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 ista 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 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…