Senior Product Manager, Identity & Authentication

Role Description

This is a fully remote role, aligned to working core EST hours. Candidates who live near CB offices have the option of being fully remote or hybrid. All CB employees are required to occasionally travel to meet in person for business purposes.

The Digital Product team is driving the evolution of College Board’s digital assessment experience. As AI reshapes education, we are preparing students for the future by ensuring our digital assessments remain secure, meaningful, and reflective of the knowledge and skills needed to thrive in an AI-enabled world.

As Senior Product Manager, Identity & Authentication, you'll own the direction of our identity and authentication product domain:

• The consumer IdP
• Federated sign-in (SSO)
• The end-to-end account creation and sign-in experience

This is a senior individual contributor role for a product leader who is fluent in platform technology. You'll set the vision and roadmap, ground it in user research and data, and work closely with an engineering team to make it real.

What You’ll Own

• Identity & Authentication end to end, including user-facing experiences and the engine behind them.
• The account lifecycle: account creation for consumer and professional accounts, and the full sign-up, sign-in, and recovery experience.
• The identity engine: the credentials, MFA, and authentication platform behind sign-in.
• Federated sign-in and SSO: the SSO experience for institutional users.
• Trusted identity context: the identity signal the rest of the platform depends on.
• Outcomes and measurement: KPIs that tie this domain to real user outcomes.

In this role, you will:

• Own Strategy and Product Direction (40%):
  • Own the vision and roadmap for Identity & Authentication.
  • Define the KPIs that connect this domain to user outcomes.
  • Make tradeoffs across reliability, security, and usability.
  • Make the case for identity investments that depend on other teams.
• Lead Product Delivery (40%):
  • Work closely with your engineering team to turn strategy into capability.
  • Go deep on SSO flows, account recovery, and identity context.
  • Run discovery and validation continuously.
  • Keep platform performance and reliability visible in prioritization.
• Communicate Value and Build Alignment (20%):
  • Give clear, outcome-focused updates.
  • Translate technical tradeoffs for senior non-technical stakeholders.
  • Engage directly with users who depend on these systems.

What Success Looks Like

• More users who start authentication finish it.
• Federated sign-in and SSO integrations stay reliable.
• Account-related support volume drops.
• Other teams trust and build on the identity context you provide.
• Product decisions trace back to evidence.
• Leadership and engineering rely on your judgment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of product management or related experience.
• A track record of owning product strategy and roadmap for a complex, technical product area.
• Direct experience with backend, platform, or infrastructure products.
• Interest in how identity and trust shape user experience.
• Demonstrated use of continuous discovery.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong collaboration and influence across product, engineering, security, and leadership.
• The ability to travel 5-7 times a year to College Board offices.

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct experience with identity and authentication protocols (OAuth, OIDC, SAML).
• Experience in education or educational technology.
• Familiarity with AI-enabled tools, automation, or data workflows.

Requirements

• A passion for expanding educational and career opportunities.
• Authorization to work in the United States for any employer.
• Curiosity and enthusiasm for emerging technologies.
• Clear and concise communication skills.
• A learner's mindset and a commitment to growth.
• A drive for impact and excellence.
• A collaborative and empathetic approach.

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.

What We Offer

At College Board, we offer more than just a paycheck—we provide a meaningful career, a supportive team, and a comprehensive package designed to help you thrive.

• The hiring range for this role is $120,000 – $190,000.
• Your exact salary will depend on your location, experience, and qualifications.
• We aim to make our best offer upfront, rooted in fairness and transparency.