deepen College Board’s learning culture, including normalizing thoughtful professional development focus areas for every employee Equip employees to give and receive consistent, quality feedback Partner with others to design and launch targeted learning and development opportunities to deepen proficiency in prioritized skill areas, which an initial focus on strengthening our manager cohort Partner with others to re-design and re-launch our 360 feedback tool Partner with others to centralize quality learning tools and resources and ensure they’re easily accessible and useful for employee

Designing optimized teams (10%)

Partner with the Office of the President, Finance, and BPs to determine optimal headcount planning and request process Roll out our new role levels approach, clarifying what we expect at each job level Consult on our job architecture in Workday, including titling and job documentation

About You 

You have: 

Self-awareness, humility, and a deep learner orientation A mission-orientation; you’re fired up to support students on their pathway to college and work A user orientation; you take time to understand user needs and never release something without multiple rounds of user tests and iteration Exceptional strategic thinking skills; you can operationalize a vision, make tough decisions, and contingency plan Exceptional critical thinking skills, including the ability to cut through to the heart of an issue and systematically address root causes of a given problem  A proven ability to build trusting, collaborative relationships and influence others to action Strong organization and prioritization skills and the proven ability to move forward multiple projects in concert, both independently and as a member of the team  At least 10 years of work experience and at least 5 years in strategic talent work (ideally work in performance management, L&D, talent reviews and talent planning, etc)

About Our Benefits And Compensation

College Board offers a competitive benefits and compensation program that attracts top talent looking to make a difference in education. As a self-sustaining non-profit, we believe in compensating employees equitably in relation to each other, their qualifications, their impact, and the relevant market.

The hiring range for a new employee in this position is $100,000 to $175,000. College Board differentiates salaries by location so where you live will narrow the portion of this range in which you can expect a salary.

Your salary will be carefully determined based on your location, relevant experience, the external labor market, and the pay of College Board employees in similar roles. College Board strives to provide our best offer up front based on this criteria.

Your salary is only one part of all that College Board offers, including but not limited to:

A comprehensive package designed to support the well-being of employees and their families and promote education. Our robust benefits package includes health, dental, and vision insurance, generous paid time off, paid parental leave, fertility benefits, pet insurance, tuition assistance, retirement benefits, and more Recognition of exceptional performance through annual bonuses, salary growth over time through market increases, and opportunities for merit raises and promotions based on increased scope of responsibility A job that matters, a team that cares, and a place to learn, innovate and thrive

You can expect to have transparent conversations about benefits and compensation with our recruiters throughout your application process.

About College Board

We are a mission-focused, not-for-profit membership organization promoting innovation, equity, and excellence for all students. Our members include more than 6,000 of the world’s leading educational institutions. We have 1,600 employees in 13 offices across the continental U.S. and Puerto Rico.

We are advocates for children and parents, we empower teachers and educators, and we're a strong presence in thousands of schools and communities across the country through our programs and services—the SAT®, Advanced Placement® (AP®), and Pre-AP® are just a few. Our work falls broadly into four categories: College Readiness, College Connection & Success, Student Opportunities, and Advocacy.

Benefits

We offer our employees an outstanding benefits package that includes four weeks of paid time off, a generous retirement savings plan, tuition reimbursement, and ongoing professional development and training.

Mission

Clearing a path for all students to own their future.

EEOC statement

College Board is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We’re committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status.