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Engineering Manager

College Board Technology Organization Data Science Team

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).

Type : This is a full-time position

About the Team

The Data Science Team provides critical insights and tools to help the executive leadership team, technology teams, and business units optimize test delivery, test development, and test security. Our expertise is understanding a wide array of business problems and using a variety of techniques including data analysis, machine learning, and software engineering to create value from data and support decision making. We have a passion for data analysis, programming, applying new technologies, and building practical solutions. Our small tight knit self-organized team of Data Scientists and Machine Learning Engineers collaborates closely and uses creative problem solving to tackle difficult challenges for many of the organization's strategic initiatives.

About the Opportunity

As an Engineering Manager, you are an idea-generator, a catalyst, a collaborator, and a leader. You understand cloud software delivery and the tools and processes that empower efficient and resilient delivery that adheres to top-notch development practices. You thrive in an environment with a strong mix of creativity and productivity. The greater the complexity you face, the greater initiative and leadership you assume while exercising your influence to get things done across the organization. You will rely on these traits as you communicate with customers and our internal teams to understand their challenges and needs, then create, sustain, deliver, and articulate complex solutions. You will serve as a mentor to the team, bringing them up to speed and enabling all to make healthy contributions. You will carry the voice of the customer to leadership and engineers, helping to bridge the gap between ideas, solutions, and delivery. You will use your inquisitive nature and learning agility to continually seek out useful information that can shape products for the good of the user. You will build strong, productive relationships while guiding, leading, and nurturing your team and stakeholders to produce tremendous value for our customers.

In this role, you will :

Provide Technical Leadership to the Team (20%)

• Sort through options for solutioning, leveraging your own technical expertise.
• Provide guidance to team members on best practices and approaches based on deep knowledge of stakeholder needs.
• Act as an arbiter as needed for technical decisions.
• 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 project with a security-sensitive perspective.
• Maintain operational services with high fidelity until no longer relevant or handed over to a new team.

Build and Maintain a Highly Engaged, and High-Performing Team (40%)

Interface with Business Partners and Technology Leadership Colleagues (40%)

About You

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About Our Process

What We Offer

At College Board, we offer more than just a paycheckwe 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

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.