Executive Campus Director

Responsibilities

• Oversee all campus operations to ensure BSN and campus-based programs meet goals for quality, growth, and financial performance.
• Own campus profit and loss, including budgeting, labor planning, staffing, and operational KPIs.
• Use data to identify trends, make decisive improvements, and drive continuous operational excellence.
• Maintain smooth daily operations while advancing long-term strategic growth.
• Champion a student-first culture that supports persistence, progression, graduation, and licensure readiness.
• Monitor key student experience metrics and lead targeted actions to improve satisfaction, NPS, and NCLEX outcomes.
• Remove barriers and align teams around shared success metrics that enhance the student journey.
• Lead, coach, and develop faculty and staff to build a high-performing, engaged, and accountable culture.
• Strengthen leadership capability, ensure clear expectations, and support performance management.
• Promote collaboration across university functions to advance academic and student success.
• Ensure full compliance with all accreditation, regulatory, and policy requirements.
• Oversight audits, risk mitigation, and adherence to safety and nursing-education standards.
• Foster a culture of transparency, compliance, and operational integrity.
• Build strong external relationships to enhance visibility, reputation, and clinical placement capacity.
• Represent the campus with professionalism across community partners, clinical sites, employers, and local stakeholders.
• Support local outreach and marketing efforts to drive enrollment growth.
• Lead a mission-driven culture that inspires excellence, service, and results.
• Navigate ambiguity effectively, balancing strategic priorities with day-to-day needs.
• Guide teams through change by aligning people, simplifying processes, and creating clarity.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred.
• Experience: 10+ years of senior leadership experience in multi-site operations, healthcare services, professional services, or other regulated industries.
• Proven experience owning revenue, P&L, staffing models, budgets, and operational performance.
• Demonstrated success improving key business outcomes such as financial results, customer/student experience, throughput, quality, or retention.
• Strong background in coaching and developing leaders, building high-performing teams, and managing diverse talent.
• Experience with compliance, audits, regulatory frameworks, or accreditation-like environments.
• Experience leading local marketing, community relations, or external partnership initiatives.
• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: Strategic, critical thinker who understands systems, processes, and outcomes holistically; high emotional intelligence with the ability to lead effectively in complex or rapidly changing environments; skilled at stakeholder alignment, conflict navigation, and communication with clarity and empathy; strong talent-development mindset with experience in coaching and performance management; data-driven decision-maker with solid financial acumen and the ability to move quickly with well-supported judgment; collaborative, low-ego leadership style with a balance of strategic vision and hands-on execution; comfortable managing external partnerships and representing the campus with professionalism.