RVP Business Development

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 serves as the senior sales leader between the Vice Presidents of Business Development and the EVP of Business Development and Strategic Growth, ensuring consistent execution of Gentiva's growth strategy while driving admissions, census growth, market share expansion, referral development, and sales leadership effectiveness.

The RVPBD provides strategic oversight and leadership to a team of Vice Presidents of Business Development and their respective sales organizations. This position partners closely with Operations, Clinical Leadership, Human Resources, Marketing, and Executive Leadership to achieve sustainable growth and exceptional customer experience while ensuring alignment with organizational goals and values.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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…