Engineering Manager, GenAI Studio

College Board – Technology Organization – GenAI Studio 

Location: This is a fully remote role.

Type: This is a full-time position 

About the Team  

The GenAI Studio is an internal incubator at College Board that launched in January 2024. Through the Studio, College Board is investing time and resources for Generative AI ideation. The Studio is responsibly experimenting with AI in AP classrooms and creating strategic partnerships to make informed decisions about AI in our broader portfolio of offerings. The Studio is comprised of a diverse, cross-functional team of strategists, technologists, and product managers at College Board committed to solving the most impactful and interesting problems arising with AI. Across the team we divide the work around strategic enablement within our organization, AI innovations that are both internally and externally facing, and advancing AI Literacy in the education space. 

About the Opportunity

As the Engineering Manager for the GenAI Studio at College Board, you will lead a team of 4 software engineers and data scientists to develop innovative AI solutions that enhance student learning and streamline internal processes. Your role is crucial in creating secure, impactful AI prototypes that align with College Board's strategic goals. You will collaborate closely with product and design teams, ensuring seamless integration of AI initiatives. Your leadership bridges technical and business needs, fostering a collaborative and innovative environment that drives the successful adoption of AI technologies across the organization.

In this role, you will: 

Provide technical leadership to the team (40%) 

• Sort through options for solutioning, leveraging your own technical expertise. 
• Continue to learn and keep abreast of developments in Generative AI software, sharing that knowledge within the team to support best practices 
• Provide guidance to team members as they solution and build prototypes, occasionally working directly in the code yourself and review code submitted by team members. 
• 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 feature with a security-sensitive perspective. 

Build a highly engaged, and high-performing team (30%) 

• Cultivate norms that support strong communication, a positive working culture, and an engaged team. 
• Define ceremonies that support your high-performing Agile team, while maximizing productive work time. 
• Actively cultivate the superpowers of team members and leverage these to develop products. 
• 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 and the GenAI Studio are consistently recognized and utilized to promote a productive and fair work environment. 

Interface with business partners and technology colleagues (30%)

• Develop deep understanding of the business needs your team serves to provide thought leadership and consistent messaging around the work of the team. 
• Develop strong working relationships with business and product partners to understand the nuances of the complex systems supported by your product. 
• Manage scope and workload, working with product owners to deliver the most valuable work first. 
• Provide subject matter expertise to other teams experimenting with GenAI applications and support with resources from your own team as appropriate. 

About you, you have 

• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in full stack software development and applying knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to a broad range of life-cycle activities to meet the requirements for compute-intensive, data-heavy applications. 
• Hands-on experience developing with technologies such as AWS, React, TypeScript, Python and Large Language Models (preferred, but not required) 
• Strong communication skills, customer relationship management skills and team leadership skills. 
• Proven ability to lead technical teams in an Agile environment 
• Knowledge of crossover/interdependencies between infrastructure tasks and development activities. 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills 
• A passion for delivering high quality products that help students succeed 
• Visionary leadership with a track record of having your innovative ideas adopted by initially reluctant parties. 
• Able to travel 3-5 times a year to our NYC or Reston, VA office
• You are authorized to work in the United States.

About Our Process

• Application review will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled
• While the hiring process may vary, it generally includes: resume and application submission, recruiter phone/video screen, hiring manager interview, performance exercise such as live coding, a panel interview, a conversation with leadership and reference checks. 

About Our Benefits and Compensation 

College Board offers a competitive benefits and compensation program that attracts top talent looking to make a difference in education. As a self-sustaining non-profit, we believe in compensating employees equitably in relation to each other, their qualifications, their impact, and the relevant market.

The hiring range for a new employee in this position is $140,000 to $170,000.

College Board differentiates salaries by location so where you live will narrow the portion of this range in which you can expect a salary. Your salary will be carefully determined based on your location, relevant experience, the external labor market, and the pay of College Board employees in similar roles. College Board strives to provide our best offer up front based on this criteria.

Your salary is only one part of all that College Board offers, including but not limited to:

• A comprehensive package designed to support the well-being of employees and their families and promote education. Our robust benefits package includes health, dental, and vision insurance, generous paid time off, paid parental leave, fertility benefits, pet insurance, tuition assistance, retirement benefits, and more 
• Recognition of exceptional performance through annual bonuses, salary growth over time through market increases, and opportunities for merit raises and promotions based on increased scope of responsibility 
• A job that matters, a team that cares, and a place to learn, innovate and thrive 

You can expect to have transparent conversations about benefits and compensation with our recruiters throughout your application process. 

About Our Culture: 

• We are motivated to positively impact the educational and career trajectories of millions of students a year.
• We prioritize building a diverse and inclusive team where every employee can thrive, and every voice is heard.
• We value learning and growth; we offer formal and informal ways to lead through your superpowers, sharpen your strengths, and meet your development goals.
• Our high-performing engineers work with the latest technologies, so you will be constantly learning and sharpening your skills, enabling you to be industry-forward instead of left behind technologically. 

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