Executive Director, AP World Languages and Arts Department Head, Curriculum & Assessment (Education)

Location: Remote in the United States; candidates near hirify.global offices may choose fully remote or hybrid work with office attendance on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Occasional business travel is required, including 8–10 trips per year and up to two additional weeks for AP Reading.

Salary: $144,000–$205,000 annually.

Company

hirify.global is a self-sustaining nonprofit organization providing the AP academic program, curricula, instructional resources, and standardized assessments for secondary schools and higher education.

What you will do

• Lead the 26-person World Languages and Arts department across 10 course teams and own the quality, validity, accuracy, and efficiency of its work.
• Set the integrated strategy, priorities, and sequencing for AP curricula, assessments, instructional assets, public-facing activities, and course growth.
• Make final decisions on assessment content, exam design, scoring approaches, forms, validity, reliability, fairness, and quality.
• Lead a cross-Curriculum and Assessment enterprise workstream and provide decision-ready recommendations to the VP and SVP.
• Coach, develop, and support managers and subject-matter experts while ensuring consistent assessment procedures and delivery schedules.
• Collaborate with professional learning, program enablement, instructional services, higher education, assessment production, and external educators.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in a directly related discipline and knowledge of current trends in the discipline.
• 15–20 years of experience in standardized assessment development or related work.
• At least 10 years of experience leading a team and demonstrated people-management expertise.
• Experience presenting recommendations to senior executives and influencing enterprise-level decisions.
• Superior oral and written communication skills, technical proficiency, and a customer-focused mindset.
• Excellent organizational and planning skills, including managing multiple tasks, proofreading, project plans, schedules, and tracking documentation.
• Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills, including giving and receiving constructive feedback across all levels.
• Ability to travel 8–10 times per year plus up to two additional weeks for AP Reading.
• Authorization to work in the United States.
• Passion for mission-driven educational work, curiosity about emerging technologies, willingness to adopt AI-driven solutions, a learner’s mindset, commitment to impact and excellence, and a collaborative and empathetic approach.

Nice to have

• Doctorate in the directly related discipline.
• Experience with digital assessment and teaching.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote work, with a hybrid option for employees located near hirify.global offices.
• Meaningful, mission-driven work focused on expanding educational and career opportunities.
• Supportive, inclusive, collaborative, and high-achieving work environment.
• Compensation is adjusted by location and based on qualifications, experience, impact, and market data.
• Transparent discussions about compensation, benefits, and the working experience during the hiring process.

Hiring process

• Application review begins immediately and continues until the position is filled; applications are accepted for at least five business days.
• Typical steps include application review, recruiter phone or video screen, hiring manager interview, performance exercise such as item review and analysis, panel interview, leadership conversation, and reference checks.