Director, Value- Care Strategy

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12/19/2025

Denver or Washington, DC preferred. Flexibility to live in other locations for candidates willing to travel 50-60% of the time.

DaVita is committed to an unwavering pursuit of a healthier tomorrow for our patients, teammates and physician partners. As a leader in kidney care, we have a unique opportunity to redefine how care is delivered to over 250,000 patients and create new growth opportunities in the process.

The Corporate Strategy team is a ~20-person team that reports into the CEO and works directly with the senior leaders of DaVita to define strategic direction. We are responsible for aligning the senior team and our Board on the highest level questions facing DaVita. Through internal consulting and external business development, the team works with the CEO to define our growth aspirations, where and how we compete and the capabilities required to win.

The team uses a hypothesis-based approach in problem solving to generate insights, propose strategies and provide objective support to improve decision making. Members of the strategy team gain significant exposure to senior leadership and can have significant impact on organization, while accelerating their career development.

The Director of Value-Based Care Strategy will report to the Vice President of Corporate Strategy and is a leadership position within the team. This person will lead a team of directors, analysts and business partners to develop comprehensive strategic solutions and influence the operational leaders to execute on the strategy. For this role, we envision the Director will have an emphasis on our value-based care business, which has experienced significant growth in recent years and currently has $6B of medical cost under management.

• New growth and innovation opportunities for our value-based care business, including approaches to new payment models and opportunities to enhance clinical and economic alignment across the care continuum
• Payor and provider partnership strategy development to enhance patient care and accelerate our shift to value based care
• Care model transformation, including opportunities to develop and launch new initiatives (internal start-ups) to further strengthen our operating model
• Partnering with Corporate Development to identify M&A opportunities that further our strategy
• Developing policy strategy at the Federal and State level to advance value-based Kidney Care

• Intellectual curiosity and passion for the key issues facing healthcare and value-based care today
• Experience managing, developing and mentoring other teammates
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Outstanding conceptual, analytical and problem‑solving skills
• Ability to develop credibility quickly and build successful relationships
• Strong sense of accountability; ability to own projects and drive them to completion
• Enjoys being part of a team

We are looking for an experienced candidate with a minimum of 5-7 years of work experience, preferably in a strategy or transformation role in an analytical environment (e.g., management consulting, investment banking). A candidate with an MBA or advanced degree is preferred, but not required. A background in U.S. healthcare is required, and experience with payors or in value-based care is strongly preferred.

• 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…