Overview

The Program Manager, Accreditation & Curriculum plays a critical role in leading strategic accreditation and curriculum initiatives across all programs, modalities, and degree levels within the School of Nursing and Health Sciences (SONHS) portfolio. Reporting to the Dean of SONHS, this individual drives portfolio-level program management efforts, ensuring alignment with institutional accreditation standards, licensure requirements, and curriculum excellence.

This is a high-visibility role with regular executive leadership interaction. The Program Manager creates, manages, and executes detailed program schedules, reports, and analyses to track milestones and inform stakeholders. They demonstrate strategic thinking to mitigate risks, maximize program benefits, and enhance continuous process improvement efforts.

Accreditation Oversight & Compliance

• •Monitor new and existing compliance efforts, including accreditation, licensure, and state requirements across the portfolio ensuring ongoing compliance with external and institutional standards.
• •Develop and maintain accreditation documentation, including systematic evaluation plans and self-study reports.
• •Act as a liaison between Accreditation, Institutional Effectiveness, Office of the Provost's vertical, and other university teams to support accreditation-related initiatives.
• •Design templates and artifacts to enhance data collection and evidence gathering for accreditation processes.
• •Ensure SONHS alignment with HLC best practices in all aspects of curriculum and accreditation standards.

Curriculum Development & Academic Quality

• •Maintain the SONHS Curriculum Roadmap and collaborate with the course development team to ensure accuracy of investment needs.
• •Partner with deans and program directors on course development strategy including course prioritization and forecasting of course development needs, ensuring alignment with university design principles and external accreditation requirements.
• •Collaborate with Program Directors to support subject matter expert (SME) course development and leadership.
• •Partner with Program Directors, Core Faculty, Assistant/Associate Deans, and Faculty Directors to ensure academic programs are professionally relevant, current, and cohesive.
• •Utilize analytics and evidence-based practices to drive continuous improvements in learner success, teaching effectiveness, engagement, and curriculum design.

Strategic Leadership & Process Improvement

• •Monitor all SONHS accreditation and curriculum-related projects, ensuring milestones are met and progress is effectively tracked.
• •Provide strategic oversight of the shared governance model, serving as the primary liaison between councils to ensure effective coordination and decision-making across academic and operational functions.
• •Collaborate with academic leadership on strategic program management efforts to align accreditation requirements with business and academic strategies.
• •Identify and address risks while optimizing program benefits through strategic thinking and problem-solving.
• •Deliver detailed program schedules, reports, and analyses to keep stakeholders informed and engaged.
• •Champion continuous process improvement initiatives that enhance institutional effectiveness and curriculum delivery.
• •Collaborate with multi-functional teams including academic leadership, institutional effectiveness, course development, faculty excellence, and learner affairs to ensure alignment across key initiatives.

Required Skills

• •Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum development, andragogy, and assessment.
• •Knowledge of online teaching, competency-based education, and direct assessment.
• •Ability to objectively analyze program and course quality data and implement recommendations relevant to improving learner outcomes.
• •Ability to maintain program compliance with all regulatory rules and national program accreditation standards.
• •Ability to resolve multi-faceted problems involving courses, faculty, regulatory, or administrative issues.
• •Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite programs.
• •Strong communication, relationship-building, and cross-functional leadership skills.
• •Ability to operate independently in a highly ambiguous, matrixed environment with high interdependencies.

Compensation & Benefits

Expected starting pay range: $95,000 - $100,000. Full salary range: $75,800 - $113,700.

SEI offers a comprehensive benefits package for employees scheduled 30 or more hours per week, including medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans, well-being incentives, parental leave, paid time off, paid holidays, FSA/HSA accounts, 401(k) retirement benefit, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, tuition assistance, and entertainment and retail discounts.