DaVita Kidney Care
Overview
DaVita Integrated Kidney Care (DaVita IKC) is one of the largest end-to-end kidney care providers; we manage $5.5B+ in annualized medical spend through value-based partnerships. We provide comprehensive care and complex chronic condition management to 80k+ patients nationwide, whether they are in the early stages of kidney disease, transitioning to dialysis, seeking a kidney transplant or receiving life-sustaining dialysis. This Director-level role is tasked with advancing IKC’s value-based care programs, focusing on developing nurse practitioner–led interventions that improve patient care, clinical collaboration, operational efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. The ideal candidate will be highly organized, self-driven, and comfortable operating independently in ambiguous environments. This position will lead process improvements, drive strategic initiatives, and work closely with product and clinical teams to boost NP efficacy, advance care team integration, and deliver measurable outcomes.
Pay and Location
Base pay range : $97,000.00/yr - $181,000.00/yr Posting Date : 09/11/2025 Location : 2000 16th Street, Denver, Colorado, 80202, United States of America
Responsibilities Drive IKC’s value-based care priorities by creating and scaling NP-specific interventions to reduce total cost of care, improve clinical outcomes, and enhance patient experience.
Actively support advancement of IKC programs by driving strategic projects focused on care delivery transformation: improving patient care, enhancing care team collaboration, and optimizing NP efficiency.
Collaborate across clinical operations, analytics, product, and innovation teams to co-design workflows, pilot NP-led initiatives, and implement scalable models.
Align with product development teams to ensure solutions meet clinical needs and drive adoption at scale.
Employ process improvement methodologies to re-engineer clinical and operational workflows, addressing gaps and improving efficiency.
Lead change management efforts to ensure NP interventions and operational solutions are adopted smoothly and sustainably.
Establish, test, measure, and refine pilot programs utilizing NP-led strategies across IKC workflows, including KPIs, charters, and ROI evaluations.
Leverage analytics to monitor performance, extract insights, and iterate program design.
Produce compelling executive-level communications: presentations, dashboards, and briefings that drive alignment and accountability.
Serve as a persuasive thought partner and advisor to senior leadership and external stakeholders.
Provide leadership to cross-functional project teams—fostering accountability, inclusion, continuous improvement, and results-focus.
Model and uphold DaVita’s Village culture and values, including service excellence, integrity, and fulfillment.
Minimum Qualifications Healthcare Experience: Minimum of 5 years in the healthcare sector, with experience in clinical operations, healthcare strategy, or value-based care environments.
Education: Bachelor’s degree required; MBA preferred.
Operational Skills: Strong background in process improvement, strategic frameworks, and planning within healthcare.
Stakeholder Management: Proven ability to work across diverse teams and navigate competing priorities.
Personal Attributes: Highly organized, self-motivated, disciplined, and capable of working autonomously.
Ambiguity & Change Management: Comfortable leading in rapidly evolving, ambiguous environments.
Executive Communication: Exceptional presentation and storytelling skills, capable of influencing senior and executive-level audiences.
Results-Oriented: Demonstrated track record of delivering measurable impact through clinical or operational strategies.
Essential Behaviors, Skills, and Attitudes Commitment to and role model of DaVita’s values of Service Excellence, Integrity, Team, Continuous Improvement, Accountability, Fulfillment and Fun.
Willingness to foster a positive, fulfilling work environment and to balance department efficiency with field service excellence.
Demonstrated aptitude for coaching, mentoring, training, and developing teammate performance and skills.
Ability to maintain open and clear communication with teammates.
Demonstrated ability to perform root cause analysis, prepare and implement action plans, and lead improvement initiatives.
Strong analytical skills with the ability to seek underlying assumptions through probing, questioning, and listening.
What We’ll Provide Comprehensive benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match, paid time off, PTO cash out
Family resources, EAP counseling, access Headspace, backup child and elder care, maternity/paternity leave and more
Professional development programs and access to DaVita’s StarLearning online training platform
At DaVita, we strive to be a community first and a company second. We are an equal opportunity workplace and comply with state and federal affirmative action requirements. Individuals are recruited, hired, assigned and promoted without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.
This position will be open for a minimum of three days. The Salary Range for the role is $97,000.00 - $181,000.00 per year. Compensation will depend on a number of factors, including qualifications, skills, competencies and experience.
Colorado Residents:
Please do not respond to any questions in this initial application that may seek age-identifying information. You may redact this information from materials submitted during the application process.
Job Details Seniority level : Director
Employment type : Full-time
Job function : Research, Analyst, and Information Technology
Industries : Hospitals and Health Care
Referral notices and location-based updates may appear in this description. This position is in Denver, CO.
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DaVita Integrated Kidney Care (DaVita IKC) is one of the largest end-to-end kidney care providers; we manage $5.5B+ in annualized medical spend through value-based partnerships. We provide comprehensive care and complex chronic condition management to 80k+ patients nationwide, whether they are in the early stages of kidney disease, transitioning to dialysis, seeking a kidney transplant or receiving life-sustaining dialysis. This Director-level role is tasked with advancing IKC’s value-based care programs, focusing on developing nurse practitioner–led interventions that improve patient care, clinical collaboration, operational efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. The ideal candidate will be highly organized, self-driven, and comfortable operating independently in ambiguous environments. This position will lead process improvements, drive strategic initiatives, and work closely with product and clinical teams to boost NP efficacy, advance care team integration, and deliver measurable outcomes.
Pay and Location
Base pay range : $97,000.00/yr - $181,000.00/yr Posting Date : 09/11/2025 Location : 2000 16th Street, Denver, Colorado, 80202, United States of America
Responsibilities Drive IKC’s value-based care priorities by creating and scaling NP-specific interventions to reduce total cost of care, improve clinical outcomes, and enhance patient experience.
Actively support advancement of IKC programs by driving strategic projects focused on care delivery transformation: improving patient care, enhancing care team collaboration, and optimizing NP efficiency.
Collaborate across clinical operations, analytics, product, and innovation teams to co-design workflows, pilot NP-led initiatives, and implement scalable models.
Align with product development teams to ensure solutions meet clinical needs and drive adoption at scale.
Employ process improvement methodologies to re-engineer clinical and operational workflows, addressing gaps and improving efficiency.
Lead change management efforts to ensure NP interventions and operational solutions are adopted smoothly and sustainably.
Establish, test, measure, and refine pilot programs utilizing NP-led strategies across IKC workflows, including KPIs, charters, and ROI evaluations.
Leverage analytics to monitor performance, extract insights, and iterate program design.
Produce compelling executive-level communications: presentations, dashboards, and briefings that drive alignment and accountability.
Serve as a persuasive thought partner and advisor to senior leadership and external stakeholders.
Provide leadership to cross-functional project teams—fostering accountability, inclusion, continuous improvement, and results-focus.
Model and uphold DaVita’s Village culture and values, including service excellence, integrity, and fulfillment.
Minimum Qualifications Healthcare Experience: Minimum of 5 years in the healthcare sector, with experience in clinical operations, healthcare strategy, or value-based care environments.
Education: Bachelor’s degree required; MBA preferred.
Operational Skills: Strong background in process improvement, strategic frameworks, and planning within healthcare.
Stakeholder Management: Proven ability to work across diverse teams and navigate competing priorities.
Personal Attributes: Highly organized, self-motivated, disciplined, and capable of working autonomously.
Ambiguity & Change Management: Comfortable leading in rapidly evolving, ambiguous environments.
Executive Communication: Exceptional presentation and storytelling skills, capable of influencing senior and executive-level audiences.
Results-Oriented: Demonstrated track record of delivering measurable impact through clinical or operational strategies.
Essential Behaviors, Skills, and Attitudes Commitment to and role model of DaVita’s values of Service Excellence, Integrity, Team, Continuous Improvement, Accountability, Fulfillment and Fun.
Willingness to foster a positive, fulfilling work environment and to balance department efficiency with field service excellence.
Demonstrated aptitude for coaching, mentoring, training, and developing teammate performance and skills.
Ability to maintain open and clear communication with teammates.
Demonstrated ability to perform root cause analysis, prepare and implement action plans, and lead improvement initiatives.
Strong analytical skills with the ability to seek underlying assumptions through probing, questioning, and listening.
What We’ll Provide Comprehensive benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match, paid time off, PTO cash out
Family resources, EAP counseling, access Headspace, backup child and elder care, maternity/paternity leave and more
Professional development programs and access to DaVita’s StarLearning online training platform
At DaVita, we strive to be a community first and a company second. We are an equal opportunity workplace and comply with state and federal affirmative action requirements. Individuals are recruited, hired, assigned and promoted without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.
This position will be open for a minimum of three days. The Salary Range for the role is $97,000.00 - $181,000.00 per year. Compensation will depend on a number of factors, including qualifications, skills, competencies and experience.
Colorado Residents:
Please do not respond to any questions in this initial application that may seek age-identifying information. You may redact this information from materials submitted during the application process.
Job Details Seniority level : Director
Employment type : Full-time
Job function : Research, Analyst, and Information Technology
Industries : Hospitals and Health Care
Referral notices and location-based updates may appear in this description. This position is in Denver, CO.
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