FFS Payor Partnership Sr Manager

DaVita • El Segundo, CA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Manager of Payor Partnerships for our Fee for Service (FFS) portfolio plays a critical role in DaVita’s strategy to remain the provider and partner of choice for kidney care. This teammate manages complex health plan relationships, leads high-visibility negotiations, and drives value across our traditional FFS portfolio. With a deep understanding of managed care and negotiation, the Senior Manager leads a team of analysts and managers, developing creative financial solutions to overcome barriers around contract language, rate transparency, and economics. This role acts as a primary liaison between Payor Partnerships and other cross-functional stakeholders—including operations, finance, strategy, and legal—ensuring successful execution and implementation of business-critical contracts while fostering a collaborative, high-performance team culture.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required
• 5–8 years minimum work experience in complex deal execution, healthcare strategy, and relationship management.
• Deep understanding of the healthcare landscape, particularly managed care, payor dynamics, and provider contracting strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated success in coaching, mentoring, and developing a team.
• Advanced proficiency in critical thinking, financial analytics, and complex problem-solving.
• Exceptional executive presence and high-impact oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple ambiguous projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

• MBA or advanced degree strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex payer negotiations, including new contract negotiations, rate renewals, and termination/expiration events.
• Develop creative solutions around proposal development, economics, and contract language.
• Manage a multi-million-dollar portfolio of health plan relationships.
• Establish go-forward strategies for rate transparency, yield growth, and defense accounts.
• Organize joint operating committees and executive meetings to communicate DaVita's value proposition.
• Manage, coach, and develop a team of direct reports (Managers and/or Analysts).
• Foster a culture of high performance, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure appropriate delegation, project planning, and capacity forecasting.
• Act as a thought partner and primary liaison for operational leaders, finance, strategy, legal, and other stakeholders.
• Lead cross-functional alignment on FFS strategy, financial targets, and barrier resolution (e.g., credentialing, system implementations, collections).

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
• Professional development programs
• On-demand virtual leadership and development courses through DaVita’s online training platform StarLearning.

What This Job Offers

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