Director, Talent Insights & Analytics

Director, Talent Insights & Analytics
College Board-Global Strategy & Talent

Location:
This is a remote role. Candidates who live near CB offices may choose to work remotely or in a hybrid model (Tuesday/Wednesday in office). All employees are expected to travel occasionally for in-person business needs.

Role Type:

This is a full-time position.

About the Team

AtCollegeBoard, the Talent team is the engine behind our people, who in turn power our mission to positivelyimpactmillions of students worldwide. We are a dynamic, mission-driven group dedicated to supporting and enabling ournearly 2,000employees to do the most meaningful, high-impact work of their careers.

As the world of work evolves rapidly, the Talent team plays a critical role in helpingCollegeBoard adapt with clarity, consistency, and purpose. Guided by a clear philosophy, we design with the end user in mind, use data to solve real problems, innovate thoughtfully, and communicate directly and honestly. Our work is grounded in building high-performing teams, fostering strong and accountable leadership, and creating the conditions for every employee to thrive.

This role sits within theCentral Talent team whichserves as the operational and strategic backbone of the Talent organization - driving alignment, communication, data, and systems that enable the entire function tooperateeffectively and deliver on our strategy.

About the Opportunity

CollegeBoard is raising the bar on leadership, performance, and organizational clarity while simplifying the systems that support our people.

The Director, Talent Insights & Analytics plays a critical role in helping leaders make better people decisions by delivering clear, trusted, and action-oriented insights.Success is defined by a small number of high-impact dashboards, analyses, and recommendations that leaders return to and use regularly, while strengthening the Talent team’s use of data.

This is a hands-on leadership role. The Director is expected to personallyshape dashboards,analyses,and executive narratives, while partnering closely with Talent leaders and senior stakeholders to ensure insights are usedandreturned tooften.

This role blends systems thinking, deep analysis, and executive storytelling. It is ideal for a leader who knows when to go deep, when to simplify, and how to help others use data well.

In this role, you will

Deliver Executive Dashboards and Decision-Shaping Insights (50%)

• Design and deliver core executive dashboards that integrate keypeoplemetrics (e.g., performance, engagement, hiring, retention).

• Ensure dashboards are actively used in regular leadership discussions (monthly or quarterly) and support real decisions.

• Pair dashboards with concise executive summaries that clearly answer:What’shappening?Why does it matter?What should we do next?

• Translate complex data into clear recommendations, not just observations; help leaders move from discussion to decision.

• Maintain strong discipline around scope, prioritizing repeatable insights over one-off or bespoke requests (approximately 20%customwork).

Strengthen Talent Team Impact Through Targeted Analysis (25%)

• Conduct analyses that help the Talent team improve how itoperatesanddeliversvalue.

• Use performance data, feedback data (e.g., 360 feedback), and otherpeopleinsights toidentifyopportunities to improve leadership effectiveness and talent practices.

• Partner with Talent leaders to translate findings into practical changes to tools, processes, or ways of working.

• Serve as a thought partner on how data should be interpreted and used in Talent decisions.

Lead Focused Enterprise-WidePeople Analyses (15%)

• Conduct deep-dive analyses of largepeopledatasets (e.g., engagement survey results, performance patterns, manager effectiveness, attrition).

• Synthesize findings into insights that add context and clarity beyond standard reporting.

• Support talent reviews and workforce discussions byhelping to groundconversations in shared evidence and clear implications.

Support Core Organization-Health Metrics (10%)

• Help define andmaintaina focused set of organization-health indicators that Talent a