Regional Manager of Operations

Heartland Dental; Springfield (MO); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous benefits package

Travel expenses covered

Job summary

Heartland Dental is seeking a Regional Manager of Operations to lead a portfolio of supported offices across the region. The role requires strong business acumen, leadership, and the ability to drive efficiencies, profitability, and patient satisfaction from a remote setting while maintaining close relationships with regional teams.

You will report to the Regional Director of Operations and oversee 10–12+ practices, coordinating with Practice Managers and dentists to ensure growth, budget

Qualifications

• Five years of business management experience or an associate degree with at least 3 years in business management
• Bachelor’s degree and one year of experience or equivalent combination
• Strong organizational skills, accuracy, and attention to detail
• Ability to travel frequently, including overnights
• Excellent verbal and written communication and mature judgment
• Outstanding relationship-building and leadership abilities
• Adequate dedicated space at home or alternate work location for work activities

Responsibilities

• Oversee administrative operations of 10–12+ supported offices
• Support dentists in growth and development; set goals and address opportunities
• Motivate team members, resolve conflicts, and make difficult decisions
• Analyze business reporting and push for attainment of budgetary goals
• Monitor P&L and close gaps between actuals and projections
• Coordinate visits and quarterly in-practice reviews across practices
• Hire, train, and coach Practice Managers; participate in dentist selection
• Develop workforce planning, recruitment, and retention strategies
• Provide reports and recommendations to management as needed
• Handle other projects as assigned

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Team building

Travel willingness

P&L analysis

People management

Customer service

Education

Bachelor's degree

Associate degree

Tools

Dentrix

Practice management software

Job description

Job Description

A region of Heartland Dental supported offices is seeking a Regional Manager of Operations (RMO) with strong business acumen and a proven track record of leadership. In this strategic role, you will implement efficiencies and systems to further grow supported offices and our company footprint. Maintaining a close relationship with all regional team members, from administrators to front desk assistants, ability to build relationships and deliver results effecting feedback from a remote setting will be key. The Regional Manager of Operations will play a significant role in cultivating an environment that provides effective and trustworthy dental services. In this administrative leadership role, you’ll use your team-building skills to maintain profitability within multiple established, state-of-the-art Heartland Dental supported offices. Additionally, this position plays an essential role in communicating with patients and dental team.

Regional Manager of Operations

Job Description

A region of Heartland Dental supported offices is seeking a Regional Manager of Operations (RMO) with strong business acumen and a proven track record of leadership. In this strategic role, you will implement efficiencies and systems to further grow supported offices and our company footprint. Maintaining a close relationship with all regional team members, from administrators to front desk assistants, ability to build relationships and deliver results effecting feedback from a remote setting will be key. The Regional Manager of Operations will play a significant role in cultivating an environment that provides effective and trustworthy dental services. In this administrative leadership role, you’ll use your team-building skills to maintain profitability within multiple established, state-of-the-art Heartland Dental supported offices. Additionally, this position plays an essential role in communicating with patients and dental team.

Heartland Dental is the nation's largest dental support organization, providing non-clinical administrative support services to more than 3,000 supported doctors across 39 states and the District of Columbia in 1,900+ dental offices. Each Heartland Dental supported office is unique to the community and the patients they serve. Supported doctors are the clinical leaders of their practice, retain full clinical autonomy, and establish their own care philosophies. All Heartland Dental supported doctors are united by a common goal: delivering the highest quality dental care and patient experiences.

Training and supporting tools are provided in the areas of practice management and leadership to help accomplish position responsibilities. All reasonable travel-related expenses covered under our travel & expense policy. Heartland Dental provides the necessary equipment, including a laptop and mobile phone.

This position reports to the Regional Director of Operations (RDO).

Duties & Responsibilities

• Overseeing the administrative operations of 10 to 12+ supported dental offices
• Directly support dentists in their growth and development, helping them set goals and address operational opportunities within their supported office
• Motivate team members, resolve conflicts and make difficult decisions
• Ability to analyze business reporting and create recommendation/action to attainment of yearly budgetary and contribution goals, prioritizing supported practice performance issues to ensure issues impacting Same Office Growth (SOG), revenue and profitability (EBITDA) are addressed first
• Monitor the P&L statements for each supported practice and develop effective ways to close the gaps between actual performance and company projections
• Work with multiple supported practices and Practice Managers across a large region, coordinating in-practice visits and reviews; including a quarterly in-practice business meeting for each supported practice
• Responsible for hiring, training and coaching Practice Managers
• Responsible for interviewing and contributing to the selection of supported dentists
• Develop workforce planning, recruiting and retention strategy to maintain optimum performance of each supported practice
• Provide reports and recommendations, as needed, to management on supported practices
• Other projects as assigned

Minimum Requirements

• Completion of one of the following: at least five years of business management experience OR associate degree and not less than 3 years of business management experience OR Bachelor’s degree and one year experience
• Strong organizational skills, accuracy and attention to detail
• Ability to frequently travel with some overnight stays
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• High level of maturity, personal initiative, and sound judgment
• Outstanding relationship-building, interpersonal and leadership skills
• Exceptional customer service skills, with the ability to build a comfortable and approachable relationship with patients
• Adequate dedicated space at home or alternate work location to allow and support work-related activities
• If necessary, family care services are in place by employee to provide a time slot of undisturbed, focused attention to details

Desirable Qualifications

• Working knowledge of dental procedures and terminology
• 2+ years managing multiple practice or retail store locations
• Experience in dental practice management
• Experience with practice management software, preferably Dentrix

We put our people first at Heartland Dental, and that shows in our generous benefits package.

Company retains the sole discretion to change the duties of the position at any time.

We provide all employees and applicants for employment the protections of federal, state, and local laws affording equal opportunity in employment.