Chief Operating Officer (COO) – Enterprise Integrator at Smile 360 Dental Specialists

Operations
Lagos State
April 4, 2026
Full Time

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Job Description

Smile360 Group is one of Nigeria’s leading premium healthcare platforms, known for delivering world-class dental and specialist clinical services with a strong focus on patient experience, operational excellence, and innovation.

Over the years, Smile360 has evolved from a single premium clinic into a growing healthcare enterprise. As the organisation enters its next phase of scale, our focus is on strengthening operational discipline, improving margins, enhancing governance, and building systems that support sustainable multi-location growth.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Chief Operating Officer (COO) – Enterprise Integrator

Location: Ikoyi, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

About the Role

  • To support this next phase, we are seeking a high-impact Chief Operating Officer (COO) who will serve as the execution partner to the CEO, translating strategy into disciplined operational performance across the organisation. This is not a traditional clinic COO role.
  • This is a role for a builder and operator — someone passionate about improving systems, strengthening governance, and driving disciplined execution.

Role Summary

  • The organisation is seeking an Enterprise Integrator — a senior operational leader capable of translating strategic priorities into disciplined execution across multiple business functions.
  • The COO will play a central role in strengthening operational systems, improving margin performance, building scalable governance frameworks, and ensuring alignment across leadership teams.

Core Responsibilities
Enterprise Operational Leadership:

  • Translate organisational strategy into measurable operational execution
  • Strengthen cross-functional coordination and execution discipline
  • Improve organisational operating rhythms and decision-making speed
  • Drive operational performance management across departments

Financial Performance & Margin Discipline:

  • Drive EBITDA and margin improvement through operational discipline
  • Identify and eliminate margin leakage across the organisation
  • Strengthen cost governance, procurement discipline, and working capital management
  • Support financial sustainability through operational efficiency

Revenue Performance & Conversion Optimisation:

  • Improve conversion performance and revenue realisation
  • Align marketing, clinical capacity, and patient experience to support growth
  • Strengthen operational drivers of revenue and service utilisation

Systems, Processes & Governance:

  • Institutionalise SOPs, operational dashboards, and performance frameworks
  • Strengthen governance, reporting, and compliance structures
  • Build scalable operational systems that support enterprise growth
  • Improve operational visibility and leadership accountability

Leadership & Organisational Effectiveness:

  • Provide execution leadership across multiple business units
  • Strengthen accountability and performance management across departments
  • Build a disciplined, ownership-driven leadership culture
  • Reduce executive firefighting by implementing effective systems

Reporting Structure:

  • The Chief Operating Officer will report directly to the Chief Executive Officer and serve as a core member of the Executive Leadership Team.
  • This is a Board-visible leadership role responsible for driving operational execution and strengthening organisational performance.

Success Metrics (First 12–18 Months)

  • EBITDA and margin improvement
  • Improved conversion and revenue realisation
  • Stronger operational governance and systems discipline
  • Improved leadership accountability and execution speed
  • Operational readiness for continued organisational growth

Ideal Candidate Profile

  • We are seeking a senior operator with proven experience scaling complex service organisations.

Required Experience:

  • Must have 12–15 years of progressive leadership experience
  • Proven senior operator in multi-site healthcare environments (hospital, diagnostics, dental, or similar)
  • Demonstrated success improving margin performance and operational efficiency
  • Track record of building systems and scaling enterprise operations
  • Experience operating within fast-growing or founder-led organisations

Key Capabilities
The successful candidate must demonstrate:

  • Strong financial acumen with margin and cost optimisation impact
  • Ability to translate strategy into disciplined execution
  • Strong leadership presence and ability to influence senior teams
  • High execution capacity, emotional intelligence, and governance mindset
  • Ability to lead senior teams and influence strong personalities
  • Comfort operating as execution partner to a founder-CEO

Why Join Smile360
This role offers a unique opportunity to:

  • Partner directly with the CEO in shaping the next phase of organisational growth
  • Build scalable operational systems in a fast-growing healthcare platform
  • Drive measurable financial and operational impact
  • Lead enterprise execution across a growing multi-location healthcare organisation.

Application Closing Date
21st April, 2026.

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