POSITION OVERVIEW
NBME® is seeking a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Director. The DEI Director will lead the DEI Advisory Council and employee resource groups, playing a key role in executing NBME's DEI strategy in partnership with the Chief DEI Officer. This leadership role involves developing and executing roadmaps to advance DEI and managing the organization's DEI initiatives in response to internal and external trends. Reporting to and partnering with the Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer, the DEI Director will also supervise DEI unit staff.
This role requires an inclusive and collaborative leader who can engage with all organizational levels and influence actions and outcomes without direct accountability. Key competencies include effective collaboration, stakeholder management, and the ability to build and maintain strategic relationships. Strong candidates will have a passion for DEI, visionary thinking, and the ability to create programs that support a culture of inclusion and belonging. They should be execution-oriented, detail-oriented, data-driven, agile, adaptable, driven, and comfortable working independently.
This role has been designated as remote eligible. Onsite presence in our PA headquarters will generally be required quarterly and there may be other in-person meetings, as needed. We're open to considering candidates in the following states: PA, DE, MD, NJ and VA.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Statement
At NBME, we continue to innovate and improve how we fulfill the evolving needs of the health care community. This commitment starts and ends with the people at NBME. By recruiting and empowering talented individuals from various disciplines and backgrounds, which includes professionals with diverse life experiences, abilities, and perspectives, NBME can take a well-informed, robust approach to advancing medical education and assessment for years to come. We also continue to focus on ensuring that our DEI work is impactful and ingrained in everything we do, including with our staff, workplace culture, products and services, the Philadelphia community, and the broader medical education landscape.
RESPONSIBLITIES

• Partner with Chief DEI Officer to evolve DEI strategy
• Develop implementation plan, goals, metrics, and budget
• Partner with executive leadership to ensure DEI goals are tied to strategic business goals and embedded throughout all initiatives
• Provide strategic leadership on policies, best practices and change management in DEI to further a climate of equity and inclusiveness
• Partner with business unit leaders and serve as a DEI thought leader
• Lead DEI Advisory Council and provide oversight of employee resource groups
• Clearly articulate and reinforce DEI strategy and the organization's business case for diversity
• Work with HR, and talent management to implement DEI internal education and learning and development programs
• Leverage expertise to advise HR and ensure the inclusiveness of core people and talent-related processes, retention and promotion processes, and assist with targeted diversity recruiting efforts
• Define metrics that measure impact of DEI program; track progress against metrics that drive DEI accountability and create data-driven insights for greater future impact in the organization
• Develop recommendations and best practice resources for deployment by business unit leaders
• Ensure the DEI program engages internal stakeholders and drives accountability across the organization
• Collaborate with the communications department to develop DEI communications strategy
• Remain current on emerging DEI practices through external networks and organizations

Key competencies for this position include:

• Visionary & Strategic: can envision and drive progress towards a better future
• Inspirational: ability to inspire and engage leaders and staff; high emotional intelligence
• Communicator & Facilitator: utilize excellent verbal and writing skills, using a wide array of channels; able to command a room, deliver content and facilitate working sessions effectively with outstanding results
• Change Management & Agility: proven ability to affect organizational change, with others, in the right way
• Cultural Competence and Humility: respect, understand and appreciate cultural differences and bring insights to inspire and engage people in solving complex problems

QUALIFICATIONS
Skills and Abilities

• Strong leadership, team building, influencing, change management, and compliance/risk management abilities
• Ability to think strategically as well as be hands-on to deliver results
• Comfortable working both autonomously and collaboratively
• Strategic and forward-thinking orientation with strong business acumen
• Ability to skillfully navigate conflict situations and effectively balance diverse stakeholder perspectives and expectations
• Proven ability to become a trusted advisor to business leaders and other influencers at all organizational levels, based on subject matter expertise and collaborative leadership style
• Keenly attentive to detail; strong analytical, organizational, and project management skills
• Proven track record of designing, implementing, and executing initiatives for scale and sustainability
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills
• High level of technological literacyparticularly Microsoft Suite, including Teams and One Note; experience with SharePoint is a plus

Experience

• 10 or more years of work experience with progressive responsibility
• Experience working on DEI strategy and initiatives in a corporate, nonprofit, educational or community organization
• Experience developing or facilitating programs covering unconscious bias, courageous conversations, inclusive leadership, and cross-cultural competencies and communications
• Experience in Education, Medical Education or Assessment is a plus

Education

• Bachelors' Degree or equivalent work experience

About NBME
NBME offers a versatile selection of high-quality assessments and educational services for students, professionals, educators, regulators and institutions dedicated to the evolving needs of medical education and health care. To ensure our assessments meet the highest standards of quality, stay relevant and align to the current curriculum in medical schools and training programs, we rely on a wide network of collaborators. These include the volunteers who help develop our exam questions, the committees and panels who represent various groups within the medical education community, external researchers and health profession organizations.
We are committed to meeting the needs of educators and learners globally with assessment products and expert services such as NBME® , , s, the ® Program and . NBME also produces exams for partners in the . Together with the Federation of State Medical Boards, NBME develops and manages the , which measures the ability to apply knowledge and skills that form the basis of safe and effective patient care. Our Competency-based Assessment unit is focused on new methods as well as the optimization of assessment in the workplace and education.
As a result of leadership in ongoing research, innovative measurement practices and the exploration of forward-thinking assessment modalities and improvements, NBME advances assessment science. Our grant and funding opportunities further support this dedication to medical education and assessment science. We help develop the next generation of assessment professionals through our . Through the , and , researchers and educators can continue to improve the assessment of health care professionals around the world.
NBME views diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) as foundational and enduring to our strategy and vision. We continue to focus on ensuring that our DEI work is impactful and ingrained in everything we do, including with our staff, culture, products and services, the Philadelphia community and the broader medical education landscape. Our commitment manifests in our hiring and staff development, recruitment for committees, grants programs, design and review of our assessments, and involvement in our local and national communities.
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The NBME offers competitive salaries, excellent benefits, and a rewarding work environment. Excellent Benefits include: Healthcare, Dental, Prescription, and Vision plans; 401(k) w/match; Retirement Income Plan, Tuition Reimbursement Plan, Commuter Benefit: Public Transit or Parking options. Remote Friendly Workplace.
NBME is an equal opportunity employer as defined by the EEOC.
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