Manager, Clinical Programs

Posting Date

08/21/2026

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

The Manager, Clinical Implementation will play an integral role in shaping DaVita’s clinical strategy and overseeing the execution of key initiatives that drive our clinical transformation. This position will focus on supporting the execution of key initiatives that elevate our clinic interdisciplinary forums strategy and collaboration between key members of our dialysis care teams.

This role requires a critical thinker and operational leader who excels in both project management and stakeholder management, navigating ambiguity, and collaborating across diverse stakeholder groups. The Manager will lead initiatives spanning multiple workstreams within DaVita Kidney Care and Integrated Kidney Care (IKC), ensuring clinical programs are thoughtfully designed and effectively executed. The Manager will work on a team of highly motivated individuals with backgrounds in consulting, process engineering, change management, and clinical operations.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• People Leadership: Lead, develop, and mentor a team of direct reports, providing continuous coaching, feedback, and career guidance. Foster a collaborative and high-performing team culture aligned with DaVita's Core Values.
• Project & Operations Management: Lead the end-to-end development and day-to-day operations of strategic initiatives, defining milestones, timelines, and ensuring projects stay on track to meet critical deadlines to maintain long-term impact and efficiency.
• Strategic & Analytical Problem Solving: Drive strategic direction by executing complex analyses, establishing key performance metrics, and applying critical thinking to assess opportunities and evaluate the impact of meeting structures on organizational goals.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Communication: Manage stakeholder relationships across diverse functions, building consensus and communicating effectively to ensure smooth implementation of best practices and provide regular leadership updates on project progress.
• Field Feedback & Continuous Improvement: Proactively engage field teammates using surveys and other feedback techniques to gather actionable insights, monitor program performance, pilot new clinical programs, and drive continuous enhancement in program execution and outcomes.
• Executive Reporting: Synthesize complex clinical data and analytical findings, presenting insights and actionable business recommendations in a clear format to senior leadership.

Here is what you can expect when you join our Village

• A "community first, company second" culture based on Core Values that really matter.
• Clinical outcomes consistently ranked above the national average.
• Award-winning education and training across multiple career paths to help you reach your potential.
• Performance-based rewards based on stellar individual and team contributions.
• A comprehensive benefits package designed to enhance your health, your financial well-being and your future.
• Dedication, above all, to caring for patients suffering from chronic kidney failure across the nation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required
• 5-7 years of work experience in management consulting, process engineering, investment banking or a corporate strategy role preferred
• Demonstrated experience and/or interest in healthcare delivery and patient experience
• Strong analytical and presentation skills required
• Highly collaborative with the ability to impact change

Additional Skills

• Communication & Relationship Building: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the proven ability to build credibility across broad stakeholder groups and present complex information persuasively to executive leadership.
• Strategic & Analytical Thinking: Outstanding conceptual, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to balance strategic vision with tactical execution.
• Project & Workload Management: Strong project management capabilities with a proven ability to prioritize, evaluate, and manage workloads across multiple cross-functional initiatives.
• Adaptability & Industry Knowledge: Comfort navigating ambiguity in complex, evolving environments, coupled with a deep understanding of healthcare markets and a willingness to continuously learn.
• Technical Proficiency: Advanced proficiency in complex data analysis and executive presentation tools (e.g., Excel and PowerPoint).

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.

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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 $78,000.00 - $119,000.00 per year.

 

 

 

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.