Associate Director-Analytics
College Board–Learning & Assessment (Market Research team)
Location:This is a remote role. Candidates who live near CB offices have theoptionof being fully remote or hybrid (Tuesday and Wednesday in office). All CB employeesare required tooccasionally travel to meet in person for business purposes.
Role Type:This is a full-time,term position that will last for2years from the start date.
About the Team
Market Research is an applied research teamutilizinga 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 theorganizationalhub 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 ontimelyissues spanning the education sector.
About the Opportunity
The Associate Director-Analytics will play a critical role inourkeeping our data collection efforts humming,bringing an applied, decision-oriented lens toworking closely with partners tocollect and analyze data to drive key program and product decisions.This role requires a capable collaborator with a strong skill set inmixed-methods research.Specifically, you willhelptranslateprogramneeds intoanswerable research questions, buildappropriatedatacollection tools, managestart-to-finish data collection cycles,cleanand manage data,and produce high quality analysis and visualizations.You havesound knowledge oftechniques foranalyzingsurvey, interview and focus group data,including:descriptives, data reduction techniques such as factor analysis, trend analysis, andregression-basedmodels. You also havedemonstratedexperience working both independently and as part of a research team onreport writingand datavisualization.This position willincreaseour capacity to conductresearch efforts that support both our regular cycles of analysis for core programs, as well as emergent research needsspanningtopics such asAIin assessment and instruction, career pathways,and workforce partnerships.
In this role, you will:
ManageInstrument 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 collectionlogistics, including programming surveys, coordinating recruitment, monitoringresponse rates, ensuring data quality,distributing incentives,and adhering toestablishedtimelines 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.
ConductData Analysis(40%)
Conduct quantitative and qualitative analyses to address defined research questions:
Cleanand preparedatasets, including extracting and merging administrative data to survey data.
Perform descriptive and trend analyses
Support segmentation, benchmarking, and regression-based analyses asappropriate; and
Synthesizequalitative findings.
Ensure analytical accuracy,reproducibility,transparency, and alignment with the project’s standard of evidence.
Collaborate onReporting 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,accuratepresentation in Tableau dashboards and other reporting tools, ensuring consistency and usability.
Assistin developing materials andtrainingsto help partners interpret and use research data effectively.
About You
Experience conducting research in applied settings, particularly data collection witheducators, 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,andvalidatequantitative and qualitative datasets to ensure completeness, accuracy,and integrity.