- Demonstrated success developing high-performing sales cultures.
Overview
The Regional Vice President of Business Development (RVPBD) is responsible for leading, developing, and optimizing business development performance across a designated multi-state region. This role reports to the Executive Vice President of Business Development & Strategic Growth and serves as the senior sales leader directly overseeing a team of Vice Presidents of Business Development, Area Vice Presidents of Business Development, and a total team of 600+ sales professionals. This is a new role created to ensure consistent execution of Gentiva's growth strategy while driving admissions, census growth, market share expansion, referral development, and sales leadership effectiveness.
Essential Functions
General Duties & Responsibilities
- Adheres to Organization's Policies and Procedures.
- Acts as a role model within and outside the Company.
- Performs duties as workload necessitates.
- Maintains a positive and respectful attitude.
- Communicates regularly with executive leadership regarding regional performance, opportunities, and risks.
- Demonstrates effective time management and prioritization skills.
- Participates in leadership meetings, committees, strategic planning sessions, and special projects.
- Recommends innovative approaches to improve business development effectiveness and operational execution.
- Maintains compliance with federal, state, and company regulations.
- Consistently promotes the Company's core values.
- Completes all required compliance and leadership training.
Essential Functions Of Position
Regional Growth Leadership
- Develop and execute regional business development strategies that support enterprise growth objectives.
- Lead and manage a team of approximately 4-6 Vice Presidents of Business Development across assigned markets.
- Drive accountability for admissions, census growth, market share, referral development, revenue, and profitability targets.
- Translate corporate commercial strategies into actionable regional execution plans.
- Identify growth opportunities, market trends, competitive threats, and emerging service opportunities.
Sales Leadership & Performance Management
- Establish consistent sales leadership standards, performance expectations, and operating rhythms across all assigned territories.
- Conduct regular business reviews with VPBD leaders to evaluate performance, pipeline activity, referral trends, and market opportunities.
- Analyze regional sales performance data and implement corrective action plans where necessary.
- Ensure adoption and execution of sales methodologies, CRM utilization, and business development best practices.
- Monitor productivity and effectiveness of sales teams and recommend organizational changes as needed.
Talent Development & Succession Planning
- Coach, mentor, and develop VPBD leaders to enhance leadership capabilities and organizational effectiveness.
- Build and maintain a robust succession pipeline for future sales leadership positions.
- Partner with Human Resources to identify high-potential talent and create development plans.
- Participate in recruitment, selection, onboarding, and retention efforts for sales leadership positions.
- Foster a culture of accountability, engagement, inclusion, and continuous improvement.
Cross-Functional Leadership
- Partner with Regional Presidents, Regional Vice Presidents of Operations, Clinical Leadership, and Executive Directors to align growth initiatives with operational capacity and patient care standards.
- Facilitate collaboration between sales and operations to improve referral conversion, patient experience, and market performance.
- Serve as the senior escalation point for complex market challenges, customer concerns, and strategic opportunities.
Strategic Market Oversight
- Evaluate territory design, account assignments, staffing models, and resource allocation across the region.
- Identify opportunities to improve market penetration, referral source engagement, and competitive positioning.
- Lead strategic initiatives involving new markets, service expansion, acquisitions, integrations, and commercial transformation efforts.
- Participate in annual strategic planning and budgeting processes.
- Executive Leadership Responsibilities
- Serve as a key member of the Growth Leadership Team.
- Provide executive-level reporting and recommendations to EVP of Business Development and Strategic Growth.
- Represent the organization at industry events, community organizations, and strategic partner meetings.
- Support enterprise-wide initiatives and special projects as assigned.
About You
- Extensive knowledge of hospice, palliative care, home health, and healthcare business development practices.
- Strong understanding of sales operations, market development, referral management, and customer relationship strategies.
- Proven ability to lead leaders in a multi-market healthcare environment.
- Strong financial acumen, including forecasting, budgeting, and performance analysis.
- Excellent strategic planning, communication, presentation, and influencing skills.
- Ability to effectively navigate complex matrix organizations.
- Experience driving organizational change and leading large-scale initiatives.
- Demonstrated success developing high-performing sales cultures.
Education/Experience
- Bachelor's Degree required; Master's Degree preferred.
- Minimum 8-10 years of progressive healthcare sales leadership experience.
- Minimum 5 years leading multiple sales leaders or senior business development teams with oversight of a minimum of 300+ employees.
- Demonstrated success achieving sustained growth across multiple markets.
- Experience leading large, geographically dispersed teams.
- Hospice, home health, post-acute care, or healthcare services experience strongly preferred.
Licensure / Certification
- Valid driver's license and automobile liability insurance required.
We Offer
Benefits For All Associates (Full-Time & Per Diem)
- Competitive Pay
- 401(k) with Company Match
- Career Advancement Opportunities
- National & Local Recognition Programs
- Teammate Assistance Fund
Additional Full-Time Benefits
- Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
- Generous Paid Time Off + 7 Paid Holidays
- Wellness Programs (Telemedicine, Diabetes Management, Joint & Spine Concierge Care)
- Education Support & Tuition Assistance
- Company-paid Life & Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Voluntary Benefits (Pet, Critical Illness, Accident, LTC)
Legalese
- This is a safety-sensitive position
- Employee must meet minimum requirements to be eligible for benefits
- Where applicable, employee must meet state specific requirements
- We are proud to be an EEO employer
- We maintain a drug-free workplace