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Online Business Manager

Online Business Manager

Take over a growing company's operations: map the work nobody owns, coach assistants through their mistakes, cut a tool bill before it renews, close a leaver's access, hire without misclassifying, hold a project to scope and plan the next quarter with the founder.
1.5 hrs taught · 6 to 10 hrs applied 7 modules 20 lessons 4 portfolio artifacts Completion certificate Updated September 2026
Created by the CertClue team
What you'll build

Real portfolio pieces built during the course, not a certificate for its own sake. Each one is work you can show.

  • Operations mapThe company's recurring work on one page: who does each task, how often, whether it is written down, how much it would hurt if missed, and what happens to it first.
  • Access review and leavers' checklistA leaver's access closed in the right order, the shared passwords changed, the evidence kept, the founder briefed, and the checklist that means it happens on the right day next time.
  • Monthly operations reportOctober's numbers read as a diagnosis: what moved, what caused it, and what will change, written so the founder does not mistake a capacity problem for a person's.
  • Quarterly operations planJanuary to March on one page: the hours the team has against the hours asked for, what stops, what is automated and what waits, the room held for March, and the decisions the founder hands over.

What you'll learn

From assisting to running the operation
The job, decoded
A day in the seat
The rhythm of the job
Into the simulation: Mara's company
Building the portfolio
What comes next

Course content · 7 modules, 20 lessons

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What changes when you stop doing the recurring work and start owning it: the operation, the people in it, and the line between your decisions and the founder's.

From assistant to operations manager
What an online business manager owns
Decision rights and the founder

Requirements

  • Comfortable with the fundamentals this course's own Module 1 covers, or equivalent experience.
  • No prior experience in this field is required to start.
  • A computer with a reliable internet connection.
  • Comfortable using a web browser - no software to install.

Description

Every CertClue course follows the same seven-part shape: fundamentals, the role translated out of job-posting language, a real working day, the job's recurring rhythms, a multi-day simulation, the portfolio you build along the way, and a handoff into your next move. Here is what that looks like for online business manager.

Who this course is for

Anyone aiming to become a online business manager, including career changers with no background in it yet. This is the entry rung of a realistic ladder:

entry
Virtual Assistant

Manages a client's calendar, inbox, meeting coordination and travel within a defined scope.

Calendar and inbox triageWritten client communicationMeeting and travel coordinationDiscretion with sensitive information
mid
Senior or Executive Virtual Assistant

Supports a more senior executive or a larger portfolio, with higher-stakes coordination and more standing authority.

Complex multi-stakeholder schedulingBoard and leadership meeting prepSeveral concurrent clientsJudgment with minimal supervision
senior
Online Business Manager

Owns a company's day-to-day operations for its founder: the recurring work and who does it, the team of assistants, the tools and their cost, and the projects that change how the business runs.

Operations ownershipManaging assistants and contractorsTools, access and spendProjects and quarterly planning

Where it leads

This course prepares you for the PMI CAPM role or credential path. Named for preparation only - no partnership or endorsement is implied.

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