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YCIEDRA JENKINS

Clearwater,FL

Summary

Strategic Healthcare Business Development Director with 20 years of experience driving ambulatory surgery center growth and optimizing territory sales. Expert in aligning facility infrastructure with surgeon requirements to enhance operating room efficiency and increase outpatient volume. Proven leader in mentoring peers and utilizing market intelligence to elevate brand presence in competitive medical landscapes.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience

Work History

Business Development Director

HCA Healthcare (Surgery Ventures)
Greater Tampa Area, FL
09.2021 - Current

Executed strategic growth initiatives to expand Surgery Ventures brand across 3 outpatient surgical specialties at assigned ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs); collaborated with facility administrators, division leadership, and physician investors to set growth objectives and maximize market volume.

  • Market Volume Expansion: Generated up to 10% incremental outpatient surgical volume growth year-over-year, consistently outperforming the corporate annual target of 3%.
  • Modeled leadership by mentoring 5 peer Business Development Directors, establishing standardized divisional training and onboarding protocols.
  • Strategic Team Mentorship: Modeled professional leadership as an active mentor to 5 peer Business Development Directors, laying the groundwork for standardized divisional training and onboarding.
  • Salesforce CRM Mastery: Selected as Team Power User for Salesforce (Growthlink) and Advantx; utilize internal and external market data to build reporting insights and track regional growth opportunities.
  • Salesforce CRM Mastery: Selected as Team Power User for Salesforce (Growthlink) and Advantx; utilized internal and external market data to build reporting insights and track regional growth opportunities.
  • Talent Acquisition & Onboarding: Selected by the AVP to interview, vet, and onboard new-hire candidates to fill critical divisional and local PPR vacancies.
  • Process Improvement: Discovered and implemented cost-reduction measures for print services across all assigned centers.
  • Executive Recognition: Recipient of multiple recognition awards for professional follow-through, including the Raise the Bar and Care Like Family awards.

Physician Partnership Manager

United Surgical Partners International, Inc. (USPI)
Greater Tampa Area, FL
01.2019 - 06.2020

Spearheaded business development and professional sales strategies across 5 ambulatory surgery centers. Partnered with center administrators and large physician groups to capture maximum multi-specialty outpatient volume.

  • Targeted Surgeon Recruitment: Successfully recruited 9 new surgeons across diverse specialties within a single year, exceeding the corporate annual quota by 80%.
  • Physician Practice Influence: Promoted advanced center capabilities and closed sales with Gastroenterologists, Orthopedic/Spine Surgeons, Urologists, and Neurosurgeons.
  • Promoted advanced center capabilities, successfully closing sales with Gastroenterologists, Orthopedic/Spine Surgeons, Urologists, and Neurosurgeons.
  • Co-designed targeted patient initiative program, boosting surgical case volume for Gastroenterology physician partners by 25%–30%.
  • Co-created high-impact marketing brochures and collateral for 3 surgical facilities, enhancing provider interest and strengthening market positioning.

Senior Sales Representative

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Pharmaceuticals
Tampa / Clearwater, FL
01.2008 - 01.2017

Senior Sales Representative – Women’s Health / Urology / Respiratory

Senior Sales Representative – General Pharma

Permanent Sales Representative / Intern | 2003 – 2005

Managed territory sales and multi-million dollar asset allocations through data analysis, tactical business planning, and execution of clinical roundtable conferences with regional KOLs to enhance market presence.

  • Elite Sales Performance: Earned the prestigious President’s Club Award (2004), ranking #2 out of 26 regional reps. Consistently ranked in the top 25% nationally (Junior Varsity Club Awards).
  • Portfolio Management: Maintained over $1M+ in annual territory sales volume across complex disease state portfolios.
  • High-Impact Launches: Exceeded 100% of territory sales goals across 10 distinct, high-profile product launches (including Advair, Wellbutrin XL, Anoro, and Boniva).
  • Cultivated relationships with key opinion leaders through educational meetings.: Cultivated deep, consultative relationships with physicians, practice administrators, and specialists via clinical roundtable educational meetings.

Education

Master of Business Administration -

Florida A&M University
Tallahassee, FL

Skills

  • Divisional Leadership
  • Strategic Market Growth
  • Team Training & Mentorship
  • Physician Recruitment & Onboarding
  • ASC Strategy & Analytics
  • Market & Demographic Analysis
  • Competitive Intelligence
  • Relationship Management
  • Key Opinion Leader (KOL) Engagement
  • High-Impact Communication

VOLUNTEER & COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP

  • Southside Little League Football, Board Member (CFO) & Team Mom
  • Morgan Fitzgerald Middle School, PTA Board Member

Timeline

Business Development Director

HCA Healthcare (Surgery Ventures)
09.2021 - Current

Physician Partnership Manager

United Surgical Partners International, Inc. (USPI)
01.2019 - 06.2020

Senior Sales Representative

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Pharmaceuticals
01.2008 - 01.2017

Master of Business Administration -

Florida A&M University