FFS Payor Partnership Sr Manager
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.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
