Director, Clinical Talent Strategy

About the Role 

DaVita is seeking a Director of Clinical Talent Strategy to build and lead an enterprise-wide approach to attracting, developing, and retaining clinical talent. 

This role will own the end-to-end clinical talent strategy, ensuring strong pipelines, clear development pathways, and a deep bench of clinical leaders. The Director will unify fragmented efforts across the organization into a cohesive, scalable system while introducing new ideas and challenging legacy processes. 

This leader will operate as a change agent, setting enterprise standards for clinical talent while enabling local teams to tailor implementation to their business needs. 

What You’ll Do 

Build and Transform Clinical Talent Strategy 

• Design and execute a unified, enterprise clinical talent strategy across DaVita, including external attraction and internal development and retention 

• Connect and scale existing initiatives into a cohesive, end-to-end talent system including recruiting, development, and talent management.  

• Identify and eliminate fragmented or low-value efforts that do not drive outcomes; introduce new ideas to close gaps 

• Translate business and clinical priorities into a multi-year talent strategy and roadmap 

• Partner with senior leaders, including the Chief People Officer, Operational leadership, and Clinical leadership to align priorities and strategy 

Strengthen Internal Talent Pipelines & Bench Strength 

• Establish enterprise standards for clinical talent reviews, including cadence, inputs, and expected outcomes; enable local teams to adapt within defined standards based on their needs 

• Partner with Clinical teams and People Team Centers of Excellence to build and scale pipelines & succession planning for critical clinical leadership roles 

• Increase visibility and mobility of high-potential clinical talent across markets and lanes 

• Elevate the quality of talent discussions to drive clear development and succession outcomes 

Shape Future External Talent Pipelines 

• Partner with Talent Acquisition to define forward-looking clinical talent needs 

• Influence external pipelining strategies to align with long-term workforce priorities 

• Challenge and elevate thinking to ensure pipelines are proactive, targeted, and sustainable 

Lead Clinical Upskilling & Development Strategy 

• Build enterprise roadmaps to upskill clinical roles and expand leadership pipelines 

• Scale successful pilot programs into consistent, enterprise-wide approaches