Senior Certification Manager

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The database market is massive (the IDC estimates it to be $119B+ by 2025!) and MongoDB is at the head of its disruption. The MongoDB community is transforming industries and empowering developers to build amazing apps that people use every day. We are the leading modern data platform and the first database provider to IPO in over 20 years. Join our team and be at the forefront of innovation and creativity.

MongoDB is the most wanted database by developers, and MongoDB University has thousands of learners worldwide. We are seeking a Senior Certification Manager to join the MongoDB University team, to drive the execution and success of our certification program and help thousands of learners grow and showcase their skills through certification.

The Senior Certification Manager will own, design, and maintain MongoDB certification exams. You’ll set an operational cadence for the program, ensuring satisfaction and compliance with vendors and industry standards. Successful candidates will have a strong certification or exam development background, be detail driven, and have excellent cross-collaboration and problem solving skills. You will have an understanding of the certification exam development lifecycle and be able to effectively work with certification vendors, our internal teams of product, curriculum engineering, learning design and community to build and grow our certification program.

Roles and Responsibilities

  • Drive success of MongoDB certifications by managing all activities related to certification development, growth, and maintenance

  • Collaborate with our product and curriculum teams to drive development of certification processes: including job task analysis, mapping our courses to exam, testing and reviewing, and creating resources to improve the pass rate and certification experience

  • Manage relationships with our certification vendors and work with our University platform team to build the capabilities needed to grow the Certification program

  • Drive adoption of the certification working with our marketing and sales teams

  • Play a central role in creating a community of certified learners across the globe

  • Create and implement exam maintenance schedules

  • Report on exam metrics and drive continuous testing and improvements to the certification accuracy and experience

Candidate Profile

The right candidate for this role will have

  • Proven experience building and managing certification exams and working with course and exam creators

  • Understanding of the terminology, concepts, and standard methodologies for certification

  • Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills

  • Strong project management and operations skills to create, execute and adjust plans as needed

  • Empathy for learner community

  • Software or technology industry experience preferred

To drive the personal growth and business impact of our employees, we’re committed to developing a supportive and enriching culture for everyone. From employee affinity groups, to fertility assistance and a generous parental leave policy, we value our employees’ wellbeing and want to support them along every step of their professional and personal journeys. Learn more about what it’s like to work at MongoDB, and help us make an impact on the world!

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