Regional Director

Southdown Veterinary Group; Aylesbury; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading veterinary care provider in England is seeking a Regional Director to lead Companion Animal practice teams across Buckinghamshire. This position requires a passion for empowering practice leaders, guiding them to deliver exceptional care and operational excellence. The successful candidate will be responsible for driving growth initiatives, ensuring compliance, and fostering a culture of learning and inclusivity within the teams. This field-based role offers some flexibility to work from home and involves regular travel across the region.

Benefits

33 days holiday + extra holidays

Buy/sell holiday scheme

Pension matched up to 6%

Private healthcare

Health cash plans

Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave

Generous staff discount on pet care

Qualifications

• Passion for people development and team success.
• Proven success in leadership across multiple sites.
• Ability to inspire and empower others.

Responsibilities

• Lead regional growth and operational excellence.
• Drive clinical development initiatives aligned with client needs.
• Champion consistent customer service and clinical training.

Skills

People development

Strong communication skills

Multi-site leadership

Strategic thinking

Financial acumen

Job description

Overview

Step into leadership with purpose and grow your career!

Are you ready to take the next bold step in your leadership journey? Do you thrive on developing people, shaping high-performing teams, and driving meaningful change? If you're passionate about empowering others and want to be part of a forward-thinking and supportive leadership community, this is your opportunity to grow with us. At CVS, leadership is a responsibility to inspire, support, and elevate. As part of our Leadership team across Buckinghamshire, you'll join a network of dynamic leaders committed to nurturing talent, fostering innovation, and building a future where our people and practices thrive. Our success comes from the passion our people have for animals and for making pets a priority, at the heart of our work every day.

What makes this role special?

As Regional Director, you'll lead our Companion Animal practice teams across Buckinghamshire, providing strategic direction, coaching, and operational support. You'll be the driving force behind practice leaders' development—enabling them to inspire their team to deliver clinical excellence, team wellbeing, and business performance.

How do you contribute to this:

Responsibilities

• Lead regional growth, client service delivery, and operational excellence.
• Act as a key stakeholder with other areas of the business to deliver client, people and clinical improvements/initiatives.
• Drive clinical development initiatives aligned with client needs and national strategy.
• Own regional budget delivery and support practice-level P&L accountability.
• Champion consistent customer service and clinical training across practices.
• Analyse performance metrics to drive top-line sales and EBITDA growth.
• Ensure compliance with health & safety, RCVS, VMD, and legal obligations.
• Lead regional implementation of new technologies and clinical improvement projects.
• Oversee talent development, succession planning, and colleague utilisation.
• Promote psychological safety and a culture of learning and inclusivity.
• Oversee recruitment, onboarding, absence, and retention processes regionally.
• Support property investment, acquisitions, and facility development.
• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration and strategic alignment.
• Role model CVS values: empathy, accountability, inclusivity, and collaboration.

This is a field-based role with some opportunity to work from home. There will be regular travel across your region and occasional national travel for CVS events, conferences, and leadership forums.

Qualifications and What You’ll Bring

Why join us?

Learning: Our internal CPD hub contains over 1,000 courses.

Benefits

• 33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays) + 1 day extra holiday per year up to 5 years
• Buy/sell holiday scheme
• Pension matched up to 6%
• Private healthcare
• Health cash plans – save on everyday health treatments
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave
• Generous staff discount on pet care and products

Plus many more! You can see some of the options here.

What will be your impact?

You'll inspire and empower practice leaders to:
- Deliver exceptional clinical and client care
- Maximise operational performance
- Foster a culture of continuous learning and development
- Lead with clarity, compassion, and confidence

What will you bring?

• A passion for people development and team success
• Strong communication and coaching skills
• Proven success in multi-site leadership
• Strategic thinking and financial acumen

CVS: A Place to Belong

We\'re proud to be an inclusive employer where everyone is encouraged to be themselves. We celebrate diversity and are committed to building a workforce that reflects the communities we serve.

Ready to lead with purpose? Apply now via our careers site and become part of a leadership team that's shaping the future of veterinary care—one practice, one person, one community at a time.