Micro-Credential Platform Lead

The Pennsylvania State University

Pennsylvania

On-site

USD 54,060 - 78,444

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

The Pennsylvania State University IT department is seeking a Micro-credential Platform Administrator to support the administration, configuration, and ongoing operation of micro-credential workflows within the university’s education technology ecosystem, including Canvas and related systems.

The role requires familiarity with digital badging concepts, credential metadata, and verification processes, and will act as a liaison among academic units, vendors, and IT teams to translate business needs

Qualifications

Experience with credentialing, badging, catalog, registration, or learning platform.
Knowledge of micro-credentials and digital credentials and their differences from certificates, badges, and degrees.
Familiarity with digital badging, credentialing practices, metadata, verification, issuer and earner workflows, and lifecycle management.
Experience with business systems analysis, platform administration, requirements gathering, configuration, testing, troubleshooting, documentation, user support, and continuous improvement of enterprise software.

Responsibilities

Lead day-to-day administration, configuration, and continuous improvement of the micro-credential platform.
Serve as liaison among academic units, vendors, and IT teams to gather and translate requirements.
Coordinate development, approval, launch, modification, and retirement of micro-credentials with campus partners.
Oversee credential and badge issuance workflows, including setup, enrollment, completion tracking, verification, and issuance.