Regional Director

Career Placement & Recruiting; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Career Placement & Recruiting is seeking a Regional Director to provide leadership and oversight across a defined geographic region. This role focuses on driving performance, supporting local leadership, and aligning operations with company strategy.

The Regional Director will manage distributed teams, monitor regional KPIs, and collaborate with executive leadership on growth plans while ensuring execution excellence across locations.

Qualifications

• Experience leading distributed teams across locations
• Ability to drive KPI performance and improvements
• Strong communication with executive and field teams

Responsibilities

• Oversee performance across multiple locations, teams, or business units
• Lead, support, and coach site-level or regional leadership teams
• Ensure consistent execution of operational processes, standards, and initiatives
• Monitor regional KPIs and implement performance improvement plans
• Partner with senior leadership on regional growth strategy and planning
• Identify trends, risks, and operational opportunities within the region
• Support leadership development and succession planning initiatives
• Experience managing multiple teams, locations, or territories
• Strong leadership and operational oversight capabilities
• Proven ability to coach, influence, and develop leaders
• Comfortable working autonomously with regional accountability
• Strong communication, analytical, and organizational skills

Skills

Leadership

Strategic planning

Coaching

Analytical skills

Communication

Regional management

Job description

Career Placement & Recruiting is partnering with a growing organization to identify an experienced Regional Director to provide leadership and operational oversight across a defined geographic region.

This opportunity is ideal for leaders with experience managing distributed teams or multi-location operations who are ready to take on broader responsibility while remaining closely connected to execution and performance.

Role Overview

The Regional Director is responsible for driving consistent performance across assigned locations, supporting local leadership, and ensuring alignment with company strategy, standards, and operational goals. This role serves as a key link between executive leadership and field operations.

What You'll Be Doing

• Oversee performance across multiple locations, teams, or business units
• Lead, support, and coach site-level or regional leadership teams
• Ensure consistent execution of operational processes, standards, and initiatives
• Monitor regional KPIs and implement performance improvement plans
• Partner with senior leadership on regional growth strategy and planning
• Identify trends, risks, and operational opportunities within the region
• Support leadership development and succession planning initiatives
• Experience managing multiple teams, locations, or territories
• Strong leadership and operational oversight capabilities
• Proven ability to coach, influence, and develop leaders
• Comfortable working autonomously with regional accountability
• Strong communication, analytical, and organizational skills

Who This Role Is Often Right For

• Multi-unit managers or regional leaders
• Directors overseeing territory-based operations
• Leaders seeking expanded scope without full enterprise ownership
• Professionals from operations, sales, or service-based organizations