JOB DESCRIPTION
This is a contract role, not a staff position. We’re looking for a certified project management practitioner to serve as the subject matter authority on a rebuild of a Project Management Certificate course that prepares working professionals to sit for the PMP exam.
The course currently runs on a licensed third-party system that’s being discontinued, so everything is being rebuilt from the ground up: the curriculum, the assessments, and a full-length practice exam. Our client will own all of it outright, which means every item you help write has to be original work aligned to the current PMI Exam Content Outline and the newest PMBOK Guide.
You’ll work with a Six Red Marbles instructional designer and project manager. We handle the instructional design, the writing production, the build, and the quality process. You bring the subject expertise, shape the content, and make the judgment calls that only a practitioner can make.
ENGAGEMENT
Contract engagement with Six Red Marbles. This is not an employee position and carries no ongoing commitment beyond the term of the agreement.
Fully remote.
Approximately 16 weeks, beginning around October 12, 2026.
Scope, deliverables, schedule, and compensation are set in a written agreement before any work begins.
RESPONSIBILITIES
As the subject matter expert on this project, you will:
Confirm which exam version and Exam Content Outline the course targets, and advise on how the newest PMBOK Guide changes the treatment of the performance domains.
Recommend a textbook for the course, prioritizing options that already include instructor materials.
Work with the instructional designer to map the exam domains and their weightings across 12 sessions and 66 contact hours.
Advise on coverage of predictive, adaptive, and hybrid approaches, with attention to stakeholder engagement, leadership practices, and business value delivery.
Propose real-world scenarios and case studies drawn from the industries our learners actually work in.
Help build an exam blueprint setting the number of items per domain and the target difficulty, using the real exam as the reference point for distribution.
Review and refine assessment items in batches, starting with a small prototype batch that sets the standard for everything after it.
Write or validate a rationale for every correct answer and every distractor. On an exam-prep course, those rationales are what tell a learner where their gaps are.
Check every item for accuracy, alignment to the outline, and item-writing flaws before it goes to the client.
Review drafted content and assessments at defined checkpoints and turn feedback around inside agreed windows.
REQUIRED SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
Substantial hands-on project management experience across more than one industry or delivery approach.
Working familiarity with the current PMI Exam Content Outline and the newest PMBOK Guide, including the shift in how the performance domains are organized.
Experience teaching, training, or coaching candidates through PMP exam preparation.
Experience writing multiple-choice assessment items, particularly scenario-based items with distractor rationales.
Strong writing skills, with the ability to explain why an answer is right and why a plausible answer is wrong, clearly and briefly.
Strong organization and time management. You can hold to a batch schedule and a review turnaround on a fixed timeline.
Comfortable working independently with a remote team.
Strategic use of AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude, or equivalent) in a drafting workflow, with the judgment to validate outputs against your own subject knowledge and reject what doesn’t hold up.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Note: this role requires a credential, not just experience. We can’t consider candidates who are preparing for the PMP or who hold a related certification in its place.
Active PMP certification, verifiable at the time of application.
Demonstrated experience preparing others for the PMP exam, whether through teaching, training, coaching, or authoring prep materials.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Experience with exam blueprinting or test construction.
Familiarity with continuing education or workforce programs for working adults.
Experience working alongside instructional designers on course development.
ABOUT SIX RED MARBLES
Six Red Marbles delivers high-quality educational programs at scale and has decades of experience developing custom materials and assessments that align with any educational standard. We have developed thousands of interactive learning programs for schools, publishers, universities, and more, with the support of our global network of subject matter experts.
APPLY FOR THIS CONTRACT ROLE
Please submit a resume, confirmation of active PMP certification, and a short writing sample. A few sample assessment items with rationales, or any instructional or exam-prep material you’ve written, is more useful to us than a cover letter.