Senior Manager - Regulatory Affairs

Company Description

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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Job Description

Opportunity at a Glance

Under the general direction of the Senior Director of Regulatory Affairs, the Senior Manager, Regulatory Affairs is responsible for ensuring that all Covista advertising, marketing, public- and student-facing communications for all Covista institutions and business units are written in compliance with state and federal regulatory agency requirements. This includes ensuring that all claims made in advertising and marketing are appropriately substantiated according to Federal Trade Commission and other regulatory requirements, development of related policy and procedures, and training of both internal clients and third-party vendors. The Senior Manager also ensures that all regulatory compliance elements are embedded in day-to-day business processes and functional accountabilities for all Covista institutions and business units to support continued operation and degree-granting authority. These responsibilities are accomplished by 1) engaging business owners in all divisions to develop and implement Covista and external regulatory compliance policies, standard processes and controls; 2) developing and delivering compliance training to reinforce business unit understanding of regulations; and 3) providing timely and meaningful coaching and regulatory advice to senior leadership, management and staff at all levels of the organization. Due to the importance, high visibility of marketing, risks and potential impact related to misrepresentation, the incumbent must have the business acumen to accurately interpret often ambiguous regulations and partner with marketing and operations leaders to accept guidance on marketing practices. These activities ensure regulatory compliant, informed decision making and reinforce institutional compliance obligations touching most areas of Covista operations.

Responsibilities

• Provides primary day-to-day direction to the regulatory compliance operations 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; • 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; and • compliance responsibilities are met by every Covista institution and business unit.• establishing and maintaining effective compliance review processes and controls to ensure institutions meet applicable regulatory requirements and institutional standards.

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