Senior Manager - Regulatory Affairs

About Covista

Covista is America's largest healthcare educator, serving more than 97,000 students and supported by a community of 385,000 alumni across five accredited institutions. Through personalized, tech-enabled education powered by 10,000 faculty and colleagues, Covista expands access to healthcare careers and addresses the U.S. healthcare workforce shortage at scale. Covista is the parent company of American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, Chamberlain University, Ross University School of Medicine, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine and Walden University.

Our colleagues come from a wide range of backgrounds, business, academia, healthcare, government and nonprofits, and are part of a culture where doing exceptional work and making a meaningful difference for students and society aren't separate goals—they're one and the same. This means creating an environment where colleagues can develop new skills, build careers that match their ambitions and see the tangible impact of their work on healthcare education and workforce development. Colleagues who deliver results and embrace new tools to work smarter are valued for their contributions. But what makes working at Covista distinctive is our impact. Our faculty and colleagues don't just support healthcare education—they shape it. This isn't abstract purpose work. It's solving real problems for real people in real communities while advancing careers.

We operate on a hybrid schedule with four in-office days per week (Monday–Thursday). This approach enhances creativity, innovation, communication, and relationship-building, fostering a dynamic and collaborative work environment.

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Opportunity at a Glance

Under the general direction of the Senior Director of Regulatory Affairs, the Senior Manager, Regulatory Affairs is responsible for leading regulatory compliance review activities across Covista institutions. This position oversees compliance monitoring, regulatory reviews, risk assessments, and the development of regulatory guidance to support adherence to applicable federal, state, provincial, accreditation, and consumer protection requirements.

The Senior Manager partners with institutional and operational leaders to identify compliance risks, develop mitigation strategies, support regulatory readiness, and ensure regulatory requirements are effectively integrated into business processes, communications, and operational practices.

These responsibilities are accomplished by 1) collaborating with business owners across the organization to develop, implement, and maintain regulatory compliance policies, processes, and controls; 2) developing and delivering compliance training to strengthen awareness and understanding of regulations; and 3) providing timely regulatory guidance and meaningful coaching to senior leadership, management and staff at all levels of the organization.

Through these efforts, the Senior Manager promotes informed, compliant decision-making, strengthens institutional accountability, and helps ensure Covista institutions maintain compliance.

Responsibilities

• Provides day-to-day direction to the regulatory compliance review team to ensure that advertising, marketing and enrollment materials, and all other public and student-facing communications are reviewed for compliance with Covista policies as well as state and federal regulations governing all Covista institutions and business units and enrollment materials and catalog content are developed and revised as needed to comply with regulatory changes and accreditor requirements and that regulatory disclosure requirements are met.
• Establishes and maintains effective compliance review processes and controls to ensure institutions meet applicable regulatory requirements and institutional standards.
• Leads compliance review, monitoring, and oversight activities across institutions to promote adherence to applicable regulatory requirements.
• Collaborates with regulatory affairs colleagues to interpret and apply federal, state, and provincial regulatory requirements, accreditor requirements, and consumer protection regulations.
• Develops, maintains, and enhances compliance monitoring frameworks and processes.
• Maintains documentation and records supporting compliance oversight, regulatory interpretations, and institutional decision-making.
• Develops regulatory compliance procedures and training required for operating the organization and its divisions in a compliant manner.
• Engages organizational units to identify compliance gaps through daily interactions with project teams and committees.
• Identifies areas of opportunity and develops process improvements to close gaps and when appropriate, advises management to set broad operational standards to comply with multiple state rules and regulations.
• Completes other duties as assigned.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Complies with all policies and standards.

• Bachelor's Degree required and Master's Degree preferred
• 8+ years minimum years of experience in regulatory assurance, compliance or licensing required.
• 2+ years of supervisory experience required.
• Experience in the education services sector highly encouraged required
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent working knowledge of with MS Word, SharePoint, PowerPoint and Excel a must.
• Must be familiar with the standards and requirements of multiple state authorizing agencies and institutional / programmatic accreditors.
• Demonstrate the ability to establish and develop positive relationships with senior leaders and other key stakeholders.
• Must possess strong critical thinking skills to decipher regulatory requirements that may not be explicit.
  
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In support of the pay transparency laws enacted across the country, the expected salary range for this position is between $80336.75 and $145077.09. 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.

Covista offers a robust suite of benefits including:

• Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
• 401k Retirement Program + 6% employer match
• Participation in Covista’s Flexible Time Off (FTO) Policy
• 12 Paid Holidays
  
  For more information related to our benefits please visit:
  https://careers.covista.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