Vice President, Government Affairs

Military Spouse Corporate Career Network•Effingham, IL

4d•Remote

About The Position

Heartland Dental is the largest dental support organization (DSO) in the United States, supporting over 1,900 dental offices across 39 states and Washington, D.C., with more than 3,100 supported doctors. Founded in 1997, the company has a proven track record of growth and success. The vision is to be a world-class company and the leader in dentistry, and the mission is to support dentists and their teams in delivering the highest quality dental care and experiences to their communities while providing exceptional careers and creating value for stakeholders. This role is for an energetic government affairs professional with 10 plus years of experience, ready to advance their career with a leading DSO in the healthcare field. The ideal candidate will have a dynamic personality, be open, positive, mentally flexible, and interested in new challenges, leadership development, and participating in the company's rapid growth. It's a hands-on role requiring strategic thinking, execution drive, grit, common sense, and the ability to build relationships and lead initiatives with multiple stakeholders. This individual will serve as the primary government affairs liaison between Heartland Dental and the Association of Dental Support Organizations (ADSO). The position reports directly to the SVP, General Counsel and is part of the Company’s Legal, Compliance and Regulatory Team.

Requirements

10 plus years of experience in government affairs.
Ability to perform essential duties satisfactorily with or without reasonable accommodation.
Thinking ability and experience to strategically identify opportunities.
Drive, grit and common sense to execute tactical tasks.
Personality and executive presence to build relationships and lead initiatives with multiple stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

Dynamic personality.
Open, positive, and mentally flexible.
Interest in new challenges.
Interest in building leadership skills.
Interest in participating in the rapid growth of the Company.

Responsibilities

Monitor, analyze and report on legislative, regulatory, political and industry developments affecting Heartland Dental, supported doctors and supported offices.
Assess the business impact of those developments, identify risks and opportunities, and provide practical recommendations to stakeholders.
Review enacted laws identified through legislative monitoring resources; determine which laws potentially affect Heartland Dental, supported doctors and offices; and timely communicate the relevant legal changes in easy-to-understand language to the appropriate internal stakeholders.
Collaborate with ADSO, other DSOs, trade associations, government affairs professionals and internal business partners to advance Heartland Dental’s government affairs and public policy objectives.
Build and maintain relationships with legislators, regulators, elected officials and their staffs.
Represent Heartland Dental’s positions before policymakers, regulators, trade associations and other external stakeholders, and develop advocacy materials, policy communications and educational resources to support those efforts.
Initiate and manage government affairs, public affairs and external relations initiatives that support Heartland Dental’s business objectives and help create a favorable external environment.
Coordinate the work of external lobbyists, consultants and other government affairs partners supporting Heartland Dental’s initiatives.
Ensure compliance with applicable lobbying, advocacy, ethics, registration and reporting requirements.
Perform other duties, projects and responsibilities as assigned by the SVP, General Counsel or as business needs require.