Sr Manager, Partner Engagement

CO Salary Range: USD 110,000.00 - 161,000.00 per year

Posting Date
08/22/2025

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

We are looking for Denver-based candidates!

The Clinical Transformation team is a headquarters team that leads DaVita in the transformation of kidney care by enabling care teams to engage patients in reaching their health goals and reducing overall cost to the healthcare system - otherwise known as value-based care. The Integrated Kidney Care (IKC) Practice Engagement lane is a key sub-lane of Clinical Transformation. This Sr. Manager, Partner Engagement, sits within this sub-lane.

Being the Partner of Choice to nephrologist practices allows our care teams to improve the clinical outcomes for our patients and grow this line of business. The IKC Practice Engagement sub-lane seeks to strengthen these practice partnerships through practice collaboration, reporting, technology, innovative care models, etc.

This Sr. Manager will drive the strategy, development, implementation, and continuous improvement of innovative initiatives to improve Partner of Choice and associated clinical outcomes - scope may include but is not limited to the following initial focus areas:

• Practice collaboration models with IKC care teams
• Practice facing technology

The IKC Practice Engagement lane is highly visible and works cross-functionally with stakeholders across the organization, including field operators, clinical, financial, product, and compliance. The team is made up of highly motivated individuals with consulting, process engineering, and change management experience.

Competencies Expected of Sr. Manager Include, But Not Limited To:

• Drives Scope of Work: Owns at least one aspect of functional area & contributes to direction of broader functional area. Leads the work of their team, translating action to impact in their functional area and department goals. Influences vertically and horizontally to drive results.
• Gets Right Stuff Done: Owns projects from inception to implementation. Translates insights into actions for project/team. Manages work with multiple team members and stakeholders, and communicates project(s) progress and achievements to leadership. Balances competing priorities to deliver on deadlines, with limited support. Independently resolves challenges and constraints. Excels in ambiguity; skilled in sense-making in an ill-defined environment and leading team to a comprehensive solution.
• Team Leadership: After time in role, manages a small- to mid- sized team - including attracting, developing, and retaining teammates while advancing scope. Balances team empowerment with accountability for detail. Seeks and provides effective mentoring and coaching. Identifies and constructively addresses teammate challenges, include exceling at leading tough conversations. Owns culture of their team and ensures a culture of belonging.
• Strategic Thinking: Sets strategic direction and goals for scope, translating broader goals and objectives into measurable deliverables / targets for team. Balances a broad, strategic perspective while identifying and focusing on crucial detail. Interprets data trends and adjusts team goals, resourcing, and project strategies as needed. Considers all parts of a situation or problem when deriving insights and proposing recommendations and alternatives. Proactively removes obstacles to ensure success. Connects team's work to broader DaVita priorities.
• Influence & Communication: Adept as persuasion including driving discussions with team, key leaders, and stakeholders to share meaningful insights. Delivers persuasive recommendations to senior audiences within and outside of functional area. Effectively networks throughout organization; viewed as an enterprise influencer. Adapts communication style and uses appropriate presentation styles and robust supporting material to fit the audience and objectives. Demonstrates a poised and credible demeaner, projecting confidence.
• Travel: Up to 10% as needed

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree required, MBA or other master's degree preferred
• 6+ years work experience in strategy, project management, or operational improvement experience within a consulting or corporate environment
• Demonstrated experience in each key area of responsibility outlined above
• Demonstrated experience and/or interest in healthcare delivery, value-based care, patient experience, or physician experience
• Strong preference for Denver-based candidates (office-oriented hybrid role, with two days required in-person per week with a third day encouraged)

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
• 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
• Salary/Wage Range: Compensation for the role will depend on a number of factors, including a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies and experience and may fall outside of the range shown. 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

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 $110,000.00 - $161,000.00 per year.

If a candidate is hired, they will be paid at least the minimum wage according to their geographical jurisdiction and the exemption status for the position.

New York Exempt: New York City and Long Island: $64,350.00/year, Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester counties: $64,350.00/year, Remainder of New York state: $60,405.80/year New York Non-exempt: New York City and Long Island: $16.50/hour, Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester counties: $16.50/hour, Remainder of New York state: $15.50/hour

Washington Exempt: $77,968.80/year Washington Non-exempt: Bellingham: $17.66/hour, Burien: $21.16/hour, Unincorporated King County: $20.29/hour, Renton: $20.90/hour, Seattle: $20.76/hour, Tukwila: $21.10/hour, Remainder of Washington state: $16.66/hour
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.

Client-provided location(s): Denver, CO

Job ID: DaVita-R0420450

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2025-08-23T19:47:49