Senior Nursing Program Director - Stepful College
St. Louis, MissouriFull-timePosted 1w ago
About the role
On-site leadership role leading Stepful College's Missouri nursing programs, accountable for academic quality, student outcomes, regulatory compliance, curriculum, and continuous improvement at the Stepful College Missouri campus in Fenton.
Responsibilities
- Lead Stepful College’s Missouri nursing programs. Hold primary responsibility for the academic quality, performance, and administration of assigned programs and serve, where designated, as the Missouri State Board of Nursing-approved Program Administrator.
- Own academic quality and student outcomes. Ensure strong curriculum delivery, assessment, clinical education, and academic rigor while monitoring progression, retention, completion, licensure readiness, NCLEX performance, and other key program outcomes. Identify risks early and lead improvement efforts.
- Lead a high-performing faculty team. Support qualified faculty, set clear expectations, coach and develop team members, lead performance management, and ensure effective onboarding and mentoring for new faculty.
- Ensure appropriate staffing and academic operations. Maintain sufficient qualified faculty and appropriate workloads based on enrollment, clinical capacity, instructional needs, and regulatory requirements.
- Lead regulatory compliance and program stewardship. Maintain strong relationships with the Missouri State Board of Nursing and ensure programs meet applicable approval, reporting, faculty, enrollment, governance, and program-evaluation requirements. Manage required approvals for material program changes.
- Manage program resources and growth. Own the nursing program budget, make informed resource recommendations, and support the design and launch of new programs, sites, modalities, and partnerships in line with Missouri requirements.
- Strengthen clinical and employer partnerships. Work with Stepful teams and external partners to ensure strong clinical learning experiences, adequate placement capacity, and alignment between curriculum, practice readiness, and employer needs.
- Partner across Stepful while retaining accountability. Work closely with other Stepful College staff, Learning, Student Success, Operations, People, Finance, Product, and Compliance. Central teams will provide collaboration in strategy and execution, while the Nursing Program Director retains required academic and regulatory program accountability on the ground
- Maintain a limited teaching presence where it strengthens program quality or continuity and provide insight into the student experience
Qualifications
- Current, unencumbered licensure as a Registered Nurse in Missouri (or eligibility to obtain, if you’re licensed in another state)
- A graduate degree in nursing
- 5+ years of RN nursing practice experience
- Working knowledge of state Board of Nursing requirements, nursing accreditation, and regulated academic program operations
- Experience teaching across multiple modalities, which may include didactic, skills lab, simulation, or clinical environments
- Demonstrated ability to teach across modalities — didactic, skills lab, and clinical settings
- Experience with Laerdal manikins, or similar simulation technology
- Demonstrated experience coaching, developing, and managing faculty performance
- Comfort operating in a fast-moving environment and building processes as Stepful’s nursing programs grow
- Strong cross-functional leadership and communication skills, including the ability to work effectively with faculty, students, regulators, clinical partners, employer partners, and business teams
Skills
Required:Nursing program administrationFaculty leadership and development
Benefits
- Subsidized Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance plan options
- 401(k)
- FSA, HSA and commuter benefits
- Learning stipend
- Open vacation policy, including: Guidance of 15 days PTO annually, 10 public holidays observed for 2026
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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