Director, Special Projects

Posting Date

09/03/2025

2000 16th Street, Denver, Colorado, 80202, United States of America

The Director, Special Projects will report directly to the DaVita Chief People Officer. This teammate will support the development of the business strategy, aggregating and synthesizing analysis, partnering with various functions across the enterprise to drive strategic planning, organizing management processes, business communications internally and externally, and supporting employee engagement. This teammate will operate on a national level, working with central business functions and operating teams across the country.

Location: Denver preferred, if not in Denver, travel up to 40%.
 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support the Chief People Officer in crafting and executing on strategic initiatives

• Organize People efforts and drive collaboration across lanes

• Support internal/external communication by crafting and delivering key messages

• Highlight management process gaps or improvement opportunities, then implement solutions

• Lead critical projects working across multiple service lanes; monitor metrics, track progress of initiatives, and prepare presentations for senior leadership

• Collaborate across teams to perform analyses and synthesize results

• Lead the development and improvement of a top performing team

• Work across operational and innovation teams to advance best-in-class capabilities in the market

• Regularly apprise the CPO of project status and variations from schedule or scope

Strategy & Project Execution:

• Manages and drives strategic and operational initiatives in collaboration with other teams

• Able to structure ambiguous problems into clear workstreams and drive execution

• Develops and communicates project scope, timeline, plan, resource requirements, and assumptions

• Creates, implements, and drives adoption of processes and solutions to further clinical and business outcomes

• Communicates project status updates and needs to senior leadership; prepares, reports, an manages against targets/goals including scope, schedule, metrics, and revenue

• Scope, plan and execute multiple, often quick-turnaround projects with minimal assistance

Nose for value

• Design, implement and administer operating strategies – with an ability to allocate resources and time in a manner commensurate with expected value

• Analytical abilities to assess and quantify business impact of various efforts honestly

• Present ideas for special projects that might facilitate the CPO’s/leadership’s objectives

• Answer-first approach

• Teammate-centered approach

Leadership and collaboration

• Build relationships within the People Services organization and across diverse departments

• Lead not just through title but through influence, providing strategic guidance and effecting change outside of lane in interest of bettering overall organization

• Direct execution, not just strategic development

Executive communication

• Prepare executive-level presentations to share with all levels of leadership

• Synthesize numerous analyses, translate into specific actions, and gain buy-in to execute

Education & Experience Requirements:

• Prior experience in Strategy, Consulting with Project Management or a similar role supporting enterprise-level initiatives within healthcare or financial operations leadership.

• Bachelor’s Degree required, MBA or graduate degree preferred

• At least 7 years of experience in a strategic or operational leadership role

• A minimum of 2 years of project management experience

• Advanced proficiency in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint required

• Prior experience in healthcare services and/or working with payors, physician networks, value-based care models, and/or integrated care models preferred

Additional Success Factors:

• Highly organized, structured working style with strong project management skills

• Discretion and confidentiality with sensitive information

• Interest and curiosity in broad array of topics and issues

• Confidence to work effectively with senior teammates

• Strong analytic and presentation skills

• Self-starter who can work effectively with lim