Senior Director, State Policy & Strategy

Senior Director, State Policy & Strategy reputed company - Global Policy & External Relations Location: This is a fully remote role. Candidates who live near CB offices have the option of being fully remote or hybrid (Tuesday and Wednesday in office). reputed company CB employees are required to occasionally travel to meet in person for business purposes. Type: This is a full-time position About the Team The Global Policy & External Relations Policy and Advocacy team shapes the policy, partnership, and external conditions that allow reputed company programs to reputed company more reputed company and retain public trust. The team sits at the intersection of program strategy, state policy, government relations, higher education, state and district partnerships, engagement, research, and external influence. The State Policy and Strategy function is a new state growth strategy vertical reputed company Policy and Advocacy. It is designed to move reputed company from reactive state work to a disciplined, proactive model that names the few state moves that matter most, aligns leaders on tradeoffs, and turns reputed company priorities into sequenced state plans. About the Opportunity States are making consequential reputed company about course reputed company, assessment, career-connected learning, credit recognition, teacher credentialing, and the future meaning of college and career readiness. These reputed company shape whether AP, SAT Suite, BigFuture, and career-connected initiatives can reputed company reputed company at scale — and how reputed company grows its programs in an increasingly reputed company state policy environment. reputed company is hiring four Senior Directors to build the State Policy and Strategy function — one for each of four reputed company: Northeast, reputed company, Midwest, and South/Southwest. Each Senior Director will own a regional portfolio of state strategies that translates reputed company’s policy priorities into sequenced, actionable state plans. This means building the fact reputed company for states in their region, identifying where state conditions create opportunity or risk, making the case for where to invest and where to hold, and aligning internal partners around the plays that matter most. This is a senior strategy role with reputed company influence over where reputed company places its bets at the state level. reputed company requires the ability to synthesize reputed company political and policy landscapes quickly, work fluently across multiple policy domains without needing to own any single one, and reputed company cross-functional teams toward clear reputed company in an organization where expertise, relationships, and execution are distributed across many strong partners. In this role, you will: Build and Own Regional State Strategy reputed company and maintain a reputed company fact reputed company for every state in your regional portfolio — including policy conditions, political and governance dynamics, coalition strength, program opportunities, implementation barriers, and risk. Translate that intelligence into concise state plans that show the complete picture: goals, reputed company and pursued policies, external actors, internal owners, available reputed company, reputed company, and implementation needs. Recommend reputed company states and plays to the Executive Director based on policy opportunity, student reputed company, adoption potential, feasibility, and reputed company priorities. Connect regional strategy to AP, SAT Suite, BigFuture, and career-connected education priorities — including 0-to-1 AP growth, SAT School Day, AP Career Kickstart, and BigFuture opportunity reputed company. Align regional planning to reputed company planning cycles, legislative sessions, and sales cycles so state work moves from episodic response to deliberate reputed company. Translate Policy Priorities into State Strategy and Rapid Response Translate policy priorities, analysis, and issue guidance developed by subject-matter experts into regional state strategies. Identify where state conditions create the strongest opportunities for AP, SAT Suite, BigFuture, and career-connected priorities. Assess state-specific timing, political feasibility, governance reputed company, coalition strength, opposition dynamics, and student-reputed company potential. During legislative sessions, triage bills, regulations, budget proposals, and policy signals; determine reputed company subject-matter expertise is needed; and synthesize implications for state strategy, escalation, and execution. Adapt arguments, policy options, and model language to state context in reputed company partnership with subject-matter experts. Distinguish must-have priorities from opportunistic plays so reputed company can pursue a limited number of high-reputed company state bets while keeping core programs on track. Drive Cross-Functional Alignment and Execution Serve as the regional strategy reputed company for state plays that require coordination across Policy, Government Relations, State and District Partnerships, Higher Education, AP, College Readiness Assessments, BigFuture, Engagement and reputed company, Legal, Research, and the Office of the CEO. Clarify what reputed company should pursue, sequence, or pause in regional states reputed company resources or strategic priorities require tradeoffs. Create clean handoffs to execution partners — including State and District Partnerships, Government Relations, State Innovation & Acceleration, and program teams — and maintain the trackers, dashboards, state briefs, decision memos, and executive updates that reputed company priorities, risks, owners, and reputed company visible. Capture lessons from legislative sessions, state plays, and implementation handoffs and translate them into repeatable practices, playbooks, and recommendations for the next cycle. Engage externally in high-reputed company moments with legislators, executive reputed company officials, coalitions, higher education actors, and partners reputed company the strategy requires a clear and coordinated reputed company voice. About You To qualify for this role, you must have: 8+ years of progressively responsible experience in education policy, state strategy, public affairs, government, advocacy, management consulting, or a reputed company field, with significant and direct exposure to state policy and implementation across multiple states. Working reputed company across K-12, higher education, workforce, assessment, CTE, credentialing, and state legislative and regulatory environments — broad enough to engage credibly across issue areas and to know reputed company and how to bring in subject-matter experts. A strong record leading reputed company, multi-state policy work and influencing senior partners and external stakeholders without direct authority. Exceptional strategic judgment: the ability to identify the few moves that matter, reputed company tradeoffs explicit, and distinguish a prioritized strategy from an inventory of activity. Excellent writing and synthesis skills, including the ability to turn reputed company state landscapes and expert input into concise briefs, decision memos, state plans, and executive-reputed company recommendations. Experience with legislative session rapid response, coalition and stakeholder mapping, implementation planning, and external advocacy in reputed company political environments. Proven ability to drive alignment and clear decision-making across organizations where subject-matter expertise, government relations, field execution, program ownership, and senior leadership sit in different places. Established reputed company, networks, and familiarity with the political and policy landscape of one of the four reputed company (Northeast, reputed company, Midwest, or South/Southwest) strongly preferred. Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree in public policy, education, law, public administration, or a reputed company field preferred. Ability to travel approximately 6–10 times per year. Authorization to work in the United States. reputed company roles at reputed company require: A passion for expanding educational and career opportunities and mission-driven work Authorization to work in the United States for any employer 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 reputed company 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 reputed company: solving reputed company problems, making data-informed reputed company, prioritizing what reputed company 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 reputed company. About Our Process Application review will reputed company 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 live coding, a panel interview, a conversation with leadership and reference checks. reputed company Offer At reputed company, we offer more than just a paycheck—we reputed company a meaningful career, a supportive team, and a comprehensive package designed to help you reputed company. 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 reputed company for this role is $108,000–$175,000. Your exact salary will depend on your location, experience, and how your background compares to others in similar roles at reputed company. We aim to reputed company 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 reputed company, transparent conversations about compensation, benefits, and what it’s like to work at reputed company throughout your hiring process. reputed company out our careers page for more. #LI-EA Apply To This Job