Sr. Manager, Engagement (DaVita IKC)

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Opportunity for Impact

At DaVita, we are transforming kidney care. As the Sr. Manager, Patient Activation, you will play a critical role in shaping how patients engage in their care journey -helping them adopt evidence-based care plans, access preventive and disease management programs, and ultimately improve health outcomes while reducing the total cost of care.

This is a unique opportunity to lead a new strategic lane within our Integrated Kidney Care (IKC) business, supporting patient populations across DaVita. Success in this role requires not just strategic design, but also the ability to navigate a complex, multi-stakeholder environment -bringing together clinical, operational, product, and field teams to co-create scalable solutions. If you excel at building partnerships, aligning diverse perspectives, and driving enterprise outcomes, this role offers the chance to make a real difference for patients, and communities.

What You'll Do

• Lead Patient Activation Strategy - Serve as the program lead for ESKD patient activation, ensuring initiatives align with enterprise goals and quality outcomes.

• Design & Deliver Programs - Develop, pilot, and scale activation approaches that improve key outcomes (e.g., transition-of-care adherence, lifestyle adoption, treatment consistency).

• Create Meaningful Content - Partner with marketing and clinical teams to design patient-facing education, outreach scripts, and tools.

• Drive Cross-Functional Alignment - Act as the connective tissue across Operations, Clinical Transformation, Product, and Field teams to ensure strategies are feasible, scalable, and supported by all stakeholders.

• Influence Through Collaboration - Build strong relationships and influence decision-making at multiple levels of the organization, ensuring buy-in and shared ownership of activation goals.

• Track & Measure Performance - Define key metrics (e.g., activation rates, self-management adoption) and report outcomes across markets and contracts.

• Manage Projects & Partnerships - Oversee pilots, enterprise rollouts, and vendor/community collaborations that enhance patient activation.

• Innovate & Improve - Apply behavioral science, digital engagement tools, and best practices to continually elevate the patient experience.

• Champion Change - Advocate for activation strategies across the Village, ensuring field teammates understand and support patient activation efforts.

What We're Looking For

• Education: Bachelor's degree required; Master's in Public Health, Health Administration, or related field preferred.

• Experience: 7+ years in patient engagement, population health, behavioral science or healthcare program management.

• Expertise: Proven ability to deliver results in highly cross-functional, multi-stakeholder settings; experience in value-based care or chronic disease management preferred.

• Skills: Exceptional communication, facilitation, and storytelling skills; data-driven mindset with a track record of defining and achieving measurable outcomes.

• Mindset: Strategic thinker and natural collaborator who thrives in ambiguity, builds trust across teams, and brings people together to achieve bold goals.

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.

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.