[Hiring] Senior Director, Assessment @Physician Assistant Education Association

Role Description

The PA Education Association (PAEA) is seeking a Senior Director, Assessment to lead, develop, and grow a high-performing assessment team while guiding the organization's assessment strategy. The ideal candidate is an experienced people leader with a proven record of building, mentoring, and expanding teams that deliver excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement. This leader also brings a strong foundation in psychometrics and educational measurement and a commitment to innovation and mission-driven impact.

The Senior Director, Assessment provides strategic and operational leadership for PAEA's assessment portfolio, translating organizational goals into assessment strategy and operational plans and ensuring that high-quality assessment programs and services are developed, delivered, evaluated, and continuously improved. Working closely with the Chief Data Officer and Principal Psychometrician, this position oversees:

• Assessment operations
• Psychometric and measurement activities
• Exam development
• Innovation initiatives
• External partnerships and vendors

The Senior Director also supports the development of future assessment products and services and represents PAEA within the broader assessment, measurement, and health professions education communities.

Please include your resume and cover letter when applying for this position. This position may be exposed to sensitive and confidential information daily; this individual is responsible for maintaining the confidentiality that knowledge of such warrants. In this position, employees must respect and protect the privacy, confidentiality, and security of all personal information to which they have access in the performance of their duties for PAEA, in accordance with PAEA’s Privacy Policy and the PAEA Employee Handbook that all employees must sign.

Qualifications

• Doctoral degree (PhD, EdD, or equivalent) in Psychometrics, Educational Measurement, Quantitative Psychology, Educational Psychology, Statistics, Research Methodology, or a closely related field.
• Minimum of 8 years of progressively responsible experience in assessment, psychometrics, educational measurement, testing, or related fields.
• Minimum of 3 years of supervisory or leadership experience managing professional staff and complex projects.
• Deep knowledge of Classical Test Theory, Item Response Theory, Rasch measurement, standard setting, test development, validation, scoring, equating, and assessment reporting.
• Demonstrated experience leading assessment programs, initiatives, or portfolios.
• Experience managing external vendors, consultants, and stakeholder relationships.
• Strong strategic planning, organizational leadership, and project management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and lead complex cross-functional initiatives.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Demonstrated commitment to assessment quality, fairness, accessibility, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Experience in health professions education and assessment.
• Experience developing innovative assessment products, technologies, or services.
• Record of professional presentations, publications, or contributions to the assessment and measurement field.
• Experience managing assessment security programs and policies.
• Experience with R, data visualization tools, assessment platforms, and modern analytical technologies.
• Active involvement in professional measurement or testing organizations.

Benefits

• This position is remote, with no in-office presence required.
• PAEA offers a competitive salary and benefits that considers external market compensation and maintains internal equity.
• The salary range for this position is $147,000-$158,000 annually.
• The benefits package includes health, life, and disability insurances.
• Paid time off and holidays.
• A 403(b) retirement plan with an 8% employer contribution.
• Monthly wellness stipend.
• Professional development funding.
• Tuition assistance and other benefits.

Work Environment & Benefits

• Periodic travel will be required for this role to all-staff meetings, PAEA events, professional development opportunities, and any other meetings as deemed necessary.

Work Authorization or Security Clearance Requirements

The individual in this position must be authorized to work in the United States.

Fairness and Accessibility

PAEA is committed to fairness and accessibility in all areas of its business activities, including employment, management, procurement, and contracting. As such, it is the policy of PAEA to afford equal opportunity in employment and contracting without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, religious preference, age, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, status as a parent, disability, veteran or any other status protected by applicable US law.