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Senior Product Designer

Senior Product Designer

College Board – Technology – Core Assessment Platform
Location: Remote - Candidates who live near CB offices have the option of being fully remote or hybrid (Tuesday and Wednesday in office).
Type: This is a full-time position. Please include a portfolio of your work in your application that shows examples of your experience leading design research initiatives; we are unable to consider applications without a portfolio link.

About Technology and Design at College Board

We are a mission-driven engineering and design team building and evolving the technology that powers and protects the future of learning. Our systems support highly trusted education programs used by millions of students each year, operating at significant scale and public responsibility. Today, we are focused on designing and delivering a critical new initiative that extends our platform in meaningful ways: blending foundational system work with thoughtful experimentation as we adapt to emerging technologies and new learner needs. We combine modern, cloud-native engineering practices with years of platform modernization, security hardening, and large-scale digital delivery, operating as an experiment factory that tests assumptions and iterates based on evidence rather than tradition. What makes this team distinct is the rare combination of meaningful public impact, platform-scale technical challenges, and the freedom to shape how mission-critical systems are built and evolved.

About the Team

The Core Assessment Platform is a group of cross-functional teams responsible for building and evolving shared platform capabilities that support assessment-related systems used by institutions at scale. The work spans a range of assessment contexts, from routine evaluation to more complex, high-stakes environments, where accuracy, consistency, and trust are essential. Teams collaborate across engineering, product, design, data, and operations to build reliable capabilities that can be reused and adapted over time. What makes this group special is its focus on continuous learning, experimentation, and steady improvement, with success driven by thoughtful collaboration, iteration, and careful decision-making in environments where reliability and quality matter.

About the Opportunity

As a Senior Product Designer at the College Board, you are a highly skilled, thoughtful, and user-centered practitioner with a passion for designing products and experiences that meet real user needs. You will facilitate product discovery, shape design strategy, and guide solutions from concept through delivery.

You will work across one or more cross-functional teams and products, helping to connect the dots between research, design, engineering, and organization mission. You are confident working independently on features while also seeking feedback and alignment with teammates and design leadership. You are an advocate for users and inclusive design. As a creative problem solver, you identify patterns across large systems and balance the big picture with hands-on execution—bringing clarity to complex challenges while staying focused on impact.

Your responsibilities will span early-stage discovery, end-to-end product design, usability testing, accessibility, and the creation of design artifacts that support high-quality implementation. You will also contribute to our design culture through mentorship, continuous learning, and collaborative design practices.

In this role, your responsibilities include:
Product Discovery and Design Strategy (30%)

  • Design Thinking. Apply design thinking within complex education ecosystems to deeply understand user needs, reframe complex problems, and drive the creation of intuitive, scalable, and human-centered product solutions.
  • Research. Constantly conduct and synthesize generative, formative, and evaluative research, using methods such as user interviews, usability testing, and surveys.
  • Design with Users. Facilitate workshops and co-creation sessions to align teams and uncover opportunities.
  • Data into Insights. Turn user, behavioral, and operational data into actionable insights.
  • Prioritization. Influence prioritization and roadmapping efforts by connecting user needs with business goals and mission.
  • User Advocacy. Champion human-centered and inclusive design principles.
  • Storytelling. Use strategic storytelling to communicate vision, value, and direction.

Design Execution and Delivery (40%)

  • Product Design. Work closely with product and engineering teams to translate concepts into detailed, production-ready designs, creating artifacts such as user flows, sitemaps, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity UI design.
  • Design Systems. Apply and contribute to design systems, ensuring visual and functional consistency.
  • Plain Language. Write and test content using plain language for clarity and accessibility.
  • Testing. Conduct usability tests and A/B tests to validate design decisions.
  • Accessibility. Perform accessibility audits to meet inclusive design standards.
  • Responsive Design. Design for responsive, mobile-first experiences, and mobile apps.
  • Artificial Intelligence. Experiment with generative AI tools to support ideation and prototyping.
  • Tools. Use tools like Figma (preferred), Miro, and Dovetail to design, document, and test work.

Collaboration and Communication (20%)

  • Collaborate. Rapidly iterate through daily partnership with product managers, engineers, researchers, leadership, and other stakeholders throughout the design and development process.
  • Ceremonies. Participate in standups, sprint planning, design reviews and QA cycles.
  • Specifications. Translate design decisions into clear specifications for implementation.
  • Presenting. Present ideas, research findings, and designs with confidence and clarity.
  • Design Operations. Contribute to organization-wide design efforts, including shared tools, systems, and templates.

Growth and Culture (10%)

  • Teaching. Mentor junior designers or peers through pairing and feedback.
  • Continuous Learning. Continuously invest in personal development and share emerging tools, trends, and provocations.
  • Organizational Support. Support design education efforts such as lunch & learns, design critiques, and by contributing to internal documentation.
  • Hiring. Participate in hiring and onboarding activities.

About You

You have:

  • A portfolio of your work included in your application.
  • A Bachelor’s degree in a related field (interaction design, HCI, industrial design, information science, social sciences, computer science, graphic design, etc.) and/or equivalent years of work experience.
  • 3–7 years of experience in product or service design.
  • A product design mindset and experience designing for complex, content-rich websites and applications, including strong skills in creating and communicating design artifacts, such as user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity UI designs.
  • Proficiency in design thinking and human-centered methodologies, with the ability to reframe challenges and translate insights into actionable design direction.
  • Strong skills in information design, user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity UI design, with fluency in tools like Figma (preferred), Miro, and Dovetail.
  • Experience applying generative and evaluative research methods, along with facilitation skills to lead workshops and co-creation sessions.
  • A strong understanding of design systems, responsive design, and accessibility standards, including designing for web and native mobile platforms.
  • Comfortable discussing technical constraints and collaborating with engineers to ensure design feasibility (experience with front-end technologies is a plus).
  • A commitment to inclusive, ethical, and user-centered design, with the ability to write and test content using plain language principles.
  • Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with a user advocacy mindset and the ability to work effectively across cross-functional teams.
  • Curiosity and adaptability—you’re self-motivated, continuously learning, and excited by emerging tools and trends, including generative AI.
  • The ability to travel a minimum of 3-5 times a year to College Board offices or on behalf of College Board business (including but not limited to traveling to client/user sites to engage with stakeholders).
  • Authorization to work in the United States.

About Our Process

Application review will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days. 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.

What We Offer

At College Board, we offer more than 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.

A Thoughtful Approach to Compensation
The hiring range for this role is $95,000–$130,000. Your exact salary will depend on your location, experience, and how your background compares to others in similar roles at the College Board. We aim to make our best offer upfront, rooted in fairness, transparency, and market data. We adjust salaries by location to ensure fairness, no matter where you live. You’ll have open, transparent conversations about compensation, benefits, and what it’s like to work at College Board throughout your hiring process.