Executive Director

Summary

The Executive Director creates and carries out the long-term vision of NPLEX in partnership with and reporting to the Board of Directors, providing strategic leadership and operational oversight for NPLEX. They will manage and participate in all phases of exam content creation—including drafting, review, content validation, and standard statistical validation—with a focus on fairness, reliability, and psychometric compliance and jurisdictional licensure/registration standards.

The ideal candidate is an experienced naturopathic doctor with a strong understanding of licensure testing, content development methodologies, and psychometric principles.

• Fiscal oversight and management under the Board of Directors
• Strategic leadership and oversight of staff and facilities, exam development; advise the Board of Directors
• Exam Design and Content—management of exam development specialists, subject matter experts, volunteers, and others. Collaborate with psychometric experts to meet statistical licensure reliability and validity criteria.
• Oversee development of projects, policies, and all critical deadlines.
• Coordinate policies, timelines, and workflow to ensure deadlines are met in a timely manner.
• Must adhere to strict confidentiality regarding all aspects of the examinations, staff, and examinations content.
• Represent NPLEX to the larger naturopathic community and public.

This position is fully remote and candidates are not required to live in Oregon.

Mission: NPLEX improves public safety and increases healthcare options through quality assessment of naturopathic medical doctors. We provide high‑quality, valid, reliable, and fair assessments for the naturopathic medical profession. Through this work we optimize public access to safe, competent, effective naturopathic doctors.

Vision:
To be the leader in assessment for naturopathic medicine.

We are a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace where all our employees and prospective employees experience fairness, dignity, and respect.

Applications will be accepted until midnight (PST) on Friday, March 6, 2026.

CNME approved ND degree/diploma, 5 years of clinical practice, and administrative, personnel, and budget experience totaling 4 or more years.

Experience with, and an understanding of, licensure testing, content development methodologies, and psychometric principles.