Global AWS Certification Program Leader — AI-Driven Exams

Amazon; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 195,000 - 263,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is seeking an AWS Certification Program Leader to own the end-to-end portfolio strategy, overseeing exam content creation, validation, and go-to-market efforts for technical practitioners, enterprises, and partners. The role focuses on delivering scalable certification programs, leveraging AI and psychometrics to evolve from point-in-time testing to continuous validation of cloud skills at scale.

You will partner with content, engineering, product, and go-to-market teams to align the

Qualifications

• 7+ years of people management experience.
• 7+ years of technical program management experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• Experience managing projects across cross functional teams, building sustainable processes and coordinating release schedules.
• Experience managing certification and/or skill assessment programs at scale.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end AWS Certification portfolio strategy, from exam content creation and technical validation through go-to-market execution and recertification.
• Lead global delivery of AWS Certification exams as the industry standard for validating cloud expertise across technical practitioners, enterprises, and AWS Partners.
• Drive innovation in skills assessment—applying AI, adaptive assessment techniques, and emerging psychometric models to evolve from point-in-time testing to continuous validation of real-world cloud skills at scale.
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders across content, engineering, product, and go-to-market teams to align the certification roadmap with customer and business needs.
• Define and track program metrics, manage the portfolio roadmap, and communicate progress and trade-offs to senior leadership.

Skills

People management

Technical program management

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field

Job description

Amazon is seeking an AWS Certification Program Leader to own the end-to-end portfolio strategy, overseeing exam content creation, validation, and go-to-market efforts for technical practitioners, enterprises, and partners. The role focuses on delivering scalable certification programs, leveraging AI and psychometrics to evolve from point-in-time testing to continuous validation of cloud skills at scale.

You will partner with content, engineering, product, and go-to-market teams to align the