Director, Clinical Talent Strategy

Posting Date

06/30/2026

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

About the Role

DaVita is seeking a Director of Clinical Talent Strategy to build and lead an enterprise-wide approach to attracting, developing, and retaining clinical talent.

This role will own the end-to-end clinical talent strategy, ensuring strong pipelines, clear development pathways, and a deep bench of clinical leaders. The Director will unify fragmented efforts across the organization into a cohesive, scalable system while introducing new ideas and challenging legacy processes.

This leader will operate as a change agent, setting enterprise standards for clinical talent while enabling local teams to tailor implementation to their business needs.

What You'll Do

Build and Transform Clinical Talent Strategy

• Design and execute a unified, enterprise clinical talent strategy across DaVita, including external attraction and internal development and retention

• Connect and scale existing initiatives into a cohesive, end-to-end talent system including recruiting, development, and talent management.

• Identify and eliminate fragmented or low-value efforts that do not drive outcomes; introduce new ideas to close gaps

• Translate business and clinical priorities into a multi-year talent strategy and roadmap

• Partner with senior leaders, including the Chief People Officer, Operational leadership, and Clinical leadership to align priorities and strategy

Strengthen Internal Talent Pipelines & Bench Strength

• Establish enterprise standards for clinical talent reviews, including cadence, inputs, and expected outcomes; enable local teams to adapt within defined standards based on their needs

• Partner with Clinical teams and People Team Centers of Excellence to build and scale pipelines & succession planning for critical clinical leadership roles

• Increase visibility and mobility of high-potential clinical talent across markets and lanes

• Elevate the quality of talent discussions to drive clear development and succession outcomes

Shape Future External Talent Pipelines

• Partner with Talent Acquisition to define forward-looking clinical talent needs

• Influence external pipelining strategies to align with long-term workforce priorities

• Challenge and elevate thinking to ensure pipelines are proactive, targeted, and sustainable

Lead Clinical Upskilling & Development Strategy

• Build enterprise roadmaps to upskill clinical roles and expand leadership pipelines

• Scale successful pilot programs into consistent, enterprise-wide approaches

• Identify gaps in current pipelines and design innovative solutions to address them

• Ensure the organization is preparing talent for future roles, not just current demands

Drive Governance and Execution

• Stand up strong governance across all clinical talent initiatives

• Develop and maintain executive scorecards, dashboards, project plans and trackers

• Ensure accountability for outcomes, not just participation

• Bring structure and discipline to complex, cross-functional workstreams

Influence at the Executive Level

• Build compelling executive-level materials and narratives to drive decisions

• Navigate complex stakeholder dynamics with confidence and clarity

• Challenge assumptions and push for higher standards while maintaining strong relationships

What Success Looks Like

• A clear, enterprise clinical talent strategy replaces fragmented efforts

• Strong, visible bench of clinical leaders across key roles

• Increased internal mobility into clinical leadership positions

• Consistent, high-impact talent reviews that drive action

• Scalable pipelines for future clinical leadership needs

• Clear accountability and alignment across Talent, Clinical, and Operations

What You Bring

Core Capabilities

• Strategic and critical thinking, ability to connect complex systems

• Strong project and program management across multiple workstreams

• Executive communication skills, especially building clear PowerPoint narratives

• Ability to influence without authority across senior stakeholders

• Confidence to challenge thinking and introduce new approaches

• Ability to balance enterprise strategy with local flexibility

Experience

• Background in consulting, operations, HR, or a hybrid role

• Experience leading enterprise-level strategy or transformation initiatives

• Proven ability to work in complex, matrixed environments

• Track record of driving change and delivering measurable outcomes

• Healthcare or clinical experience is a plus, not required

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 $115,000.00 - $183,000.00 per year.

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.