Director of Program Integrity

Finance is seeking a Director of Program Integrity in office at the Capitol building in Bismarck, ND.

Are you a strategic leader with a passion for integrity, transparency, and organizational accountability?

We are seeking an experienced and visionary leader to establish and lead our enterprise Program Integrity team. This newly created role will play a critical role in safeguarding public resources, strengthening internal controls, identifying opportunities for improvement, and ensuring the highest standards of ethical conduct throughout one of the largest and most complex public service organizations in the state.

This is an opportunity to build a best-in-class governance and accountability function that supports our mission, protects taxpayer dollars, and improves outcomes for the citizens we serve.

What you will do as the Director of Program Integrity, you will provide strategic leadership and oversight for agency-wide investigations, and compliance activities.

You will:

• Lead the development and implementation of an enterprise Program Integrity function.
• Direct investigations involving allegations of fraud, misconduct, misuse of resources, and policy violations.
• Evaluate internal controls and identify operational, financial, and compliance risks.
• Recommend improvements that increase efficiency, effectiveness, and accountability.
• Partner with executive leadership, legal counsel, finance, HR, IT, and program leaders to strengthen governance practices.
• Monitor corrective actions resulting from audits, investigations, and external reviews.
• Prepare reports and presentations for executive leadership and oversight bodies.
• Build and lead a high-performing team of auditors, investigators, analysts, and compliance professionals.

Why This Role Matters

The Director serves as an independent advisor to agency leadership, helping ensure that public resources are used responsibly and that programs operate with integrity, transparency, and accountability. This position will help shape the future of organizational governance while supporting our commitment to operational excellence and public trust.

What we're looking for successful candidates will possess:

• Strong leadership experience in investigations, compliance, program integrity, or related fields.
• Experience identifying and mitigating organizational risks.
• Knowledge of internal controls, governance frameworks, and regulatory compliance requirements.
• Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to lead sensitive investigations and communicate difficult findings professionally and objectively.
• Experience working collaboratively across multiple business functions and levels of leadership.
• A commitment to ethics, transparency, and continuous improvement.

Location

This position is onsite at the North Dakota State Capital in Bismarck, North Dakota.

About HHS

ND HHS strives to make North Dakota the healthiest state in the nation by reinforcing the foundations of well-being: physical, economic, and behavioral. Those services are to be delivered as close to home as possible with a focus on dignity and respect. The keys to delivery of those services are the 2,800 committed, compassionate ND HHS team members and more than $6 billion in funding from nearly 200 different federal, state and special sources.

To succeed in this role, you must lead with LIGHT – leading with hope, instilling purpose and meaning, galvanizing gratitude, honoring health, and talking, walking and teaching civility, kindness and love for all.