Job Description

Posting Date

09/11/2026

2000 16th StFl 7, Denver, Colorado, 80202-5158, United States of America

Position Summary

DaVita is seeking a strategic and execution-oriented leader to join the Home National Team as Director, Home Strategy & Operations. This highly visible leadership role will play a critical part in advancing DaVita's Home strategy by supporting growth across home dialysis modalities including Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) and Home Hemodialysis (HHD).

This leader will partner closely with field operations, clinical leadership, product teams, value-based care, finance, and physician partners to design, implement, and scale initiatives that improve patient access to Home modalities. Success requires a unique blend of strategy, project management, change leadership, stakeholder influence, and operational execution.

Why This Role Matters

Home dialysis is one of DaVita's most important strategic priorities. This leader will help translate enterprise strategy into scalable programs that enhance patient and physician education on Home to improve Village clinical outcomes and support long-term growth across the Home business.

Key Responsibilities

Lead Home Conversions Strategy & Performance Improvement

• Lead and inspire teams focused on improving teammate processes to educate patients and physicians on Home modality options.
• Partner with field leadership to identify opportunities to improve key home growth and clinical outcomes.
• Develop and execute strategies that increase patient access to Home modalities.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Support National Education Programs

• Support Modality Choice Leads to prioritize timely, quality patient education in all of our centers.
• Drive modality education program enhancements, including leveraging digital capabilities and continuous improvement in EHR and other systems.
• Drive pilot and adoption of AI-driven predictive models.
• Provide clinical and operational expertise to improve patient management practices.
• Establish processes, monitoring, and accountability structures to drive measurable results.
• Identify physician, operational, and field barriers and facilitate solutions.
• Evaluate pilot outcomes and scale successful practices nationally.

Clinical & Operational Innovation

• Develop a standardized, data-driven approach for conversions across the Home business.
• Support development of educational content, training programs, and continuing education initiatives.
• Serve as a key advisor for AI-powered patient-education initiatives.
• Partner with Product, Clinical Enterprise, Research, and Technology teams to evaluate innovative conversion strategies.
• Support implementation of Home modality reviews in clinically-specific patient interventions.
• Identify emerging best practices and lead efforts to standardize successful approaches across the enterprise.

Enterprise Collaboration & Stakeholder Management

Partner closely with:

• Patient Education
• Clinical Transformation
• Value-Based Care
• Product
• Finance
• Office of the Chief Medical Officer
• Division Home Directors and Field Vice Presidents
• Lead working sessions, pilot design efforts, and implementation plans that drive enterprise-wide results.

Team Leadership

• Lead and develop managers and analyst teams.
• Build a high-performing, collaborative culture.
• Coach and develop future leaders within the Home organization.
• Establish strong operating rhythms, communication plans, and project governance structures.

Success Measures

Success in this role will be measured through:

• Achievement of Home growth objectives.
• Increased Home modality conversion performance.
• Adoption of modality choice programs and patient education initiatives.
• Engagement and effectiveness of modality choice leaders.
• Successful implementation and scaling of enterprise initiatives.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 8+ years of healthcare strategy, operations, consulting, clinical operations, or related experience.
• Experience leading enterprise-level programs with measurable outcomes.
• Strong project management and change management capabilities.
• Demonstrated success working within highly matrixed organizations.
• Exceptional communication, influence, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience translating strategy into scalable execution plans.

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Preferred

• Home dialysis, kidney care, renal services, or specialty healthcare experience.
• Value-Based Care experience.
• Experience supporting clinical operations and field execution teams.
• Management consulting background with healthcare focus.
• MBA or advanced degree.

Leadership Characteristics

The ideal leader will demonstrate:

• Ability to drive change on a national scale
• Strategic agility
• Influence without authority
• Analytical rigor
• Storytelling and executive communication
• Strong Village values and collaboration mindset

What Makes This Opportunity Unique

• Direct impact on one of DaVita's highest-growth strategic priorities.
• Enterprise-wide visibility and influence.
• Opportunity to shape the future of Home care delivery.
• Significant cross-functional leadership exposure.
• Ability to scale innovative clinical and operational programs that directly improve patient outcomes.

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 StarLearning.

At DaVita, we strive to be a community first and a company second. We want all teammates to experience DaVita as "a place where I belong." Our goal is to embed belonging into everything we do in our Village, so that it becomes part of who we are. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and comply with state and federal affirmative action requirements. Individuals are recruited, hired, assigned and promoted without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

This position will be open for a minimum of three days.

The Salary Range for the role is $115,000.00 - $183,000.00 per year.

For location-specific minimum wage details, see the following link: DaVita.jobs/WageRates

Compensation for the role will depend on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience. DaVita offers a competitive total rewards package, which includes a 401k match, healthcare coverage and a broad range of other benefits. Learn more at https://careers.davita.com/benefits

Colorado Residents: Please do not respond to any questions in this initial application that may seek age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You may also redact this information from any materials you submit during the application process. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.