Director of Practice Turnarounds & Growth

Guardian Dentistry Partners; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision coverage

401(k) Matching

Performance Bonus

Job summary

Guardian Dentistry Partners is seeking a Director of Tactical Operations to own a rolling cohort of underperforming practices and drive hands-on turnarounds. You’ll diagnose issues, craft revamp plans, and execute them in 6-month cycles across multiple sites.

This role requires extensive travel (up to 75%) and a proven track record of turning around performance, with direct accountability to senior leadership in a fast-growing network.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or equivalent experience preferred.
• 5+ years of operational leadership experience within a multi-site healthcare, dental services, retail healthcare, or service-based organization.
• Demonstrated success leading practice-turnarounds, performance improvement initiatives, or operational transformation.
• Strong financial acumen — comfortable reading a P&L and translating variance into an action plan, not just a diagnosis.
• Willingness to travel extensively (up to 75%).

Responsibilities

• Own a rolling cohort of underperforming practices (6–10 at a time) selected based on revenue and EBITDA variance against budget.
• Create action based on deep-dive diagnostic analysis on each practice — financial performance, cost structure, staffing, patient volume, and program adoption — to identify the actual drivers of underperformance.
• Build a practice-specific turnaround plan with clear milestones, and execute it directly over a 6-month cycle.
• Provide hands-on coaching and accountability to practice and office leadership throughout the turnaround.
• Partner with Regional Managers, Office Managers, and clinical/growth program leads to implement changes on the ground.
• Track performance against the plan monthly and report progress directly to the Chief Growth Officer.
• At the end of each 6-month cycle, deliver a clear recommendation for every practice in the cohort: turned around, needs additional time, or should be considered for divestiture.
• Evaluate how well vendor and clinical growth programs are being adopted and utilized at each practice as part of the diagnostic, and fold that into the turnaround plan.
• Build repeatable diagnostic and turnaround frameworks so each new cohort moves faster than the last

Skills

Operational leadership

Financial acumen

Coaching & communication

Travel readiness

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree

MBA or equivalent experience

Job description

Guardian Dentistry Partners is seeking a Director of Tactical Operations to own a rolling cohort of underperforming practices and drive hands-on turnarounds. You’ll diagnose issues, craft revamp plans, and execute them in 6-month cycles across multiple sites.

This role requires extensive travel (up to 75%) and a proven track record of turning around performance, with direct accountability to senior leadership in a fast-growing network.