Posting Date

05/19/2026

225 E Germann RdSte 150, Gilbert, Arizona, 85297-2909, United States of America

Group Vice President, Talent Strategy

About DaVita

Our Purpose: To be the provider, partner, and employer of choice in kidney care, while striving to improve the health, healthcare, and quality of life for patients globally.
Our Strategy: Our strategy revolves around providing industry-leading kidney care, fostering a positive work environment, and demonstrating environmental stewardship.
Our Culture: Known as "The DaVita Way," our culture is characterized by a strong sense of community, fun, and a commitment to our core values. It emphasizes teamwork, personal growth, and a belief in making a positive impact on patients' lives and the broader community.
Operating Model: We operate with an operator-led culture where decision-making is heavily influenced by field and ops leaders. We embrace a bold, “launch and learn” mindset, often bringing ideas to market before achieving full clarity. In our environment, where change can sometimes be slow given high expectations for fast results, the ability to build strong coalitions is key to success.

The Role

The Group Vice President, Talent Strategy will lead a newly integrated organization that brings together multiple critical components. You will lead the Talent & Culture team, encompassing Talent Management, Learning & Development, and Culture & Belonging.

Core Jobs to be Done:

• Talent Management: Oversee and enhance performance management, career pathing, and succession planning.

• Learning & Development: Drive leadership, core, and functional training initiatives.

• Organization Effectiveness: Focus on strategy, structure, team effectiveness, and change enablement.

• Culture & Belonging: Shape the systems, rituals, and leadership behaviors that sustain an inclusive, purpose-driven culture and deepen teammate connection to DaVita’s mission.

Experience & Expertise

• Broad Talent Leadership: Deep expertise across the Talent CoE, including Talent Management, Learning & Development, Organizational Effectiveness/Development, and Culture & Belonging. Ability to strategically and operationally oversee the end-to-end talent ecosystem.

• Frontline Employee Experience: Proven success operating in an organization with a large, hourly frontline employee population. Deep knowledge of their motivators, engagement, and retention strategies.

• Maturing the Talent Function: Demonstrated experience moving a Talent function along the maturity curve, consistently upleveling team performance.

• Low Margin / High Scale Operations: Understanding of how to architect talent strategies and solutions that drive performance for a large hourly workforce and scale efficiently without the use of massive teams or budgets.

• Business Transformation: Track record of leading the Talent function during a time of significant transformation and change.

• Operating Model Familiarity: Experience working with a multi-site footprint characterized by high operational complexity.

Leadership & Execution Skills

• Driving Transformation: Highly skilled in leading transformation initiatives across complex stakeholder landscapes, ensuring effective engagement and adoption.

• Leading and Maturing Teams: A capable leader who can engage, inspire, and develop teams to optimize integration and impact.

• Business & Data Acumen: Acts as a steward of the business through the lens of Talent. Considers commercial implications and leverages HR data analytics to inform decisions and drive performance against metrics.

• Leading & Influencing: Adept at leading through both influence and direct supervision.

• Cross-Functional Influence: Ability to establish and maintain trusted relationships with peers, direct reports, and senior executives to ensure seamless coordination.

Attributes

• Direct & Respectful: Addresses conflict head-on with respect and candor; delivers tough messages directly.

• Collaborative: Team-oriented and proactive in building a wide set of relationships.

• Hands-On: Directly contributes to delivering outcomes through individual and collective accountability.

• Strategic Thinking: Demonstrates superior learning agility and intellectual curiosity; connects vision to purpose.

• Drive for Results: Po