Director, Transformation

Posting Date

09/29/2025

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

The Director of Transformation will develop and lead a team of highly motivated individuals with broad range of consulting, project management and/or HR backgrounds to: 1) identify which work will add the most value to DaVita’s overall strategy through people focused initiatives, 2) effectively lead workstreams with dependencies on many different business units, 3) collaborate effectively throughout the organization and 4) communicate recommendations to senior leaders on a regular basis.  

The following are typical activities for the Director of Transformation on DaVita’s People Services team:

• Partners with Head of Transformation and Chief People Officer to develop and build the Transformation team in People Services, including team structure and strategy, project portfolio development and teammate recruiting and growth
• Leverages hypothesis-based approach to identify, validate and quantify opportunities in the People space (e.g. retention, engagement, org. design to support new profit streams, training, etc.)
• Tackles enterprise-wide, cross-functional, multi-year initiative to dramatically improve teammate retention, experience and effectiveness
• Draws upon continuous improvement and project management tools (e.g. Lean Six Sigma) to structure and design improvement opportunities
• Guides project team’s analytics including financial modeling and ongoing project metrics
• Presents comfortably and compelling to senior audiences
• Effectively manages relationships with cross-functional partners and senior leaders; successful at leading through influence
• Leverages technology to solve key People Services inefficiencies and create opportunities to People Services teammates to streamline and improve existing processes
• Effectively allocates and prioritizes team resources to ensure timelines and deliverables are met
• Takes accountability for results and motivates, coaches and develops direct reports
• Embodies DaVita’s core values on a daily basis

Typical qualifications:

• Experience leading large-scale business transformation from concept through implementation with tangible, measurable impact
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives, build strong relationships across all levels of an organization
• Demonstrated ability to effectively drive change and make new processes and tools “stick”
• 10+ years of progressive experience
• MBA preferred

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.

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 $110,100.00 - $161,700.00 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.