Special Projects Manager, Marketing & Communication

Posting Date

08/13/2025

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

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.

Sound like you? Then you might be a great fit for [insert manager role] with DaVita.

The Special Projects Manager is a high-impact, strategic role focused on driving key initiatives, enhancing executive effectiveness, and ensuring operational excellence across the Mercury team. This individual will play a vital role in special projects, cross-functional coordination, and team experience, serving as a right hand to leadership. This position is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, is highly organized and proactive, and can flex between strategic and tactical execution. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Strategic Initiatives and Special Projects: Lead and execute cross-functional projects and initiatives based on evolving organizational priorities. Act as a thought partner and operational support to senior leadership. 
• Executive Effectiveness: Partner closely with the executive leader to manage high-visibility engagements including media appearances, external speaking events, and internal moments like Village Gatherings. Ensure a polished and consistent “Mercury experience.” 
• Team Operations and Process Improvement: Identify opportunities to enhance systems, processes, and workflows. Propose and implement improvements that increase efficiency, clarity, and impact. 
• Team Coordination: Facilitate communication and alignment across the team. Identify gaps, remove blockers, and support collaboration to keep initiatives on track. 
• Culture and Engagement: Partner with internal stakeholders to design and execute team experiences, events, and cultural initiatives that build connection and morale. 
• Organizational Support: Support change management, onboarding for new leaders, and talent-related transitions by ensuring smooth communication and coordination across stakeholders. 
• Operational Excellence: Manage select administrative processes and internal operations that contribute to an organized, effective, and efficient team environment. 
• Office Experience Oversight: Collaborate with internal partners to ensure the physical and virtual workplace experience is seamless, well-resourced, and aligned with team needs. 
• Flexible Execution: Willing to stretch both strategically and tactically, adapting to the needs of the team and stepping in wherever needed to move work forward. 

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. Enter text here



Join us as we pursue our vision "To Build the Greatest Healthcare Community the World has Ever Seen."

Why wait? Explore a career with DaVita today.

Go to http://careers.davita.com to learn more or apply.

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.

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 $82,000.00 - $121,000.00 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.