Senior Director, State Policy & Strategy - Western Region
Core
Senior strategy leader owning Western Region state growth strategy, translating policy priorities into sequenced state plans to expand College Board programs (AP, SAT Suite, BigFuture) and navigate complex state policy environments.
Role type
Senior Director, State Policy & Strategy
Builds
Regional state strategies, sequenced state plans, executive briefs, decision memos, and trackers for Western US states.
Domain
Education policy, state government relations, higher education, K-12, workforce development, and public affairs.
Deliverable
product features
Required skills
Strategic judgment and tradeoff analysis, multi-state policy landscape synthesis, cross-functional alignment leadership, legislative rapid response, coalition and stakeholder mapping, executive-level writing and synthesis, program prioritization.
Preferred skills
Advanced degree in public policy, education, law, or public administration.
Technologies
None stated
Responsibilities
Develop and maintain fact bases for Western Region states; recommend priority states and plays to leadership; translate policy priorities into actionable state strategies; triage legislative signals and synthesize implications; drive cross-functional alignment for state plays; create handoffs and trackers for execution partners.
Seniority
Senior Director, hands-on IC with strategic influence
