Product Owner, Digital Assessments

About the position

As part of the larger AP and Instruction Department, the Digital Transformation Team is a strong and collaborative group of product owners, product managers, content experts, and product development professionals. We are responsible for managing a portfolio of digital assessment and instructional products and leading the work to transition paper assessment programs to College Board’s digital assessment platform. We collaborate closely with colleagues in technology, user experience, operations, assessment design & development, psychometrics and program management to design and develop digital solutions that meet the needs of our users.

Responsibilities

• Deliver priority features on the product roadmap aligned to product vision and organizational priorities.
• Collaborate with Executive Director of Test Delivery and Digital Product Managers to plan and sequence work that enables successful feature delivery.
• Maintain clear, transparent, and prioritized product backlogs; facilitate backlog refinement sessions to ensure the development team has actionable work.
• Break down features and write user stories with well-defined acceptance criteria.
• Guide daily agile processes with the development team, including sprint planning, daily standups, demos, and retrospectives.
• Continuously gather data and integrate feedback from students, educational professionals, product managers, stakeholders, and internal users to evaluate product effectiveness and inform feature prioritization.
• Accept completed work during end-of-sprint reviews/demos, ensuring alignment with product goals and requirements.
• Develop and communicate a product vision, roadmap, and goals.
• Collaborate with product managers to develop a shared understanding of the work ahead and maintain a clear product roadmap aligned to the product vision and strategy.
• Define feature-level outcomes; given established product-level goals, define goals for each feature (e.g., KPIs, OKRs) aligned to the product vision.
• Establish deep understanding of both users and the market; support the product manager in interpreting stakeholder feedback and market data to inform product development.
• Provide release information and product updates to internal stakeholders including leading demos, and other tactical communication to increase understanding of the features of the system.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience as a Product Owner, including experience working on digital assessments within educational technology.
• Experience owning product features from inception through design to implementation and launch.
• Experience working in an Agile product development work environment.
• Demonstrated understanding of technology, including data integration.
• Experience building large and complex features, defining an MVP, and sequencing work.
• Ability to complete complex tasks on short deadlines and in a fast-paced environment.
• Inquisitive mindset with tremendous learning agility.
• Excellent prioritization and conflict resolution skills.
• Experience distilling data to inform key decisions.
• Ability to travel 5-6 times a year to College Board offices or on behalf of College Board business.

Benefits

• Annual bonuses and opportunities for merit-based raises and promotions.
• A mission-driven workplace where your impact matters.
• A team that invests in your development and success.