Certificate in Program Management

Guide Complex Business Initiatives to Success with a Program Management Certificate

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Occupy a Critical Role in Business and Leadership as a Program Manager

The demand for professionals who can provide strategic business direction and blend disparate projects into a unified plan has never been higher. Boost your skills and advance your career with one of our program management certificate programs. We offer classes that fit your schedule, featuring our online with real-time meetings format.

 

Get the Skills You Need

Build the skills to help you break into the in-demand field of program management.

 

Top-Notch Instruction

Learn from experienced and innovative industry professionals eager to share their knowledge with you.

 

Education That Fits Your Lifestyle

Our flexible, online with real-time meeting format makes it easy for you to learn anytime, anyplace.

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Skills to Give You an Edge

Gain the communication and leadership skills you need to improve your career trajectory as a program manager. Discover how to manage and synchronize related projects that span roles, organizations, regions and cultures, as well as orchestrate all stages of a program.

You’ll create deliverables such as a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) analysis, program proposal, program charter and program objectives. Our comprehensive courses have also been approved by the Project Management Institute (PMI)® to issue professional development units (PDUs), which count toward the education requirements for the Program Management Professional (PgMP)® certification.

Outcomes You Want

100%

Portion of certificate alumni working in a field related to program management.

Top Alumni Employers

Microsoft, REI, Sound Transit, Salesforce, Boeing

$118,900

Estimated average annual salary for managers working in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue area between 2024–2034.

Source: Lightcast

Meet Our Expert Instructors

Jamila Conley

Jamila is a vice president of business transformation with a focus on value realization and change management throughout the merger and acquisition integration process.

Steve Grierson

Steve is an experienced program and project manager with 17 years of success leading all phases of diverse technology programs and projects.

Manuela Noske

Manuela is a seasoned program manager with 20 years of experience working on globalization, localization and language technology in multiple sectors.

To view the full list of instructors visit the full program page.

The UW program gave me a lot of connections, which is very useful. It’s given me a powerful voice in the industry.

TONA KHAU, certificate graduate
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