POSTING DATE

05/01/2025
2000 16th Street, Denver, Colorado, 80202, United States of America
Job Description
The Special Projects Director will report directly to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Integrated Kidney Care (IKC). This teammate will serve as a Director of Special Projects and support the development of business strategy, aggregating and synthesizing analysis, partnering with various functions across the enterprise to drive strategic planning, organizing management processes, business communications and supporting team engagement initiatives. This includes efforts in IKC, Procurement (PRISM), Redwoods and the Contact Center Transformation initiative.
Location: Denver based, hybrid role (Tues, Wed & Thurs in office)
Successful candidates will demonstrate a track record of top performance and desire to help improve our overall healthcare system.

STRATEGY & PROJECT EXECUTION:

• Ability to lead through influence, often managing several senior level stakeholders with various priorities
• Drives results / gets things done – defines approach with limited guidance / oversight and adjusts as needed while seeking feedback and input
• Manages and drives strategic and operational initiatives in collaboration with other teams
• Able to structure ambiguous problems into clear workstreams and drive execution
• Develops and communicates project scope, timeline, plan, resource requirements, and assumptions
• Creates, implements, and drives adoption of processes and solutions to further clinical and business outcomes
• Communicates project status updates and needs to senior leadership; prepares, reports, an manages against targets/goals including scope, schedule, metrics, and revenue
• This role is based in Denver

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

• Prior experience in Project Management, Strategy, and/or Consulting, or a similar role supporting enterprise-level initiatives within healthcare or financial operations leadership.
• Bachelor’s Degree required, MBA or graduate degree preferred
• At least 7 years of experience in a strategic or operational leadership role
• A minimum of 5 years of project management experience
• Advanced proficiency in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint required
• Prior experience in healthcare services and/or working with payors, physician networks, value-based care models, and/or integrated care models may be helpful

Additional Success Factors:

• Influencing others to achieve objectives
• Strategic thinking
• Resourcefulness—the ability to find and implement effective solutions despite time or resource constraints
• Handling matters proactively and expeditiously, following through on initiatives & projects to successful completion
• Ability to develop approach in ambiguous settings while remaining flexible to address change

At DaVita, we find that our best leaders are those who create an inspiring vision for the future and empowers their team to achieve success. They have always enjoyed tackling difficult problems and believe that the best way to solve them is through collaborative, team efforts. They take ownership of results and instill accountability in those they lead. They are driven, strong communicators, relationship builders, and find real fulfillment in challenging work.

• Support the IKC CFO in crafting and executing on strategic imperatives. Initiatives extend arcorss the IKC CFO’s portfolio including PRISM, Redwoods and Contact Center or other areas of the CFO’s portfolio
• Organize Finance / Analytics and Growth IKC efforts and drive collaboration across lanes
• Highlight management process gaps or improvement opportunities, then implement solutions
• Drive creation of materials for executive updates, bi-annual strategy / performance reviews and other updates against portfolio
• Lead critical project(s) working across multiple service lanes; monitor metrics, track progress of initiatives, and prepare presentations for senior leadership
• Collaborate across IKC, PRISM, Contact Center teams to perform analyses and synthesize results
• Support internal communication by helping to craft and deliver key messages