Program Manager, School of Leadership

DaVita Kidney Care • Denver, CO

1d • Remote

About The Position

DaVita is a leading provider of kidney care in the United States, delivering dialysis services to patients with chronic kidney failure and end-stage renal disease. Our mission is to be the provider, partner, and employer of choice. As the Program Manager for the School of Leadership (SOL), you will develop, implement, and execute initiatives aimed at enhancing the skills and performance of our teammates across the Village. You will work collaboratively with executive faculty, coaches, external vendors, business leaders, and learning professionals to build, develop, and maintain these high-impact learning and development initiatives. This role involves managing multiple complex projects, ensuring alignment with organizational goals, and evaluating the effectiveness of offerings. This position will be supporting integration of AI into our offerings to automate processes and systemize programs for scale. Our ideal hire will have a strong background in program management, adult learning, and executive communication, as well as the ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, agile, and matrixed environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 3-5 years of experience in complex program/project management, management consulting, or corporate strategy.
• Demonstrated experience managing leadership development functions, specifically coaching, mentoring, or internal consulting ecosystems.
• Strong ability to cut through ambiguity, balance broad strategic perspectives with crucial execution details, and make data-driven recommendations.
• Proven expertise or strong willingness to experiment with AI integration, prompt engineering, and agent building.
• High comfort level with tools like ClickUp, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Exceptional executive presence, negotiation skills, and the resilience to pursue long-term goals despite changing priorities.

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience in building coaching, mentoring, and leadership development initiatives is highly desired.

Responsibilities

• Drive Strategic Initiatives: Own and execute a comprehensive portfolio of strategic initiatives for the School of Leadership, ensuring alignment with enterprise goals.
• Complex Project Management: Manage multiple interconnected workstreams for large-scale programs. Set clear expectations, prioritize resources, and drive accountability across cross-functional project teams.
• Strategy & Execution: Translate long-term leadership development strategy into actionable, scalable execution plans. Identify systemic roadblocks and implement sustainable solutions.
• Adult Learning & Learning Subject Matter Expertise: Serve as a subject matter expert in adult learning principles. Design, develop, and maintain high-impact coaching, mentoring, and team development programs.
• Executive Communications & Stakeholder Management: Concisely communicate program strategy, risks, and achievements to senior leadership. Negotiate and collaborate with leaders across the Village (e.g., Wisdom, Analytics, Field Ops) to maximize impact.
• AI Tool Experimentation: Proactively identify, test, and implement emerging AI tools (e.g., BetterUp "Grow", Glean) to automate intake, modernize traditional L&D processes, and systemize personalized development.
• Prompt Writing & Agent Building: Develop advanced prompts and build internal AI agents (e.g., Leadership Agents) to enhance the teammate learning experience and drive operational excellence.

Benefits

• A "community first, company second" culture based on Core Values that really matter.
• Comprehensive health benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match, and PTO cash out.
• Support & Well-being: Family resources, EAP counseling (TAP), and no-cost access to Headspace®.
• Professional Growth: Access to DaVita University signature programs and on-demand virtual leadership courses.
• Clinical outcomes consistently ranked above the national average.
• Award-winning education and training across multiple career paths.
• Performance-based rewards and a comprehensive benefits package.
• A competitive total rewards package, which includes a 401k match, healthcare coverage and a broad range of other benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees