Senior Engineering Director, Teamship

The College Board is a mission-driven, not-for-profit organization focused on expanding access to higher education. They are seeking a Senior Engineering Director to lead the development of a nationwide Work-Based Learning program, empowering educators and engaging business partners while fostering student learning.

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership to the team (40%)
• Sort through options for solutioning, leveraging your own technical expertise
• With senior engineers on the team, in partnership with the product owner and designer, craft and execute a technology strategy to deliver on the product roadmap
• Continue to learn and stay current with the state of software engineering sharing that knowledge within the team to support best practices
• Review and occasionally write code yourself using preferred technologies including TypeScript, React, NodeJS
• Manage scope and actively work against developing technical debt
• Monitor and manage costs, working with internal resources to optimize the cost and performance of applications
• Approach every feature with a security-sensitive perspective
• Build a highly engaged, and high-performing team (30%)
• Cultivate norms that support strong communication, a positive working culture, and an engaged team
• Define ceremonies that support your high-performing Agile team, while maximizing productive work time
• Actively cultivate the superpowers of team members and leverage these to develop products
• Support diversity and inclusion from the perspectives of demographics, skills, and experience
• Manage work culture to ensure the mission and operating principles of College Board are consistently recognized and utilized to promote a productive and fair work environment
• Support and invest in the growth of your team members, which will range from junior to senior engineers
• Interface with business partners and technology colleagues (30%):
• Develop deep understanding of the business needs your team serves to provide thought leadership and consistent messaging around the work of the team
• Develop strong working relationships with business and product partners to understand the nuances of the complex systems supported by your product
• Manage scope and workload, working with product owners to deliver the most valuable work first
• Partner with the product designer to ensure usable, human-centered implementations of new products and features
• Provide subject matter expertise to other teams and support with resources from your own team as appropriate

Requirements:

• 7 years' experience in Agile software application development, applying knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to a broad range of life-cycle activities to meet the requirements for highly secure, data-heavy applications
• Proven expertise delivering web-based products or platform-level features in cloud-first environment using modern development tools
• Written and reviewed production code using preferred technologies: TypeScript/JavaScript, Node.js, React
• Ability to design and evaluate AWS-based architectures with best practices
• Experience managing teams of 4 to 8 direct reports, including both junior-level and higher-level individual contributors
• Accountability for the technical output of the team, either through personal experience or strong communication with engineers
• Experience overseeing product or platform features, infrastructure, and vendor management, ensuring compliance with internal policies
• Comprehensive experience in all aspects of people management, including hiring, engaging, and developing team members, with a proven track record of successful leadership
• Experience leading engineering and architecture discussions, bringing stakeholders to agreement
• Exceptional planning, prioritization, and execution skills, delivering results on time and on budget in fast-paced environments
• Experience establishing new teams and laying foundation for new products, ideally within a large organization
• Outstanding communication and leadership abilities, building trust quickly across teams and levels, and effectively coaching team members with timely, balanced feedback
• Able to travel 3-5 times a year to our NYC or Reston, VA office
• Authorization to work in the United States for any employer
• 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 a comfort 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