Senior Director, Regulatory Affairs

About Chamberlain University

Chamberlain University has a 130-year history and the mission to educate, empower, and embolden diverse healthcare professionals who advance the health of people, families, communities, and nations. Our regionally accredited University is comprised of the College of Nursing and the College of Health Professions. Our College of Nursing offers a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree program at 23 locations and online post-licensure degree programs and certificates including RN to BSN, RN to MSN, a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) with six Specialty Tracks, and a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP). Our College of Health Professions offers online options with a Master of Public Health degree, Master of Physician Assistant Studies, Public Health Certificate programs, and a Master of Social Work degree. Learn more about Chamberlain University, part of Adtalem Global Education, at www.chamberlain.edu.

There is one very significant way Chamberlain is different than other Universities - Chamberlain Care®. Healthcare education is offered in a culture of service excellence and care in four ways: care for self, care for colleagues, care for patients/clients, care for all. By living Chamberlain Care®, we’ve built a culture in which colleagues and students thrive and we graduate extraordinary healthcare professionals who transform the health of people worldwide.

Chamberlain Care® is the guiding principle we provide to each other and to our students to help our students achieve their goals, reach their dreams and impact healthcare at a national level.
If you're ready to live Chamberlain Care®, we invite you to apply today!

The Senior Director of Regulatory Affairs ensures that all divisions comply with applicable federal, state, and provincial laws and regulations, maintaining continuous operating approvals. This role also leads efforts to develop and influence regulatory policies impacting the delivery of higher educational instruction and services.

Key Responsibilities:

• Compliance Management: Collaborate with other Regulatory Affairs Directors to develop and maintain an inventory of compliance and regulatory requirements across major risk areas, including academics, career services, enrollment management, licensing, student finance, and student services.
• Operational Monitoring: Oversee operations in all departments/functions to ensure adherence to federal, state/provincial, organizational, and divisional regulations and policies.
• Relationship Building: Establish strong working relationships with operating managers to assess the viability of their compliance functions and educate them on the essential components of a robust compliance program.
• Risk Assessment: Produce an annual Regulatory Quality Assurance Risk Assessment, identifying compliance gaps in operating units.
• Complaint Analysis: Develop and distribute annual risk analyses for third-party escalated complaints, providing recommendations for training and policy changes.
• Reporting Coordination: Coordinate the compilation and synthesis of quarterly Regulatory Compliance and Quality Assurance reviews, including meeting logistics, summary distribution, resource coordination, and action item monitoring.
• Business Practice Improvement: Recommend changes to business practices to enhance compliance with regulations and business goals.
• Process Control Development: Work with each institution or division to develop process controls that mitigate non-compliance risk exposure.
• Timely Corrections: Ensure timely and accurate corrections in areas of non-compliance, reviewing proposed process changes to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Team Leadership: Direct the Regulatory Quality Assurance team in monitoring and regulatory controls development activities.
• Training Development: Lead the development and delivery of all Regulatory Compliance training.
• Policy Development: Utilize internal and external resources to develop and maintain regulatory policies, influencing regulation development and internal compliance.
• Public Policy Engagement: Develop and maintain relationships with public policy organizations influential in higher education regulation.
• Annual Planning: Develop and oversee execution of annual plans for Quality Assurance, Regulatory and Policy Engagement, and Regulatory Training.
• Due Diligence Support: Provide support in compliance assessment activities for federal, state, and provincial laws and regulations in merger and acquisition activities.
• Campus Security Authority: Serve as a designated Campus Security Authority.
• Additional Duties: Perform other duties as assigned and comply with all policies and standards.

• Education: Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree preferred.
• Experience: Minimum of 10 years in a heavily regulated environment, ideally within post-secondary education.
• Regulatory Knowledge: Strong understanding of federal Title IV regulations.
• Communication Skills: Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Multitasking Ability: Proven ability to balance multiple priorities and oversee the execution of complex processes.

In support of the pay transparency laws enacted across the country, the expected salary range for this position is between $137846.78 and $241870.90. Actual pay will be adjusted based on job-related factors permitted by law, such as experience and training; geographic location; licensure and certifications; market factors; departmental budgets; and responsibility. Our Talent Acquisition Team will be happy to answer any questions you may have, and we look forward to learning more about your salary requirements. The position qualifies for the below benefits.

Adtalem offers a robust suite of benefits including:

• Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
• 401k Retirement Program + 6% employer match
• Participation in Adtalem’s Flexible Time Off (FTO) Policy
• 12 Paid Holidays
  
  For more information related to our benefits please visit: https://careers.adtalem.com/benefits.
  
  You are also eligible to participate in an annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.

Equal Opportunity – Minority / Female / Disability / V / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation