Top of page

Job intelligence

Associate Director, History and Social Science Sourcing

College Board

Location: Remote — Worldwide Advertised pay: USD 60,000–100,000 / yearly Work arrangement: Worldwide remote Employment: Full Time Posted: November 6, 2026 Freshness: Very fresh Source check: Observed in the past 3 days
Disclosure5 of 5 core facts statedReview uncertainties
Last source observationObserved in the past 3 daysObservation is not employer confirmation.
Application destinationhimalayas.appReview the application route and source evidence in the full report below.

Executive opportunity brief

The decision in one screen

A compact evidence-first read of compensation, flexibility, mobility and what still needs verification. No universal quality score is used.

Compensation positionBelow the current lower quartile486 current same-currency observations
Work flexibilityWorldwide remoteBased only on stated location/work-arrangement evidence.
Decision evidence5 of 5 core facts knownThis listing states more core decision facts than the median role in the current sample.
Mobility evidenceSponsorship not establishedUnknown evidence is not treated as unavailable.
Current alternatives1790 current same-family rolesCurrent HPJ inventory, not the whole labor market.
Negotiation readinessNegotiation evidence available: advertised pay range, current same-currency market context, strong decision evidence.Use the private Offer & Negotiation Lab below if an offer arrives.

Fast read

Opportunity DNA

One strong reason to look closer: location flexibility looks unusually broad. An important detail is still open: confirm whether a degree is actually required, preferred, or replaceable with equivalent experience.

May appeal in aRemote-first search
PayRange available

Current comparable position is around the 9th percentile.

FlexibilityBroad location freedom

No material geography, office-attendance or timezone restriction is visible in the available wording.

Entry pathMixed requirements

Some access and qualification signals are clear, but the overall entry path is neither unusually open nor unusually restrictive.

MobilityNot established

Sponsorship and relocation support are not clear from the current listing.

ApplicationSome process detail

Part of the application route can be assessed, but the full external process may contain additional steps.

TraceabilityCurrent source traceable

At least one recent enabled source can still renew this vacancy.

This fingerprint summarizes what is clear, constrained or still unanswered in the current listing. It is a reading aid, not an overall job score.

Decision evidence check

5 of 5 core facts stated

This checks whether the listing states the facts that commonly change an employment decision. It measures disclosure completeness, not whether the opportunity is good or bad.

Facts already stated

  • Compensation
  • Work arrangement
  • Advertised location
  • Application closing time
  • Employment type

Core evidence complete

All five core facts are stated. Other details can still matter, so continue with the qualification, mobility, employer and application checks below.

Advertised location is not proof of work authorization, sponsorship, or legal eligibility. Unknown information is not a negative score; verify those questions separately.

Decision levers

What could make or break the fit?

Reasons to look closer

  • Location flexibility looks unusually broad: The available wording supports high Remote Freedom without a material geography, office-attendance or timezone restriction showing up.

Trade-offs to weigh

No major trade-off is stated clearly in the information available here. Employment terms outside the listing may still matter.

Questions worth asking before you invest more time

  • Confirm whether a degree is actually required, preferred, or replaceable with equivalent experience.
  • Ask whether visa sponsorship is available before investing significant time in the application.

These questions come from details the listing leaves open. An unanswered point is not treated as a disadvantage.

Opportunity neighborhood

Keep your options open

These live roles sit close enough to this opportunity to make useful comparison points. Look across several employers before deciding what pay, flexibility or access trade-offs you are willing to accept.

Chief of Staff to the CEO

Mozilla · Canada, Germany, UK, USA

USD 264,000–296,999 / year Region-restricted remote 4/5 core facts

Why it is nearby: Same seniority band · Similar work arrangement · Same employment type

About 251% higher advertised midpoint

Strategic Alliance Director

Socure · USA

USD 165,000–190,000 / year Region-restricted remote 4/5 core facts

Why it is nearby: Same seniority band · Similar work arrangement · Same employment type

About 122% higher advertised midpoint

Associate Director, Paid Search B2B

Wpromote · USA

USD 100,000–115,000 / year Region-restricted remote 4/5 core facts

Why it is nearby: Same seniority band · Similar work arrangement · Same employment type

About 34% higher advertised midpoint

Global Director - General Ledger

CAI · USA

USD 125,000–150,000 / year Region-restricted remote 4/5 core facts

Why it is nearby: Same seniority band · Similar work arrangement · Same employment type

About 72% higher advertised midpoint

This neighborhood is drawn from current inventory in the same broad occupation. Similarity is based on explicit listing facts; missing details do not count against a job.

Role market context

How much current choice is visible around this kind of work?

This compares the vacancy with current High Paid Job inventory in the broad Executive leadership roles family. It describes visible choice and disclosure, not future demand or career quality.

Current visible roles1,790

200 most recent current roles sampled for the disclosure measures below.

Employers represented141

Distinct employers in the bounded current sample, not an estimate of all employers hiring in the market.

Decision-ready disclosure28%

Current sampled roles stating at least four of the five Core Decision Facts.

Compensation stated38%

Requires a numeric amount, explicit ISO currency and supported pay period.

Work arrangement stated78%

Listings with explicit enough remote, hybrid or on-site evidence to classify.

Stated closing time34%

Missing deadline evidence remains unknown and is not interpreted as an open-ended application window.

Disclosure comparison: This listing states more core decision facts than the median role in the current sample. This listing: 5/5 · sample median: 3.0/5.

Currencies with explicit pay evidence in the sample: USD (69) · EUR (4) · CAD (1) · CHF (1). Raw amounts across different currencies are not compared.

This describes current visible High Paid Job inventory in the same broad occupation family. Percentages use a bounded recent sample and are not a forecast, a complete labor-market census or an employer-quality measure.

Constraint opportunity lab

What changes the size of the current opportunity pool?

Each line applies one stricter evidence-based constraint to the same bounded current role-family sample. It helps you see the trade-off in visible choice without deciding which trade-off is right for you.

Require explicit sponsorship or relocation support 0 / 200 0%

Counts only affirmative or possible sponsorship evidence, or relocation explicitly offered. Unknown is not treated as no.

Require worldwide remote evidence 20 / 200 10%

A much stricter subset: only listings with explicit worldwide-remote evidence remain.

Require a remote-listed arrangement 54 / 200 27%

Counts roles explicitly classified as worldwide remote, region-restricted remote or remote with restrictions still unclear.

Require at least four Core Decision Facts 56 / 200 28%

Shows the subset with enough stated evidence for a more informed first comparison.

Require usable compensation disclosure 75 / 200 38%

Requires amount, explicit ISO currency and a supported pay period. Missing pay evidence remains unknown.

Keep the same employment type 108 / 115 94%

Uses only roles with a stated employment type.

Keep this advertised salary floor in the same currency 68 / 69 99%

Only same-currency opportunities with usable annualized pay enter this comparison. Other currencies are not converted or treated as lower.

Stay around the same seniority band 200 / 200 100%

Includes roles whose seniority is genuinely unspecified rather than assuming they belong to another level.

These are counterfactual filters over a bounded sample of current HPJ inventory in the same broad occupation family. They show how visible choice changes when one evidence-based constraint is applied; they do not tell you which constraint you should choose or predict hiring outcomes. The calculation uses the 200 most recent current roles from 1790 visible roles in this broad family.

Salary transparency context

Is pay disclosure typical for this kind of role?

This listing states usable structured compensation. About 38% of the bounded current role sample does the same.

This listingUsable pay stated

Compensation counts only when amount, ISO currency and supported pay period are all known.

Current same-role sample38%

Pay disclosure is limited in the current role sample.

Current employer pattern100%

This employer’s current visible listings disclose pay materially more often than the current same-role sample.

This compares salary-disclosure behavior in current visible listings. It does not compare raw salary amounts across currencies, infer undisclosed pay as zero, or rate employer quality.

Private offer & negotiation lab

Turn an offer into evidence, not guesswork

Enter an annual base offer and, if you want, your own target. HPJ compares only within one explicit currency and never chooses a target for you.

Advertised annualized payUSD 60,000–100,000 / yearListing evidence only.
Current comparable medianUSD 172,71169 current sampled roles
Current upper quartileUSD 206,362Current HPJ inventory context, not a salary recommendation.

Negotiation evidence available: advertised pay range, current same-currency market context, strong decision evidence.

Enter an annual base offer to compare it with explicit same-currency evidence. HPJ will not suggest a target for you.

Review the full package · 10 terms

Mark what is confirmed, what needs clarification and what you want to prioritize. These choices and notes stay in this browser.

Base payKnown

Usable advertised compensation is available.

Bonus / commissionVerify

Variable compensation is mentioned; verify amount, formula, target and eligibility.

Equity / long-term incentivesVerify

Equity or long-term incentive language is mentioned; verify grant type, vesting and valuation basis.

Retirement / pensionVerify

Retirement or pension benefits are mentioned; verify employer contribution and vesting.

Health benefitsVerify

Health-benefit language is mentioned; verify coverage, dependants and employee cost.

Paid leaveVerify

Paid-leave language is mentioned; verify the exact entitlement and carry-over rules.

Work arrangementKnown

A work-arrangement signal is available; verify schedule details before relying on it.

RelocationVerify

Relocation support not established

Visa / work authorizationVerify

Sponsorship not established

Review timingVerify

A review cycle is mentioned; verify timing and whether compensation can change at that review.

Questions worth taking into the offer conversation

  • Is there a bonus, commission or other variable-pay component, and how is it calculated?
  • Does the package include equity or another long-term incentive, and what are the vesting terms?
  • What retirement or pension contribution does the employer provide?
  • What health coverage is included and what costs remain with the employee?
  • How much paid leave is provided and what are the carry-over or blackout rules?
  • If relocation is relevant, what expenses, timing and repayment conditions are covered?
  • What exact sponsorship or work-authorization conditions apply to this role?
  • When is the first performance and compensation review after joining?

Occupation intelligence

What broader career references connect to this role?

HPJ uses broad comparison families for current-market analysis. External taxonomy results are reference candidates for that broad family, not a declaration that this vacancy has been authoritatively classified into a specific occupation.

HPJ comparison familyExecutive leadership roles

European occupation references

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

U.S. occupation references

This site incorporates information from O*NET Web Services by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.

Career reference research

Skills worth investigating

Official occupational context, paired with exact phrases visible in this vacancy. It is not a skills test or an applicant-fit score.

ESCO · European occupation

chief operating officer

Usually essential in this ESCO occupation
  • establish collaborative relations
  • marketing management
  • make strategic business decisions
  • financial statements
  • ensure lawful business operations
  • integrate strategic foundation in daily performance
  • track key performance indicators
Context-dependent ESCO skills
  • financial management
  • implement operational business plans
  • apply import strategies
  • assume responsibility for the management of a business
  • analyse financial performance of a company

O*NET · U.S. occupation

Chief Executives

O*NET occupation skills
  • Judgment and Decision Making
  • Complex Problem Solving
  • Critical Thinking
  • Coordination
  • Management of Financial Resources
  • Management of Personnel Resources
  • Speaking
  • Systems Evaluation
Build my private skill preparation brief Your evidence · Practice · Interview questions

Plan how you might demonstrate or investigate occupational skills. These are broad-family reference examples, not confirmed vacancy requirements. Nothing you enter is sent to High Paid Job.

establish collaborative relationsESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
marketing managementESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
make strategic business decisionsESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
financial statementsESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
ensure lawful business operationsESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
integrate strategic foundation in daily performanceESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
track key performance indicatorsESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
financial managementESCO · Optional · Listing mention unknown
implement operational business plansESCO · Optional · Listing mention unknown
apply import strategiesESCO · Optional · Listing mention unknown
assume responsibility for the management of a businessESCO · Optional · Listing mention unknown
analyse financial performance of a companyESCO · Optional · Listing mention unknown
Judgment and Decision MakingO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
Complex Problem SolvingO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
Critical ThinkingO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
CoordinationO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
Management of Financial ResourcesO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
Management of Personnel ResourcesO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
SpeakingO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
Systems EvaluationO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown

Private to this browser. Up to 20 reference skills; not a qualification assessment or hiring prediction.

Useful next question: Which of these occupational reference skills does the hiring manager actually expect for this specific role, and what evidence would demonstrate them?

These skills belong to one reference occupation selected for HPJ’s broad career family, not a verified classification of this vacancy. Text overlap only means a phrase appears in the available listing text; it does not establish an employer requirement, your proficiency, or a qualification gap. A missing mention is unknown, not a deficit.

Skill bridge

What does this role connect to?

Cybersecurity is one of the signals this listing shares with skills appearing often across current Executive leadership roles opportunities.

Skills named in this listing

CybersecurityGenerative AI

Shared with the current career sample

  • Cybersecurity Seen in 7 sampled listings

Additional signals in this listing: Generative AI

Application edge

  • If these skills match your background, prepare one concrete example that shows how you used Cybersecurity and Generative AI rather than relying on a keyword-only claim.
  • The listing states about 3 years of required experience. Check that the dates and scope in your application make that experience easy to verify.
  • The listing mentions extra application steps. Review those requirements before starting so you can prepare the requested material in one pass.

Skill signals come from explicit text mentions. A mention is not automatically a requirement, and absence from the current top-skill list does not make a skill rare or unimportant. The current career comparison draws on 120 sampled listings; 76 contain a recognized skill signal.

Application Decision Lab

Turn the listing into a preparation plan

Separate what the listing actually states from what you still need to prepare or verify. Your selections and short notes stay in this browser and are never submitted to High Paid Job.

Explicit requirement

At least about 3 years of experience required

The available wording contains an explicit minimum/required years-of-experience signal. Preferred years are tracked separately and never promoted into the required minimum.

Listing mention

Cybersecurity

This skill or technology is explicitly mentioned in the available listing text. A mention is not automatically a mandatory requirement; prepare a concrete example only if it is relevant to your experience.

Listing mention

Generative AI

This skill or technology is explicitly mentioned in the available listing text. A mention is not automatically a mandatory requirement; prepare a concrete example only if it is relevant to your experience.

Application step

Prepare for a stated application step

An assessment, test or work-sample step is explicitly mentioned.

Application step

Prepare for a stated application step

A portfolio or work sample is explicitly mentioned.

Questions worth resolving before you rely on the opportunity

  • Work authorization / sponsorship: If sponsorship or work authorization matters to you, what exact immigration or employer-sponsorship conditions apply to this role?

Decision analysis

What the listing really tells you

Rich decision context

Associate Director, History and Social Science Sourcing at College Board becomes easier to judge once the advertised pay can be placed in context, the location rules are clear enough to judge, and the listing gives useful clues about who can realistically enter are viewed together. Here is the current read from the information available.

The advertised pay can be placed in context

The annualized midpoint sits near the 9th percentile within 486 comparable USD salary observations. Treat that as current advertised-pay context rather than a forecast of take-home or total compensation.

The location rules are clear enough to judge

The work-location pattern is “Highly location-flexible”, with Remote Freedom at 96/100.

The listing gives useful clues about who can realistically enter

At least about 3 years of experience required · 1 additional stated barrier. Unstated education or experience requirements stay open rather than being assumed.

The visible application effort can be estimated

Provider-mediated application path · 2 visible process steps. The external application may contain additional steps that are not visible from the listing itself.

Source continuity adds useful context

The opportunity currently has 1 renewable source path across 1 source classes. Multiple independent paths can strengthen continuity, but they are not a substitute for checking the application destination.

How this analysis is assembled

This read combines the structured details currently available for pay, flexibility, qualifications, mobility, application effort and source continuity. Missing facts are left open for you to verify.

Analysis evidence coverage

How much analysis can the current evidence support?

100%Strong analysis evidence coverage
100%
Current-sample pay position9 / 100

Uses the explainable High Pay Score within the job’s current occupation/seniority/currency comparison sample.

Remote Freedom evidence96 / 100

Measures observable location flexibility and explicit restrictions; it does not determine whether remote work is personally desirable.

Salary evidence qualityMedium confidence · Broad but usable range

The salary is source-provided and normalizable, but the advertised range is broad enough to reduce comparison precision.

Listing freshnessVery fresh

The listing was posted about 1 days ago.

Source provenance evidenceEstablished source evidence

At least one enabled source recently observed the vacancy. The source chain is traceable, but this is not independent employer verification.

There is no universal opportunity score because pay, flexibility and access matter differently to different people. Compare Jobs lets you weight the evidence around your own priorities.

Decision checklist

What is supported, uncertain or worth checking?

This checklist separates supported strengths, visible cautions and missing evidence. It is not an overall recommendation or guarantee that the job is suitable for you.

Supported strengths

  • The available work-location evidence indicates strong location flexibility.

Visible cautions

  • The description appears to mention an advanced degree requirement or preference.
  • At least about 3 years of experience required

Still unknown

  • Visa sponsorship is not established by the available listing data.

Qualifications & access

What qualifications are explicitly stated?

Some explicit entry barriers stated

EducationEducation requirement not established
Required experience evidenceAt least about 3 years of experience required
Explicit required barriers1
Explicit access signals0

Explicit requirements worth checking

  • At least about 3 years of experience required: The available wording contains an explicit minimum/required years-of-experience signal. Preferred years are tracked separately and never promoted into the required minimum.

Qualification signals come from explicit listing wording. Anything not mentioned remains unknown, so silence is never treated as proof that a degree, experience, licence or other requirement is unnecessary.

Pay vs. barriers

Pay and barrier context available

The current pay position can be viewed alongside the stated barriers, but the available detail does not support a stronger conclusion.

Current-sample pay position

Comparable disclosed-pay evidence places this job at about 9 / 100 within its current occupation/seniority sample.

Explicit stated barriers

1 explicit required barrier is visible in the available wording.

Required experience evidence

The listing states at least about 3 years of required experience.

Evidence gaps that could change this interpretation
  • Education requirement is not established.

This section weighs pay context against clearly stated barriers without collapsing unlike requirements into one universal score. Degree, experience, licensing, clearance and location limits remain separate, and missing qualification details stay unknown.

Beyond the headline

Not enough evidence for a hidden-value finding

Potential hidden value appears only when several distinct non-pay advantages are actually supported. Missing requirements or benefits are never counted as positives.

Strong location flexibility

The observable Remote Freedom evidence is strong and contains few explicit restriction signals.

Still check: At least about 3 years of experience required · The current application path is provider-mediated rather than directly classified as an employer-authorized or official route.

Hidden Value is an experimental evidence summary, not an investment-style score or guarantee of employability. It only uses explicit current listing evidence and does not infer that an unmentioned qualification is unnecessary.

Explainable opportunity highlight

Why this opportunity stands out

These are supported signals from the current listing and comparison sample—not a guarantee that this is the best job for you.

Strong remote flexibility

The observable work-location signals indicate unusually strong location flexibility.

Fresh opportunity

The listing was posted about 1 days ago.

Compensation intelligence

How competitive is this pay?

9/100

Below many comparable disclosed salaries

9%
Comparison familyExecutive leadership roles · Leadership
Comparable salaries486
Current-sample medianUSD 171,528
Middle 50% of sampleUSD 124,000–209,075
Position in sampleAt or above about 9%
Comparison geographySame occupation, currency and seniority
Pay positionBelow the current lower quartile

The annualized midpoint is below the 25th percentile boundary of the current comparable sample.

Why this analysis?

  • This score reflects the current advertised-pay distribution for comparable active jobs in the same currency. It measures pay position, not overall job quality.
  • Salary confidence: Medium. The salary is source-provided and normalizable, but the advertised range is broad enough to reduce comparison precision.
  • Range quality: Broad but usable range.

Employer compensation communication

Pay transparency at College Board

Very strong current pay transparency

This score uses the employer’s current visible listings and combines how often pay is disclosed with how useful those ranges are. Bonus, equity and benefit mentions are shown separately and do not raise the score.

94/100
94%
Salary disclosure100% · 4 of 4 sampled listings
Range qualityMixed range quality
Bonus wording0 current listings
Equity wording2 current listings
Benefits wording4 current listings
Evidence strengthLimited

This pattern comes from the employer’s current visible vacancies. It describes hiring and pay transparency in those listings, not employee satisfaction or a permanent judgement of the employer.

Current employer intelligence

College Board — current opportunity snapshot

Current opportunities visible4
Salary disclosure100%
Remote-policy evidence coverage100% · 4 of 4 sampled listings
Remote share of known arrangements100%
Worldwide-remote share100%
Known hiring countries0
Sponsorship evidence coverage0% · 0 of 4 sampled listings
Explicit sponsorship outcomes0 confirmed · 0 possible · 0 unavailable
Pattern sample4 of 4 · 100% coverage
Current role-family breadth1
Stated closing-date coverage100%
Relocation evidence coverage0% · 0 explicitly offered
Posted within 7 days25% of listings with a known posting date

Employer Evidence Profile

How often this employer’s current visible sampled vacancies state decision-critical information. These percentages describe evidence coverage, not employer quality.

Compensation100% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings with advertised compensation evidence.

Work arrangement100% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings whose work arrangement is clearer than unknown.

Location0% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings with a supported country signal.

Application timing100% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings with an explicit closing time.

Posting date100% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings with a usable posting date.

Sponsorship0% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings that explicitly indicate confirmed, possible or unavailable sponsorship evidence.

Relocation0% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings with an explicit relocation signal.

Low coverage means the current visible listings state the information less often. It does not prove that the employer lacks the policy, benefit or support.

Common current occupation families: Executive (4)

Visible seniority mix: Leadership (4)

Current employment-type mix: Full time (4)

Other current roles from this employer

These are other current vacancies visible from the same employer, not endorsements or evidence of future hiring plans.

There are not yet five current disclosed salaries in one currency, so an employer pay median would be too thin to be useful.

Questions worth asking this employer

  • If work authorization matters to you, what sponsorship policy applies to this specific role and location?
  • If a move is required, is relocation assistance available for this position?

These questions are prompted by missing or thin evidence in the employer’s current visible vacancies. Missing evidence is not treated as a negative judgement.

This employer snapshot uses the employer’s current visible listings. Remote and sponsorship rates use only vacancies with explicit evidence, while missing information stays unknown. Salary medians are shown separately by currency and need at least five disclosed salaries. Zero confirmed sponsorship means none was explicitly found in this sample, not that sponsorship is unavailable.

This snapshot describes the employer’s current visible vacancies—things such as pay disclosure and work arrangement. It is not an employee-satisfaction or hiring-quality rating, and different currencies stay separate.

Work-location intelligence

Remote Freedom

96/100

Highly location-flexible

96%

Why this score?

  • The source describes the role as open worldwide or globally.

Flexibility signals detected

  • Worldwide or global remote eligibility is explicitly indicated.

Remote Freedom measures observable location flexibility only. Unknown work-location information remains unscored. Timezone wording is penalized only when it appears restrictive; general collaboration across time zones is not treated as a restriction. A score does not guarantee legal work eligibility, payroll availability or visa sponsorship.

International applicant intelligence

Visa & relocation signals

Sponsorship status is shown only when the listing provides clear enough wording. Employer history or headquarters location is not used to guess an answer.

Visa sponsorshipSponsorship not established

The available listing details do not contain a clear enough sponsorship statement.

RelocationRelocation support not established

The available listing details do not contain a clear enough relocation statement.

Tradeoff check

What’s the catch?

These are visible conditions worth checking before treating the headline compensation as the whole story:

  • The description appears to mention an advanced degree requirement or preference.

Current alternatives

Better-paying alternatives

These current roles show a materially higher annualized salary midpoint in the same broad occupation and currency. Similar seniority, country, work arrangement, employment type and recency are preferred where possible; higher pay alone does not make an alternative a better fit.

About +251% midpoint

Chief of Staff to the CEO

Mozilla · Canada, Germany, UK, USA

Region-restricted remote

Why comparable: Same seniority band · Similar work-location arrangement · Same employment type

About +228% midpoint

Sr. Director, People Solutions

Lyra Health · Remote — Worldwide

Worldwide remote

Why comparable: Same seniority band · Similar work-location arrangement · Same employment type

About +224% midpoint

VP of People (Remote, US)

Maze · USA

Region-restricted remote

Why comparable: Same seniority band · Similar work-location arrangement · Same employment type

Alternatives are drawn from the current inventory rather than presented as application recommendations. A pay difference needs to be meaningful—about 3% or more at the midpoint—and different currencies are not compared.

Application-path intelligence

What can we see about the application process?

Provider-mediated application path

The current application path comes through a publisher or aggregator. The destination may still lead to an employer-authorized hiring system, but that is not clear enough to assume.

Current destination: himalayas.app · HTTPS

Visible application steps or requirements

  • An assessment, test or work-sample step is explicitly mentioned.
  • A portfolio or work sample is explicitly mentioned.

Application effort is estimated from visible listing and source details. Optional steps are kept separate from mandatory ones, and the external form may contain additional requirements that are not visible here.

Application safety context

Application safety check

Basic application-safety context available

The current application destination has a basic transport-safety signal such as HTTPS. This does not verify the employer, vacancy, recruiter or application process.

Evidence checked: Source provenance · Application destination · Listing wording

Observable transport-safety signals

  • The available application destination uses HTTPS.
Before you share money or sensitive information
  • Confirm the vacancy on the employer’s official careers site when practical, especially if a recruiter contacts you outside the listed application path.
  • Check that recruiter email domains and application destinations are consistent with the employer or an identifiable recruiting provider.
  • Do not pay application, processing, training or equipment fees merely to be considered for a job.
  • Do not send cryptocurrency, gift cards, online-banking credentials or PINs as part of an application.
  • Treat unusually fast offers or interviews conducted only through informal messaging channels as reasons to verify the employer independently.

This is a limited safety screen, not employer verification and not a fraud determination. Never send money, cryptocurrency, passwords or sensitive banking credentials merely because a listing appears on a job platform.

Original listing details

The section below comes from the listing source. The decision sections above use the job’s structured pay, location, qualification, mobility and application details to give you additional context.

Associate Director, AP History and Social Science

College Board- AP & Instruction

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. This role does need to be based in either the Eastern or Central time zone to align with the broader team's work hours.

Role Type: This is a full time position


About the Team

The AP Curriculum and Assessment Team at College Board (125+ staff) collaborates with colleagues across all aspects of the AP Program to develop, manage, and deliver AP’s 43 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. AP’s course teams comprised of educators and disciplinary experts ensure that course curricula are aligned to higher education expectations and reflect the state of the art in the discipline, contribute to instructional resources and tools for teachers, and develop assessments that allow students in these courses to demonstrate their mastery of course content and skills. AP leads in strategic use of AI to expand student access, strengthen instructional design and professional support, and enhance assessment creation and exam analysis. The English, World Languages, and Arts department, which includes English Literature, English Language, Spanish Language, Italian Language, French Language, German Language, Chinese Language, Japanese Language, Latin, Music Theory, Spanish Literature, and Art and Design is currently comprised of approximately 35 people supporting 14 courses in the AP portfolio. The Science department, which includes biology, chemistry, physics, psychology, environmental science, and Research, is currently comprised of approximately 25 people supporting 10 courses in the AP portfolio. The History and Social Science department, which includes history, art history, human geography, government and politics, economics, business, African American studies, and Seminar, is currently comprised of approximately 35 people supporting 12 courses in the AP portfolio. The Math, Computer Science, and Cybersecurity department, which includes precalculus, calculus, statistics, computer science, cybersecurity, and networking is currently comprised of approximately 22 people supporting 6 courses in the AP portfolio.


About the Opportunity

As the Associate Director, History and Social Science Assessment Content you are responsible for sourcing texts and drafting items for use on the AP History and Social Science exams. The Associate Director, AP History Assessment Development is the primary point of contact in AP for all stimulus content development and item development for History and Social Science exams collaborating closely with the AP History and Social Science Course Experts who lead all operational assessment development activities. The Associate Director may provide assessment development support in other related subject areas. You will ethically and effectively integrate AI technologies in assessment creation and review. This includes judiciously using AI assisted tools to support fairness, validity, and innovation in AP assessments. You will train SMEs on assessment development protocols, translates between academics and technical experts (psychometricians), and collaborates to develop formative assessment materials and resources to support AP History and Social Science exams.

In this role, you will:

Assessment Development and Scoring (80%) 

  • Independently identifies, selects, reviews, and edits appropriate stimulus material for use in developing assessment items for AP History and Social Sciences, ready for internal and external review.
  • Facilitates the review process (internal and/or external) for all stimulus materials, and adapts future stimulus identification and selection process based on internal and external acceptance criteria for stimulus materials (e.g., permissions, Development Committee review, etc.)
  • With support from your manager, author assessment content, leveraging generative AI to improve and/or make more efficient assessment processes and outputs.
  • As needed, and in collaboration with AP Course Experts, support multiple face-to-face, weekend meetings, and virtual meetings (during work week, evenings, or weekends) annually with the AP Test Development Committee.
  • In collaboration with AP Course Experts support the successful scoring of student responses for AP Exams at the annual scoring event in person and online—the “AP Reading”—and produce AP Reading publications materials for teacher and student use.

Assessment Quality and Process (20%)

  • Contribute to current research and best practices in assessment, and engage regularly with AP Curriculum & Assessment colleagues to align on standards and shared principles guiding AP’s assessment directions
  • Support assessment workstreams within the AP History and Social Science Department.
  • Contribute to processes for efficient, high-quality assessment development
  • Monitor and improve stimulus quality, reliability, fairness, etc.

About You


  • A Master’s degree in History or a directly related discipline, and knowledge of current trends in the discipline (required), although a doctorate in the discipline is strongly preferred
  • Located in Eastern or Central time zone with an ability to work mostly east coast hours.
  • Expertise in AP History (US, World, or European History) with at least 3 years of experience in standardized assessment development or related work; experience with digital assessment and teaching preferred
  • Strong oral and written communication skills, with solid technical proficiency and a customer-focused mindset
  • Excellent organizational and planning skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and maintain close attention to detail, including proofreading
  • Demonstrated ability to implement processes and procedures, manage project plans and schedules, and maintain tracking documentation
  • Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across all levels, and engage in giving and receiving constructive feedback
  • Ability to travel 6-8 times per year, plus up to two additional weeks for the AP Reading; must be eligible to work in the United States

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 such as item review and analysis, live coding, a panel interview, a 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 $60,000-$100,000.
  • 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.

Originally posted on Himalayas

Listing provenance

Where did this job come from?

See where this vacancy came from and whether more than one current source can still support it. Source names help with traceability and attribution; they are not endorsements or guarantees.

Current source evidenceEstablished source evidence

At least one enabled source recently observed the vacancy. The source chain is traceable, but this is not independent employer verification.

Continuity
One recent renewable source
Source-class independence
One renewable source class
Last source observation
Observed in the past 3 days

This records when High Paid Job last observed the vacancy in source evidence. It confirms source presence, not that the employer edited the vacancy at that time.

  • 1 enabled source recently observed this vacancy.

Source confidence is about traceability and continuity. It is separate from application safety and should not be read as an employer reputation rating.

HimalayasPublisher source

The vacancy is supplied by an external job publisher. Source information helps show where the listing came from; it is not a guarantee about the employer or vacancy.

Continue to applicationOpens in a new tab

Listing source: Himalayas. Destination: himalayas.app. The application opens in a new tab so you can keep this report open.