Director Of Technology Innovation

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

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Over the last decade, we set out to be the world's greatest dialysis company, and over the next decade, we're poised to build the greatest healthcare community the world has ever seen. When you join the DaVita Village, you're joining a winning team. Through our commitment to training, growth and quality, we consistently achieve superior clinical outcomes while giving teammates the opportunity to excel in an award-winning environment that enables them to thrive both professionally and personally.

The Director of Technology Innovation will lead initiatives critical to the success of DaVita. These include:

• Introduction and incubation of disruptive technologies that improve patient clinical outcomes in kidney care
• Operating model changes to drive efficiency of care delivery and improve teammate job satisfaction
• Process re-engineering for hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis operations

The Director will lead a team of highly motivated individuals with backgrounds ranging from management consulting to process engineering to healthcare operations, and is expected to: (1) identify which work will add the most value, (2) effectively lead work streams with dependencies on many different business units, (3) collaborate well throughout the organization, and (4) communicate recommendations to senior executives on a regular basis.

Location: Denver, Colorado required – onsite (hybrid schedule)

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Identify and implement next-generation IT solutions, including those that incorporate the latest advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning
• Embody DaVita’s core values every day
• Determine how planned IT solutions will impact existing business processes and systems and partner with others to manage their integration
• Ensure IT standards are established and solutions are compliant with policies and regulations
• Lead effective evaluations of external vendors when appropriate
• Assess business needs for technology solutions through direct interaction with business stakeholders
• Take accountability for results and motivate teammates
• Present comfortably and compellingly to senior audiences
• Work closely with teammates in the clinics and develop relationships with operators and clinicians
• Allocate team resources to ensure all timelines and deliverables are met
• Understand enterprise IT solutions arechitecture and effectively determine the optimal IT strategy for any business need (i.e. which existing platform fits the new use case best, or whether a new platform must be created)
• Up to 50% travel may be required at times; though typical travel is 5-10%
• Proactively analyze opportunities to develop and improve the business through effective IT solutions
• Act as a broker of IT services with both internal and external resources and negotiate IT services, service-level agreements (SLAs), and prices
• Partner with the business in writing user requirements
• Distill complex business problems and intricate IT considerations into simple, impactful stories
• Develop and mentor teammates

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience leading large-scale business transformation from concept through implementation with tangible impact on operating/financial performance
• Master’s Degree preferred.
• Healthcare experience preferred
• Demonstrated ability to build professional relationships, influence others, and drive meaningful change that ‘sticks’
• Undergraduate degree in technical area (e.g. computer science, engineering) required
• 10+ years of total work experience in progressive roles with experience managing complex IT projects in medium to large corporate environments
• Demonstrated proficiency leveraging machine learning or artificial intelligence to solve a key business problem preferred

Here is what you can expect when you join our Village:

• Award-winning education and training across multiple career paths to help you reach your potential.
• Clinical outcomes consistently ranked above the national average.
• Performance-based rewards based on stellar individual and team contributions.
• Dedication, above all, to caring for patients suffering from chronic kidney failure across the nation.
• A comprehensive benefits package designed to enhance your health, your financial well-being and your future.
• A "community first, company second" culture based on Core Values that really matter.

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.

• 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.
• Support for you and your family: Family resources, EAP counseling sessions, access Headspace®, backup child and elder care, maternity/paternity leave and more
• Comprehensive benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match, paid time off, PTO cash out

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 Diversity & 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 an affirmative action employer. As such, 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.

Salary/ Wage Range

$121,200.00 - $177,900.00 / year

Compensation for the role will depend on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience and may fall outside of the range shown. 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

• If this position is located in a region with minimum wage requirements, we will not pay less than the applicable minimum wage: Denver: $17.29/per hour for nonexempt roles, Colorado: $50k/year for exempt roles.