Director, Learning Programs
Stepful
| Company | Stepful |
| Category | HR & Recruiting |
| Location | 408 Broadway, Floor 5, New York |
| Remote | Hybrid |
| Employment | Not stated |
| Level | Director |
| Salary | USD 180k–210k |
| Posted | 30 Jun 2026 |
| Last verified | 30 Jul 2026 |
| Source | Employer career page (ashby) |
Description
About Stepful:
Stepful is reimagining allied healthcare training by offering affordable, online, instructor-led, and AI-supported programs that help learners—regardless of background or circumstance—launch high-demand healthcare careers.
In addition to our direct-to-consumer training, Stepful partners with leading healthcare institutions to address the growing national shortage of healthcare workers. Our graduates, including Medical Assistants, Pharmacy Technicians, Nurses, and more, form the talent pipelines at major employers like CVS, NY-Presbyterian, HCA, Providence, and Walgreens.
Stepful is backed by Y Combinator, Reach Capital, and AlleyCorp, with a recent $55M Series C led by Oak HC/FT https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/health-tech/stepful-banks-55m-scale-ai-powered-infrastructure-tackles-healthcare-staffing-shortage. We were named the #1 EdTech company in the U.S. by TIME for 2025 https://www.stepful.com/post/stepful-named-1-edtech-company-in-us-top-10-globally-times-2025-list.
We’re improving access to quality healthcare for everyone, everywhere, and improving access to healthcare careers for those who need them most.
Our values:
We credit much of our success to our exceptional team. We’re looking for mission-driven builders who thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments, and embody our four core values:
- Care first: We do whatever it takes for our students to succeed.
- Learn quickly: We test, learn with data, and iterate.
- Build together: We win when we rely on each other.
- Own it: We show up, take initiative, and show pride.
The opportunity:
As our Director of Learning Programs, you will define and execute Stepful’s learning strategy across a growing portfolio of healthcare programs. You will own the quality and effectiveness of our learning experience, from curriculum development, instructional delivery, on-the-ground clinical rotation design, to student outcomes and continuous improvement.
You will lead a team of curriculum developers, instructional designers, and subject matter experts and work closely with Product, Operations, Compliance, and healthcare partners. This role is ideal for a hands-on learning leader who can set a clear vision, build scalable systems, and use data to improve outcomes for students.
This role reports into our SVP, Learning and Operations.
What you’ll do:
- Learning vision and strategy: Define the vision and strategy for Stepful’s learning offering based on student needs, business priorities, and healthcare workforce demand.
- Program and content roadmap: Develop and own the roadmap for new programs, curriculum improvements, assessments, and learning modalities.
- Program development: Lead the end-to-end development and launch of high-quality online and blended healthcare programs.
- Learning operations: Build repeatable processes to develop, maintain, and improve curriculum efficiently across a growing portfolio of programs.
- Learning innovation: Develop new learning modalities and apply AI and emerging technologies to personalize learning, improve engagement, and strengthen skill development.
- Industry alignment: Build strong relationships with healthcare employers, academic experts, and industry organizations to understand emerging learning and workforce needs.
- Cross-functional collaboration: Partner closely with Operations, Compliance, and Workforce Solutions to incorporate student and instructor feedback and shape the broader learning experience.
What you’ll bring:
- 10+ years of experience in online or blended learning, curriculum development, academic program management, instructional design, or education operations.
- Experience in healthcare education, EdTech, or workforce development.
- Experience managing curriculum developers, instructional designers, subject matter experts, or other learning teams.
- Highly analytical mindset, using data to improve learning experiences and student outc