Executive Director, AP Social Science Department Head, Curriculum & Assessment (Education)

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

Salary: $144,000–$205,000 annually.

Company

hirify.global is a self-sustaining nonprofit education organization delivering the AP program, including curricula, instructional resources, and assessments for secondary-school and higher-education audiences.

What you will do

• Lead the Social Science department of 19 people, expanding to 22 in 2027, across seven AP course teams.
• Own the validity, quality, accuracy, fairness, reliability, and disciplinary alignment of AP Social Science curricula, exams, scoring, and instructional assets.
• Approve assessment content, exam designs, forms, scoring approaches, course frameworks, and related production deliverables.
• Set strategy for course and exam growth, with emphasis on increasing zero-to-one qualifying AP Exam scores and expanding public-facing activities.
• Advise AP Curriculum and Assessment leadership with evidence-based recommendations, tradeoffs, and decisions required.
• Lead an enterprise-facing cross-C&A workstream related to priorities such as assessment innovation with generative AI, test security, or portfolio growth.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in a directly related discipline and knowledge of current disciplinary trends required; a doctorate is strongly preferred.
• 15–20 years of experience in standardized assessment development or related work required.
• At least 10 years of experience leading a team required.
• Experience presenting recommendations to senior executives and influencing enterprise-level decisions.
• Superior oral and written communication, technical proficiency, organizational and planning skills, and close attention to detail.
• Experience implementing processes and procedures, managing project plans and schedules, and maintaining tracking documentation.
• Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills, including giving and receiving constructive feedback across organizational levels.
• Authorization to work in the United States required.
• Passion for expanding educational and career opportunities, curiosity about emerging technologies, willingness to adopt AI-driven solutions, a learner’s mindset, a drive for impact and excellence, and a collaborative and empathetic approach.

Nice to have

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

Culture & Benefits

• Remote work is available, with hybrid work offered to candidates located near hirify.global offices.
• Work supports a mission of expanding educational and career opportunities.
• Compensation is adjusted by location and informed by qualifications, experience, impact, and market data.
• The organization provides a supportive team environment and a comprehensive benefits package.

Hiring process

• Applications are reviewed immediately and accepted for at least five business days, until the role is filled.
• The process may include application review, recruiter phone or video screening, a hiring manager interview, a performance exercise such as item review and analysis, a panel interview, leadership discussions, and reference checks.