Senior Director I, AP Physics Generalist, Curriculum and Assessment

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Director I, AP Physics Generalist, Curriculum and Assessment based in the United States. This senior-level role leads the quality, validity, and continuous improvement of curriculum and assessment within AP Physics. You will oversee assessment development, scoring, exam design, and content approval across complex, high-impact educational programs. The position combines deep physics expertise with advanced knowledge of standardized assessment and emerging AI-enabled tools. You will collaborate with educators, college faculty, psychometricians, curriculum specialists, and technical experts across a broad professional community. A major focus will be strengthening assessment practices, developing scalable processes, and ensuring fairness, reliability, security, and academic rigor. You will also mentor subject-matter experts and contribute to strategic initiatives that expand access and improve learning experiences for students and educators worldwide. This remote opportunity offers significant visibility, intellectual challenge, and the chance to influence how physics education and assessment evolve at scale. Lead assessment development for AP Physics, with primary responsibility for authoring, reviewing, revising, and providing final approval of assessment items and test forms across assigned titles. Independently manage assessment development workflows, including training educator contributors and using generative AI appropriately to improve efficiency, quality, fairness, and innovation. Lead the development and management of formative and summative assessment content and scoring materials through multiple internal and external review stages. Develop assessment forms that align with approved curricula, test specifications, disciplinary expectations, and psychometric standards. Plan and facilitate multiple in-person and virtual meetings with test development committees, including developing agendas, guiding discussions, resolving content issues, and ensuring productive outcomes. Train and supervise subject-matter experts serving as assessment contributors and reviewers. Lead the annual AP Reading and associated scoring activities, coordinating complex workflows throughout the year and producing post-scoring materials for educators and students. Monitor assessment validity, reliability, security, fairness, quality, and reader performance, identifying opportunities for improvement and leading targeted initiatives. Collaborate with psychometricians and curriculum and assessment colleagues to establish fair, reliable, and valid scoring standards and cut scores. Serve as a functional assessment leader across subject areas, sharing expertise, mentoring colleagues, and promoting consistency and efficiency across assessment workstreams. Develop and improve item-development models, training programs, documentation, and processes, including effective and responsible use of generative AI. Support refinement of the AP Physics course framework and collaborate on new instructional products, prototypes, and initiatives designed to address teacher and student needs. Represent the program with academic and professional communities through presentations, speaking engagements, and facilitated discussions when appropriate. Requirements Master’s degree in Physics or a directly related discipline, with strong knowledge of current developments and trends in the field; a doctoral degree is strongly preferred. At least 10 years of experience in standardized assessment development or closely related work, with significant expertise in physics. Experience with digital assessment and teaching is preferred. Deep understanding of assessment development, item writing, test design, scoring, and quality assurance processes. Strong ability to apply disciplinary expertise while also navigating psychometric, technical, and educat