Sr Director, Emerging Technology (Technology)

DaVita Kidney Care

23h • Onsite

About The Position

The Sr Director, Emerging Technology is a visionary, hands-on strategic leader responsible for identifying, evaluating, incubating, and scaling disruptive technologies across DaVita. This role drives the enterprise emerging technology roadmap, leading research, rapid prototyping, proof-of-concept (POC) delivery, and production transition for game-changing innovations—such as Generative AI, agentic workflows, automation platforms, machine learning, and next-generation cloud architectures.
Sitting at the intersection of enterprise business strategy and cutting-edge engineering, this leader partners closely with executive leadership, enterprise architects, clinical teams, and product lines to translate emerging tech possibilities into measurable clinical and business outcomes, enhancing patient care and teammate experience across the Village.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or a related quantitative/technical discipline required.
• Minimum of 10–15+ years of progressive experience in Information Technology, software engineering, or technical strategy.
• At least 5–7+ years in senior technical leadership or director-level roles leading innovation, architecture, or emerging technology initiatives.
• Proven track record of taking emerging technologies (specifically AI/ML, cloud platforms, and automation) from ideation to scaled production.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex technical portfolios, matrixed cross-functional teams, and executive stakeholder relationships.
• Deep conceptual and hands-on understanding of modern AI/ML frameworks, LLMs, agentic workflows, API-first architecture, cloud services (AWS/GCP/Azure), and data streaming platforms.
• Outstanding ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear, compelling narratives for executive stakeholders, clinical partners, and non-technical teammates.
• Strong ability to build financial models, assess total cost of ownership (TCO), and articulate business value and clinical impact of new technology investments.
• Exceptional interpersonal, collaboration, and change management skills to influence across organizational boundaries in a highly matrixed healthcare environment.
• Fluent in the written and verbal English skills necessary to perform successfully the essential functions, duties, and responsibilities of the position.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree (MS, MBA, or related advanced degree) strongly preferred.
• Healthcare IT, clinical operations, or health system technology experience is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Define and champion the enterprise-wide Emerging Technology strategy and multi-year roadmap aligned with DaVita’s long-term business and clinical priorities.
• Continuously monitor, research, and evaluate global technology trends, market disruptions, and emerging paradigms (e.g., GenAI, LLMs, autonomous agentic systems, ambient clinical intelligence, IoT/edge devices).
• Translate executive vision and complex business challenges into concrete technology exploration initiatives and business cases with clear ROI.
• Lead the Emerging Tech Foundry / Innovation Lab to rapidly design, build, test, and iterate proof-of-concepts, MVPs, and pilots.
• Establish disciplined experimentation frameworks, fail-fast methodologies, and architectural standards for evaluating high-potential innovations.
• Partner with enterprise engineering and operations to build seamless transition paths from successful POCs into hardened, scalable, enterprise-grade production deployments.
• Spearhead the adoption and governance of modern artificial intelligence, machine learning models, and automated workflows across core platforms (e.g., clinical systems, EHR/CWOW integrations, patient engagement, and corporate operations).
• Partner with Enterprise Architecture, Information Security, Legal, and Compliance to ensure all emerging technology implementations adhere to strict data privacy (HIPAA), security frameworks, and responsible AI governance standards.
• Modernize legacy architectural patterns by embedding cloud-native, event-driven, and interoperable architectures.
• Proactively scout, evaluate, and establish strategic alliances with top-tier technology vendors, venture-backed startups, academic institutions, and industry consortia.
• Lead technical due diligence, vendor scorecards, and pilot negotiations to maximize DaVita's strategic advantage and investment value.
• Serve as a senior technical advisor for DaVita Venture Group and strategic partnership initiatives.
• Lead, mentor, and inspire a high-performing team of engineers, data scientists, and solution architects, fostering a culture of continuous learning, curiosity, and engineering excellence.
• Sponsor and direct enterprise innovation programs, hackathons (e.g., DaVita Annual Hackathon), tech summits, and Communities of Practice (CoP) across the Technology organization.
• Serve as the primary internal and external evangelist for emerging technology capabilities.
• Perform other related strategic leadership duties and special initiatives as assigned.

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
• 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: Director