Director, Certifications

🕒 May 20

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $239.4k - $335k / year

⏰ Full Time

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OpenAI

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2015

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

☁️ SaaS

🏢 Enterprise

Artificial Intelligence • SaaS • Enterprise

OpenAI is a leading research organization and company dedicated to creating advanced artificial intelligence technology, with a strong emphasis on safety and ethical considerations. OpenAI's mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence (AGI) benefits all of humanity. The company develops AI products like ChatGPT, which can assist users with tasks ranging from everyday requests to complex enterprise solutions. OpenAI also provides an API platform that integrates its AI models into various applications. The company is focused on innovation in AI and improving data analysis capabilities, while emphasizing safety and ethical governance of their systems.

📋 Description

• Own the certification initiative as a strategic program • Lead the development of OpenAI’s certification system as a company-wide initiative. • Define the program’s structure, roadmap, and operating model. • Ensure that certifications evolve alongside OpenAI’s rapidly developing products. • Develop frameworks for evaluating practical AI capability using OpenAI products. • Ensure certifications measure real workflows and product usage rather than theoretical knowledge. • Translate product capabilities into meaningful certification pathways. • Partner closely with product teams to ensure certification systems integrate with OpenAI’s platform and learning tools. • Influence product features that support learning, evaluation, and skill development. • Ensure certifications remain tightly aligned with real product capabilities. • Design a program architecture capable of reaching millions of learners while maintaining credibility and signal value. • Ensure certification pathways integrate with OpenAI learning programs and educational initiatives. • Establish systems that allow certification programs to scale globally. • Operate across Product, GTM, Customer Education, and Partnerships to align strategy and execution. • Ensure certification initiatives reinforce enterprise adoption and workforce readiness. • Build shared understanding across teams of how certification programs support OpenAI’s broader mission.

🎯 Requirements

• Have led large, cross-functional strategic initiatives involving product, education, and go-to-market teams • Are comfortable defining new programs where the operating model does not yet exist • Can influence multiple teams and senior leaders without direct authority • Enjoy working at the intersection of technology, education, and workforce transformation • Experience leading high-impact, high-visibility cross-functional programs • Experience building for developer or technical audiences • Experience leading large-scale learning or credential systems • Experience working closely with product teams on customer-facing tools • Familiarity with developer platforms, AI systems, or emerging technology ecosystems.

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts • Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses (parking and transit) • 401(k) retirement plan with employer match • Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents), plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks) • Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees • 13+ paid company holidays, and multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year for focus and recharge, plus paid sick or safe time (1 hour per 30 hours worked, or more, as required by applicable state or local law) • Mental health and wellness support • Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage • Annual learning and development stipend to fuel your professional growth • Daily meals in our offices, and meal delivery credits as eligible • Relocation support for eligible employees • Additional taxable fringe benefits, such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends, may also be provided.