Certification Program Manager, Google Cloud
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Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 3 years of experience in program or project management.
- 3 years of experience writing and reviewing exam content.
- Experience facilitating group workshops.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience in project management.
- Experience working in IT certification.
- Experience conducting job-task analyses, Item writing workshops, item-writing training, and item reviews.
- Experience editing technical content for voice and style.
- Experience with Cloud computing technologies.
- Experience developing performance based testing solutions.
About the job
The Google Cloud Platform team helps customers transform and build what's next for their business — all with technology built in the cloud. Our products are engineered for security, reliability and scalability, running the full stack from infrastructure to applications to devices and hardware. Our teams are dedicated to helping our customers — developers, small and large businesses, educational institutions and government agencies — see the benefits of our technology come to life. As part of an entrepreneurial team in this rapidly growing business, you will play a key role in understanding the needs of our customers and help shape the future of businesses of all sizes use technology to connect with customers, employees and partners.
As a Certification Program Manager, you will be responsible for development and maintenance of the Google Cloud Certification exams. This includes working with groups of highly-skilled subject matter experts (SMEs) to create valid certification exams aligned to industry standards. You will play a key role in enforcing program policies and test security. You will have the ability to impact the quality and effectiveness of our certification offerings by applying industry best practices and innovating in the field of exam development.
Google Cloud accelerates organizations’ ability to digitally transform their business with the best infrastructure, platform, industry solutions and expertise. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology – all on the cleanest cloud in the industry. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $105,000-$154,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
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Responsibilities
- Manage the exam development lifecycle, including blueprinting, item development, analysis, and ongoing maintenance, ensuring alignment with industry standards and best practices.
- Lead job task analysis, item development trainings, workshops, and technical reviews with highly-skilled technical subject matter experts (cloud architects, data engineers, developers).
- Monitor and enforce program policies, including responding to applicants inquiries and exam security incidents.
- Monitor industry innovations and best practices to continuously improve certification processes and offerings.
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