Education and Credentialing Manager - Tysons, VA

Overview About M.C. Dean M.C. Dean is Building Intelligence. We design, build, operate, and maintain cyber-physical solutions for the nation’s most mission-critical facilities, secure environments, complex infrastructure, and global enterprises.  With over 7,000 employees, our capabilities span electrical, electronic security, telecommunications, life safety, automation and controls, audiovisual, and IT systems. Headquarters in Tysons, Virginia, M.C. Dean delivers resilient, secure, and innovative power and technology solutions through engineering expertise and smart systems integration.   Why Join Us? Our people are passionate about engineering innovation that improves lives and drives impactful change. Guided by our core values—agility, expertise, and trust—we foster a collaborative and forward-thinking work environment.  At M.C. Dean, we are committed to building the next generation of technical leaders in electrical, engineering, and cybersecurity industries.  Responsibilities This role  leads  enterprise credentialing, education pathways, and workforce readiness programs across M.C. Dean. The  Education  Manager ensures employees have the credentials, licenses, and academic qualifications  required  for business execution, contract compliance, and career advancement ,  and that the systems, partnerships, and processes are in place to get them there.   Credentialing & Licensing Operations   • Maintain  an accurate , current view of credentialing and licensing status by role, region, division, and contract requirement.   • Identify  compliance gaps before they become project risks and drive remediation plans.   • Build and manage pathways for high-priority credentials ;  including electrical licensing, NETA, BICSI, CompTIA, CISSP,  etc.. .   External Education Partnerships   • Serve as M.C. Dean’s point of accountability for external academic and learning partners.   • Establish partner selection criteria, support  articulation  and credit-transfer agreements, and oversee tuition  assistance  and PLA processes.   • Conduct regular performance reviews to confirm  programs are  delivering workforce-ready outcomes.   Credential & Career Framework Alignment   • Work with Talent, HR, Content, and Field/Operations to connect credentials and degrees to the career framework ,  promotion criteria, readiness indicators, and succession planning.   • Design stackable micro-credentials that map to certificate and degree programs and translate into tangible career movement for employees.   Policy, Catalog & Governance   • Maintain  credentialing policies covering reimbursement, renewals, role-based requirements, exam scheduling, and documentation.   • Keep the enterprise course catalog current ;  curated, tagged, and mapped to competencies and career pathways.   • Coordinate across HR, Legal, and Operations to keep policy enforceable and current.   Reporting & Employee Guidance   • Build and  maintain  dashboards giving leadership visibility into credential status, exam pass rates, upcoming expirations, and program ROI.   • • Translate complex credentialing and degree requirements into clear, actionable guidance for employees and managers. Qualifications • Bachelor's degree in Human Resources , Organizational Development, Adult Learning,  Education,  Business, or related field preferred.   • 8+ years of progressive experience in learning and development, workforce development, credentialing, continuing education, or related program management. 13+ with a high school diploma / GED. • Demonstrated experience managing external education partnerships, credentialing or licensing programs, or workforce-readiness initiatives.   <li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;" aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="•" data-font="" d