[Remote] Engineering Manager, Data Science Team

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The College Board is a nonprofit organization that provides critical insights and tools through its Data Science Team. The Engineering Manager will lead the team in delivering technical solutions, fostering a high-performing team culture, and interfacing with business partners to align on needs and capabilities.

Responsibilities

• 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%)
• Facilitate strong communication across the team leveraging work-management tools.
• Cultivate norms that support strong communication, a positive working culture, and an engaged team.
• Invest in high-value meetings and Agile ceremonies that support your team’s ability to focus and perform.
• Actively cultivate the superpowers of team members and leverage these to develop high quality solutions.
• Support diversity and inclusion from the perspectives of demographics, skills, and experience.
• Manage work culture to ensure the mission and operating principles of College Board are consistently recognized and utilized to promote a productive and fair work environment.
• Support team members who are forward deployed to other teams with regular check-ins and consultation/code review either on your own or with other team members.
• Collaborate with generosity with colleagues across the org, but especially with the Generative AI Studio.
• Interface with Business Partners and Technology Leadership colleagues (40%)
• Assist colleagues in understanding the capabilities and limitations of data science to craft great problem statements your team can deliver against.
• Develop a deep understanding of the business needs your team serves to provide thought leadership and alignment around the work of the team.
• Develop strong working relationships with business partners and fellow engineering leaders to understand the nuances of the complex systems supported by your team’s products and analysis.
• Manage scope and workload, working iteratively to deliver value and recognizing when additional effort will produce diminishing returns.
• Discover new opportunities for data science to augment the mission or business of College Board.

Skills

• 10 years’ experience in Agile software application development, applying knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to a broad range of life-cycle activities to meet the requirements for highly secure, data-heavy applications.
• Proven expertise in delivering high-priority products or services and leading large, strategic areas with significant organizational impact.
• A track record of managing teams to deliver impactful results, with comprehensive people management experience.
• Strong skills in planning, prioritization, and execution, delivering results on time and on budget in fast-paced environments.
• Exceptional communication and leadership abilities, building trust and mentoring teams to success.
• Proficiency in verifying technical designs and advising on improvements.
• Ability to influence senior leaders on engineering strategy.
• Steadiness under heavy pressure, producing significant output with minimal wasted effort.
• Ability to identify people's motivations and barriers, tailoring messages to align effectively.
• A passion for expanding educational and career opportunities and mission-driven work.
• Curiosity and enthusiasm for emerging technologies, with a willingness to experiment with and adopt new AI-driven solutions and a comfort learning and applying new digital tools independently and proactively.
• Clear and concise communication skills, written and verbal.
• A learner's mindset and a commitment to growth: welcoming diverse perspectives, giving and receiving timely, respectful feedback, and continuously improving through iterative learning and user input.
• A drive for impact and excellence: solving complex problems, making data-informed decisions, prioritizing what matters most, and continuously improving through learning, user input, and external benchmarking.
• A collaborative and empathetic approach: working across differences, fostering trust, and contributing to a culture of shared success.
• Willingness to travel 3–5 times per year to the New York or Reston offices or other sites as needed.
• Authorization to work in the United States for any employer.

Benefits

• We offer more than just a paycheck—we 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.

Company Overview

• College Board is a not-for-profit organization that clears a path for all students to own their future through the Advanced Placement Program, the SAT, Official SAT Practice on Khan Academy, BigFuture, and more. It was founded in 1900, and is headquartered in New York, NY, US, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is http://www.collegeboard.org.

Company H1B Sponsorship

• The College Board has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 6 in 2025, 9 in 2024, 8 in 2023, 12 in 2022, 5 in 2021. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.

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