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This position reports to the Director of Assessments for English Language Arts (ELA). Incorporating industry best practices, state objectives, Smarter Balanced quality standards, and an in-depth professional knowledge, the incumbent collaborates with experts to design, develop and update on-line ELA assessment tools for learners and teachers in grades 3-8 and high school. In addition, the incumbent serves as an ELA subject matter expert providing content guidance to other assessment designers to ensure consistency and high quality aligned with organizational goals.
Initial Review Date: 7/21/2025 (posted until filled)
Director of Business Development - 78077
The Director of Business Development is a recently created position reporting to the Executive Officer for External Affairs. In this inaugural role, the incumbent will support the Smarter Balanced consortium through acquisition of new members and license agreements to access Smarter Balanced content.
The incumbent will leverage existing business intelligence as well as develop new resources, information and relationships to aid in identifying opportunities where Smarter Balanced can establish new membership and license agreements.
Initial Review Date: 5/19/2025 (posted until filled)
Senior Director, Product Management - 76799
The Senior Director of Product Management is responsible for identifying, recommending, developing, and maintaining the portfolio of products within the Smarter Balanced assessment system. Management responsibilities include developing the team's long-term vision and goals, policies, and procedures, as well as managing the daily operations involving staff, budget, resources, and multi-year product roadmaps. The incumbent provides technical direction to project teams in building requirements, prioritizing roadmap products, conducting market/competitive research, and facilitating product development life cycle for Smarter Balanced summative, interim, and formative assessments (teacher resources). It is critical and essential that this management position develops relationships and interfaces with Consortium members to establish a deep understanding of member needs and layered user personas to drive customer satisfaction and achieve organizational impact.
Initial Review Date: 3/31/2025 (posted until filled)
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