Manager, Value-Based Care, Strategic Payor Account Management

Posting Date

Manager, Value-Based Care, Strategic Payor Account Management 

Location:05555 – Denver HQCasa Del Mundo (Full time, Hybrid) 

About the Team: 

The Integrated Kidney Care (IKC) Account Management teamsupports anationalportfolio of value-based carepartnerships and is part of the broader Payor Partnerships team responsible for managing an $8B revenue portfolio with national value-based care (VBC) business covering over $5B in medical spend.  

Weoperateas a trusted partner and subject matter expert fora highly complexpatientpopulation (End-Stage Kidney Disease and Chronic Kidney Disease),providing critical clinical and operational visibility that our care partners often lack.As advocates for our patients and for DaVita, we guide these partnerships toward mutually beneficial opportunities that improve care and drive sustainable growth. 

We focus on consistentlydemonstrating our value as a partner to increase the likelihood of program renewals and expansions across new markets, disease states, and geographies as well as improving program performance through clinical collaboration and securing necessary payor resources. 

The Role: 

As a Manager on the IKC Account Management team, you arethe external representative of DaVita’svalue-based carebusiness to ourcare partners, which include health plans,accountablecareorganizations (ACOs), and health systems. Your scope includes communicating programperformancethroughboth internal and external executive forums,surfacing andpursuing opportunities for performance improvement,andproviding support forsustainable growthofIKC’svalue-based carepartnerships. 

This is a highly visible roleworking with executive leadership across DaVita and conducting regularmeetings with external stakeholders and senior counterparts at our partner organizations.You will own businessdevelopment for existing accounts andcollaborate with the broader negotiating team. 

Core Responsibilities: 

• Growth, Extensions, and Expansions:Identify, develop, and pursue expansion opportunities within assigned accounts against defined growth targets. Support contract extensions and renewals with performance context, partner intelligence, and commercial framing.Partner with the BusinessDevelopment Director and negotiating team on strategy for assigned accounts. 

• Joint Operating Committee (JOC) Leadership: Own the end-to-end JOC cycle across assigned accounts, including cadence, standing agenda, and preparation timeline. Constructthe performance narrative presented to partners: synthesize clinical, actuarial, and financial results into a coherent case,communicateoutcomes, and position new clinical programs and pilots to build partner confidence. Convene clinical, actuarial, finance, andrisk adjustmentstakeholders to secure inputs ondeadline;andreconcile conflicting figures before they reach the partner. Lead internal pre-reads with executive leadership,facilitate the JOC, and drive follow-ups to closure. 

• Account Ownership: Serve as the accountable owner for assigned accounts, including relationship health and partnerexperience.Maintain working command of contract terms and interpret performance results for payor-facing use. Route net-new partner requests through the established intake path andrepresent IKC priorities/requests to payors. Build andmaintain durable account documentation, including contract summaries, stakeholder maps, and JOC playbooks.  

• Team Leadership: Manage, develop, and set clearobjectives and expectations for the teammates supporting your portfolio. Coach individuals based on their unique developmentneeds, and foster an environment of psychological safety that clears the path for their professional growth. 

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's degreerequired. 

• Minimum offive (5) years' experience in healthcare, managed care, consulting, or a related field; direct experience with value-based care or shared-risk partnerships strongly preferred. 

• Demonstrated experience owning external client or partner relationships. 

• Demonstrated ability to synthesize clinical and financial data into a persuasive narrative for a senior external audience. 

• Experiencecollaborating with leaders and peersin other lanes to drive results andsuccessfullymanage multiple concurrent workstreams. 

• Proficiency in MS Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlookrequired. 

Additional Success Factors: 

• Experience supporting commercial growth, renewals, or account expansion. 

• Working knowledge ofinsurance rules and regulations forhealth carepayors andvalue-based care providers. 

• Strong interpersonal skills and the credibility to serve as a thought partner to internal executives and external partner leadership. 

• People management experience preferred. 

• Personal values in line with DaVita'sCore Valuesof Service Excellence, Integrity, Team, Continuous Improvement, Accountability, Fulfillment & Fun. 

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. 

#LI-KM4

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.

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 athttps://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.