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Manager, Accreditations

🇺🇸 Hybrid - Morrisville, NC

🕑 Full-Time

💰 TBD

💻 Other

🗓️ January 6th, 2026

Edtech.com's Summary

Relias is hiring a Manager, Accreditations responsible for leading the accreditation team to ensure compliance with healthcare education standards and licensure renewal requirements. The role involves developing accreditation strategies, managing relationships with accrediting bodies, integrating accreditation processes across departments, and driving operational excellence through data-driven decisions and AI tools.

Highlights
  • Lead and mentor Accreditation Specialists/Analysts to ensure quality and risk management.
  • Interpret and implement accreditation standards, aligning with regulatory changes.
  • Develop and communicate accreditation strategies in partnership with executive leadership.
  • Serve as the primary liaison for accrediting and approval organizations.
  • Oversee accreditation deliverables, renewals, audits, and documentation.
  • Use AI tools and automation to improve accreditation workflows and compliance monitoring.
  • Manage the annual accreditation budget including forecasting and resource planning.
  • Required: Bachelor's degree, 2+ years working with accrediting boards, healthcare market experience, and Microsoft Office proficiency.
  • Preferred: Experience with healthcare continuing education programs, leadership in regulated environments, knowledge of key accrediting bodies, and familiarity with compliance technologies.
  • Must have strong organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills and ability to collaborate across departments.

Manager, Accreditations Full Description

Manager, Accreditations
Are you looking for a high energy, strategic, and fast-paced position as a Manager, Accreditations?  Join Relias, the company changing lives throughout the world by helping healthcare organizations improve their clinical and financial outcomes!
For 11,000+ health care and human service organizations, Relias helps clients deliver better clinical and financial outcomes by elevating the performance of teams. We help organizations across the continuum of care get better at maintaining compliance, developing staff and promoting consistent, high-quality care. Our platform employs assessments to reveal specific gaps in skills and addresses them with personalized and engaging learning, choosing from 7,000+ online courses that meet accrediting board, state and federal requirements.  We are passionate about our products and our clients; what we deliver and the impact we have on the world is truly something you can be proud to represent.  Join us and make a difference.

WHAT CAN RELIAS OFFER YOU?
  • Fantastic health and wellness benefits package, including an outstanding 401k match, a flexible PTO program, and a generous and inclusive parental leave policy. Additionally, Relias pays for the employee portion of the monthly healthcare premium!
  • Flexible work environment with onsite and work from home options – you choose when you want to come into the office!
  • Active Employee Resource Groups open to all employees!
  • Comprehensive onboarding program – a great introduction to our company, customers and culture!
  • Growth and career advancement opportunities!
    • 20%+ annual employee promotion and transfer rate
    • Multiple development program options – leadership development, professional development curriculums, and Nanodegree options in both technology and data science
    • Professional development gained from conference attendance and participation in organizations like NC Tech
    • Onsite 321 Coffee Shop providing free coffee and pastries to employees

The Manager of Accreditations and Approvals has accountability for content development processes tied to accreditations and approvals, oversight over collateral provided to clients/organizations that is tied to individual healthcare professional’s licensure renewal requirements while ensuring that all processes are closely aligned with the organization’s strategic initiatives. The Manager of Accreditations and Approvals is expected to propose and execute data-driven decisions related to accreditations and approvals related to educational activity requirements.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:
•    Lead, mentor, and oversee Accreditation Specialists/Analysts, ensuring high-quality execution and risk mitigation.
•    Interpret, implement, and monitor accreditation standards and organizational compliance requirements.
•    Develop accreditation strategies aligned with regulatory changes, licensure trends, and market growth opportunities.
•    Partner with executive leadership to communicate accreditation insights, risk projections, and strategic recommendations.
•    Drive cross-functional alignment by integrating accreditation requirements into product, content, marketing, sales, and services workflows.
•    Serve as the primary liaison for all accrediting and approving bodies, maintaining strong relationships and timely communication.
•    Create and maintain customer-facing and internal accreditation policies, ensuring transparency and regulatory integrity.
•    Oversee all accreditation deliverables, renewals, audits, and documentation with precision and accountability.
•    Assign strategic initiatives to team members based on expertise, capacity, and professional development goals.
•    Cultivate a culture of process improvement, innovation, and operational excellence within the accreditation team.
•    Identify target healthcare audiences and ensure educational content aligns with professional scope-of-practice standards.
•    Conduct market and regulatory analysis to identify content gaps that may impact licensure renewals or credential maintenance.
•    Utilize AI tools and automation to enhance accreditation workflows, document accuracy, and compliance oversight.
•    Identify workflow inefficiencies and propose data-driven improvements across learner systems and internal processes.
•    Perform ROI analysis on new and existing accreditation opportunities to guide organizational investment decisions.
•    Assess compliance risks and execute mitigation strategies to safeguard accreditation status across all programs.
•    Collaborate with internal teams to develop scalable, compliant processes for course creation, review, and delivery.
•    Manage the annual accreditation budget, including forecasting growth, resource needs, and operational costs.
•    Engage in ongoing professional development and represent the organization as a thought leader in accreditation innovation.

YOU’VE GOT WHAT IT TAKES IF YOU HAVE:
•    Bachelor’s Degree or higher
•    2+ years experience with working and collaborating with accrediting/approval boards
•    2+ years of experience in the healthcare market working with clients and leadership from organizations
•    Microsoft Office or equivalent expertise
•    Ability to work under time constraints and deadlines
•    Strong interpersonal skills; ability to collaborate with all Relias departments
•    Ability to work autonomously
•    Ability to take constructive criticism and apply it towards professional development
•    Ability to remain calm and diplomatic
•    Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize projects
•    Ability to provide constructive criticism to direct reports
•    Strong organizational skills and ability to forecast and oversee direct reports initiatives

IT WOULD BE NICE IF YOU HAD:
•    Planned, implemented and evaluated continuing education programs for healthcare professionals
•    Proven leadership experience managing teams in a fast-paced, regulated environment.
•    Deep knowledge of healthcare accrediting bodies (e.g., ACCME, ANCC, ACPE, state boards).
•    Strong analytical skills with experience in process optimization, policy development, and risk assessment.
•    Familiarity with learning management systems, compliance technologies, and AI-driven workflow tools.
•    Exceptional communication, problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration abilities.
 
Relias is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Drug-Free workplace

IN OFFICE REQUIREMENT:
Relias values collaboration and wants to ensure that our team members have opportunities to work with their teams regularly for professional development opportunities. Our flexible hybrid work environment requires that you live in the state of North Carolina, within a commutable distance to our office (~1-hour commute). You would be expected to work in our Morrisville, NC Headquarters approximately 30/40 days/quarter.