Posting Date06/02/2026
DaVita is seeking a
Director, IKC Clinical Programs to help drive forward our value-based care strategy for patients with chronic kidney disease and kidney failure. This role sits at the intersection of strategy, operations, and innovation-offering the opportunity to contribute meaningfully to transformative initiatives that directly impact patient lives.
You'll play a critical role in designing, piloting, and scaling care interventions in close collaboration with cross-functional teams, including clinical, analytics, operations, and product. This position is perfect for a strategic thinker who's ready to move from consulting or healthcare operations into a more hands-on, mission-driven leadership role.
Key responsibilities are spread across three categories:Strategy- Evaluate the effectiveness and scalability of field initiatives and prepare markets for the launch of new integrated care programs
- Partner and collaborate with key teams across the Village to drive this strategy to fruition
- Determine how to best organize our frontline and field leadership teams to best deliver integrated care for ESKD patients
- Collaborate with key stakeholders across the Village to design scalable solutions for our teams and work to build consensus around recommendations
- Evaluate the performance of current initiatives and complete analysis to understand best opportunities to improve clinical outcomes and reduce total cost of care
Innovation- Gap analysis of where new processes or products could enhance clinical quality and teammate efficiency
- Evaluation of ideas generated by field teammates and business stakeholders
- A continuous improvement mindset, adopting an iterative approach to testing
- An integrated care thought leader in developing the next generation teammate facing IT systems
Pilots and experimentation- Performs hypothesis development, research, insight generation, and business recommendations
- Leads the development, piloting, deployment and measurement of outcomes for processes and workflows that drive the IKC Care Model
- Builds complex models and conducts financial planning and analyses to assess impact on business metrics
- Conveys findings in a cohesive story, including summarizing insights from analysis
- Distills complex business problems into cohesive, impactful stories
- Build consensus for best demonstrated practices across several stakeholders
Travel: ~15% of the time
Here is what you can expect when you join our Village: - A "community first, company second" culture based on Core Values that really matter.
- Clinical outcomes consistently ranked above the national average.
- Award-winning education and training across multiple career paths to help you reach your potential.
- Performance-based rewards based on stellar individual and team contributions.
- A comprehensive benefits package designed to enhance your health, your financial well-being and your future.
- Dedication, above all, to caring for patients suffering from chronic kidney failure across the nation.
Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree required
- 6+ years of work experience in management consulting, process engineering, investment banking or a corporate strategy role preferred. Recent experience working in value-based care preferred.
- Demonstrated experience and/or interest in healthcare delivery and patient experience
- Strong analytical and presentation skills are preferred
- Highly collaborative with the ability to impact change
Additional Skills:- Demonstrated ability to recognize, prioritize, and evaluate workload and specific growth opportunities
- Possesses the ability to balance strategic vision and execution capabilities to deliver results
- Proficiency in PowerPoint and Excel
- Comfort with ambiguity
- Outstanding conceptual, analytical and strategic skills; strong business and financial acumen with a sense of shareholder responsibility
- Possesses the ability to balance strategic vision and execution capabilities to deliver results
- Strong executive communication skills
- Ability to effectively handle and drive multiple projects with multiple teams
- Willingness to understand the complexity of healthcare markets
What We'll Provide: More than just pay, our DaVita Rewards package connects teammates to what matters most. Teammates are eligible to begin receiving benefits on the first day of the month following or coinciding with one month of continuous employment. Below are some of our benefit offerings.
- Comprehensive benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match, paid time off, PTO cash out
- Support for you and your family: Family resources, EAP counseling sessions, access Headspace®, backup child and elder care, maternity/paternity leave and more
- Professional development programs: DaVita offers a variety of programs to help strong performers grow within their career and also offers on-demand virtual leadership and development courses through DaVita's online training platform StarLearning.
This position will be open for a minimum of three days.
The Salary Range for the role is $115,000.00 - $183,000.00 per year.
For location-specific minimum wage details, see the following link: DaVita.jobs/WageRates
Compensation for the role will depend on a number of factors, including a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies and experience. DaVita offers a competitive total rewards package, which includes a 401k match, healthcare coverage and a broad range of other benefits. Learn more at https://careers.davita.com/benefits
Colorado Residents: Please do not respond to any questions in this initial application that may seek age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You may also redact this information from any materials you submit during the application process. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information. 
