Director, IKC Clinical Programs

DaVita Kidney Care • Denver, CO

6d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Director, IKC Clinical Programs, will lead the execution of strategic initiatives that drive DaVita's value-based care programs. Specifically, this leader will play a pivotal role in executing a significant technology transition. This high-impact, high-visibility role will oversee and represent the IKC business priorities through the duration of the Electronic Health Record (EHR) transition and implementation, serving as a dyad to the product and technology teams. This leader will also perform special projects as assigned to drive strategic planning, management process, business communications and aggregating / synthesizing information to support business processes and decision-making. DaVita IKC is the leading value-based care provider for patients with kidney disease. We support patients with kidney disease holistically to address the totality of their healthcare needs, ultimately reducing medical complications and improving overall healthcare cost. Our operating model and performance leads the industry. We believe that all patients with kidney disease deserve this comprehensive level of care. It creates a win-win-win, for the patients, for payors, and for our provider partners.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from a top-tier university required
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in healthcare strategy, consulting, value-based care, or a related field, with at least 3 years in a leadership role.
• Proven experience leading multidisciplinary teams and managing complex projects with measurable outcomes.
• Strong expertise in value-based care strategy and operations, particularly within the healthcare industry.
• Exceptional strategic thinking, project management, and problem-solving skills.
• Highly organized, structured working style with strong project management skills.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence and engage senior leaders and cross-functional teams to achieve objectives.
• Advanced proficiency in MS Office products and familiarity with healthcare data analytics tools.

Nice To Haves

• master’s degree in healthcare administration, business administration, or a related field preferred.

Responsibilities

• Partner to drive the prioritization and implementation aligned with DaVita’s care model strategy.
• Lead sessions with senior leadership to drive efficient decision-making; clearly articulating trade-offs, assumptions, budget and timeline impacts to senior level audiences.
• Establish clear project objectives, timelines, and deliverables while ensuring alignment with broader organizational goals.
• Oversee the execution of the technology transition and synthesize progress for all levels of the organization.
• Partner with cross-functional teams, including operations, finance, clinical, IT, product, and compliance, to execute against the implementation project plan.
• Execute team management processes including meeting agendas, recaps and follow-ups.
• Project manage critical projects working across multiple service lanes; monitor metrics, track progress of initiatives, and prepare presentations for senior leadership.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match, paid time off, PTO cash out
• Family resources, EAP counseling sessions, access Headspace®, backup child and elder care, maternity/paternity leave and more
• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director