Executive Director of Speech Language Pathology

Overview

The Executive Director of Speech Language Pathology provides senior-level leadership, strategic direction, and discipline-specific expertise within a highly matrixed organization to advance EIM’s academic products and services and strengthen its university and healthcare partnerships. This role serves as a key advisor and thought leader, guiding the development, growth, and delivery of innovative healthcare education solutions that align with workforce demands, market opportunities, accreditation requirements, and emerging industry trends.

By bridging academic excellence with business strategy, the executive director helps ensure that EIM’s programs, services, and partnerships remain relevant, competitive, and positioned for sustained growth.

The role informs academic innovation, partnership development, accreditation readiness, curriculum strategy, and market positioning while fostering scalable, high-quality educational models. Through thought leadership, relationship building, and continuous improvement, the executive director advances EIM’s reputation as a trusted healthcare education partner and a leader in workforce-focused academic innovation.

• Health, dental, vision insurance
• PTO
• Family Building and Parental Leave Benefits
• 401(k) with employer matching up to 4%

Duties and Responsibilities (Include but are not limited to the following)

• Serve as a strategic advisor to university partners on program development, student success, growth, quality, and long-term sustainability.
• Collaborate with Learning, Design, and Technology (LDT) to architect and revise curriculum and academic frameworks that align with accreditation standards, workforce needs, and institutional goals.
• Create and lead faculty development and mentoring programs, shaped by discipline-specific best practices, that drive instructional excellence.
• Support recruitment of key academic leaders (i.e., Program Director, Director of Clinical Education).
• Partner with cross-functional teams to plan and execute successful program launches, providing discipline-specific leadership to ensure academic quality, regulatory compliance, and launch readiness.

• Partner with clinical education teams and healthcare organizations to develop, expand, and optimize clinical affiliation networks that support learner access and workforce needs.
• Create and strengthen recruitment pipelines by collaborating with healthcare partners to transition students from clinical placements to graduates and ultimately into employed healthcare professionals.
• Provide discipline-specific expertise regarding clinical education models, fieldwork requirements, experiential learning best practices, and accreditation standards to ensure quality, compliance, and learner success.
• Develop scalable strategies in partnership with the clinical education team that improve the quality, availability, and effectiveness of clinical and fieldwork placements.

• Serve as the lead SME for the development, review, and enhancement of curricular resources, instructional materials, and learning frameworks.
• Partner with LDT to support the development, revision, and maintenance of EIM academic products and services.
• Support innovation in program delivery models that enhance quality, scalability, and student success.

• Provide strategic insights on discipline specific learner demographics, market trends, audience segmentation, competitive positioning, and messaging.
• Participate in brand-building initiatives that enhance EIM awareness, engagement, and market credibility.
• Contribute discipline-specific thought leadership content, research, and industry insights that differentiate EIM's reputation as a healthcare education leader.

• Advise Enrollment teams on prospective student needs, motivations, and decision-making factors.
• Provide discipline-specific recommendations that inform recruitment and communication strategies.
• Support the development of engagement approaches that improve inquiry-to-enrollment conversion and student persistence.
• Conduct routine audits of conversation guides and student…