Director, Exam Development

Embarcaderomediagroup; East Lansing (MI); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

EmbarcaderoMediaGroup is seeking a Director of Exam Development in Michigan with hybrid-remote eligibility for a full-time, exempt role. The position leads innovation and continuous improvement across certification programs, balancing strategic insight with execution to deliver high-quality assessments.

The ideal candidate has extensive exam development experience, strong leadership, and a solid grasp of project management.

Qualifications

• Master's degree required.
• 7–10 years of related experience in examination development, assessment, certification, or credentialing.
• Experience that includes development of in-person, case-based assessment (e.g., OSCE, oral boards) is preferred.
• Minimum of 4 years of leadership and supervision experience.
• Fundamental understanding of project management principles.
• Demonstrated ability to efficiently lead complex, high-stakes assessment development programs with multiple timelines, contributors, risks, and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provides strategic oversight and daily leadership for the innovation, development and analysis of certification, continuing certification, in-training, focused practice, and subspecialty assessments across all ABEM certification activities; ensures on-time, high-quality delivery of assessment content, form development, and exam integrity.
• Translates executive direction into detailed program plans with milestones, deliverables, owners, resources, and reporting expectations. Establishes examination development decision-making pathways, critical milestones, readiness checkpoints, and escalation practices.
• Directs and contributes to the evaluation of assessment development activities, including the evaluation of item, case, and psychometric performance. Directs and contributes to examination-related evaluations, surveys, scientific presentations, and related technical publications. Implements improvements to assessment development activities on a regular basis.
• Leads readiness reviews for assessment content and form development and ensures risks, dependencies, and mitigation plans are visible to executive leadership. Leads post-mortems, improvement backlogs, and process enhancement efforts that improve efficiency, quality, clarity, and stakeholder experience.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Exam development

Stakeholder management

Education

Master's degree

Job description

Director, Exam Development

Michigan-Based Hybrid - Remote Eligible | Full-Time | Exempt
Travel: Up to 20%

Make an Impact on the Future of Emergency Medicine Certification

Are you energized by smarter processes, stronger results, and real accountability? Have you developed or edited exams—and are you ready to reimagine what comes next? If you are excited about leading the way in imagining what the exam process will look like in the future, this role is built for you.

We are seeking a strategic, forward-looking Director, Exam Development to provide operational and program leadership for the innovation and continuous improvement of our assessment portfolio.

The ideal candidate will pair deep exam-development expertise with the judgment and leadership to move confidently between strategy and execution.

Key Responsibilities

• Provides strategic oversight and daily leadership for the innovation, development and analysis of certification, continuing certification, in-training, focused practice, and subspecialty assessments across all ABEM certification activities; ensures on-time, high-quality delivery of assessment content, form development, and exam integrity.
• Translates executive direction into detailed program plans with milestones, deliverables, owners, resources, and reporting expectations. Establishes examination development decision-making pathways, critical milestones, readiness checkpoints, and escalation practices.
• Directs and contributes to the evaluation of assessment development activities, including the evaluation of item, case, and psychometric performance. Directs and contributes to examination-related evaluations, surveys, scientific presentations, and related technical publications. Implements improvements to assessment development activities on a regular basis.
• Leads readiness reviews for assessment content and form development and ensures risks, dependencies, and mitigation plans are visible to executive leadership. Leads post-mortems, improvement backlogs, and process enhancement efforts that improve efficiency, quality, clarity, and stakeholder experience.

Required Qualifications

• Master's degree required.
• Seven to ten years of related experience in examination development, assessment, certification,
• credentialing, or related field required. Experience that includes development of an in-person,
• case-based assessment (e.g., OSCE, oral board examination) is preferred.
• Minimum of 4 years of experience in leadership and supervision.
• Fundamental understanding of project management principles.
• Demonstrated ability to efficiently lead complex, high-stakes assessment development
• programs with multiple timelines, contributors, risks, and stakeholder groups.

Why Join Us?

• Visibility across national medical specialty leadership and executive teams.
• A culture that highly values efficiency, accountability, and bold leadership.
• Opportunity to impact the specialty of Emergency Medicine at the highest level.