Manager, IKC Clinical Programs

Posting Date

08/04/2025

2000 16th St, Denver, Colorado, 80202-5117, United States of America

The Manager, Clinical Programs on the CKD Model of Care team will be a key contributor in DaVita’s efforts to provide integrated kidney care (IKC) to patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD).  This teammate will join a team focused on developing and implementing the CKD care model strategy to operators to achieve TCOC (Total Cost of Care) reduction goals while also driving optimal patient outcomes.

This role will help develop overall tactical and strategic goals that align with multi-year objectives.

The successful candidate for this role will have a driven attitude, solid organizational skills with great written and verbal communication, and the ability to build relationships with internal and external partners.  This teammate will thrive in a highly dynamic, cross-functional and matrixed team environment, motivated by the achievement of making a direct impact on kidney patients.

Other skills include:

• A continuous improvement mindset, adopting an iterative approach

• Ability to drive self and others to meet deliverables

• Ability to interpret and summarize outcome data to make daily, weekly, and long-term modifications to create efficiencies

• Outcome based mindset to ensure our processes are enabling us to achieve the right outcomes

• Applies innovative and strategic thinking that will lead to program improvement and drive connections across other Village programs

• Strong leadership and team management experience to inspire and motivate others

Role & responsibilities:

• Identifies strategic insights and connections for how the CKD program can create value

• Drives operational, financial, team and clinical performance

• Evaluates performance of current initiatives to identify new opportunities

• Leads the development, piloting, deployment and measurement of outcomes for new innovative processes and workflows

• Works closely with local operators to support adoption and quality outcomes of initiatives

• Conveys findings in a cohesive story, including summarizing insights to share ideas with a variety of stakeholders and leaders

Education and Experience 

•  Bachelor’s degree required  

• 4+ years of experience in healthcare-related fields required  

• Experience developing and managing direct reports preferred  

• Highly collaborative with the ability to impact change  

• Experience designing, implementing and maintaining strategic healthcare initiatives preferred

• Experience running and testing healthcare pilot programs preferred  

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills 

Additional Qualifications: 

• Demonstrated ability to recognize, prioritize, and evaluate workload and specific growth opportunities 

• Possesses the ability to balance strategic vision and execution capabilities to deliver results 

• Proficiency in PowerPoint and Excel 

• Comfort with ambiguity 

• Outstanding conceptual, analytical, and strategic skills; strong business and financial acumen with a sense of shareholder responsibility 

• Strong executive communication skills 

• Ability to effectively handle and drive multiple projects with multiple teams 

• Willingness to understand the complexity of healthcare markets 

What We’ll Provide

More than just pay, our DaVita Rewards package connects teammates to what matters most. Teammates are eligible to begin receiving benefits on the first day of the month following or coinciding with one month of continuous employment. Below are some of our benefit offerings.

· Comprehensive benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match, paid time off, PTO cash out

· Support for you and your family: Family resources, EAP counseling sessions, access Headspace®, backup child and elder care, maternity/paternity leave and more

· Professional development programs: 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 Star Learning.

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