{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"1998df1fa3d4d7d2f3be49cf","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/1998df1fa3d4d7d2f3be49cf","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/1998df1fa3d4d7d2f3be49cf","title":"Director, Performance & Capability Design","description":"Posting Date\n04/15/2026\n2000 16th St, Denver, Colorado, 80202-5117, United States of America\nDirector, Performance & Capability Design\nLocation: Denver, CO (Hybrid)\nThe Opportunity\nWe are transforming how DaVita builds workforce capability. We are moving beyond traditional training design to build a Performance & Capability Design function that solves business problems by addressing the holistic ecosystem of tools, processes, environment, and skills.\nWe are seeking a Director of Performance & Capability Design to lead this transformation. This is not a traditional Learning & Development role; it is a strategic business leadership role. You will own the strategy and lead large-scale projects for diagnosing and resolving the organization's most complex human performance challenges. You will lead an internal consulting team to architect systemic solutions that directly impact our clinical and business outcomes.\nAn ideal candidate will be highly proficient in leading human performance consulting projects with a proven track record in designing enterprise-wide capability development and large-scale change implementation.\nYour Impact\nAs a key member of the leadership team, you will:\nOwn the Performance Strategy: Shift the organization from \"order-taking\" to \"value-creating\" by aligning enablement initiatives with DaVita’s highest-priority business goals.\nDrive Business Results: Move beyond transactional learning metrics (completion/satisfaction) to transformational business and leadership metrics (clinical and business performance outcomes, leadership bench strength, pipeline readiness, and retention of high-potentials).\nLead Systemic Change: Partner with senior executives to identify when a \"training problem\" is actually a process, technology, or environment problem and influence cross-functionally to drive solutions across those domains.\nEssential Duties and Responsibilities\nEnterprise Performance Strategy\nSet the Vision: Define and execute the long-term roadmap for Performance & Capability Enablement at DaVita, transitioning the capability from content production to performance consulting and strategic problem solving.\nExecutive Partnership: Serve as a strategic advisor to VP and C-level leaders in Operational and Clinical priorities. Translate their business strategy into workforce capability requirements.\nData-Driven Decision Making: Institutionalize performance analysis methods (light to high touch) to ensure we are solving the right problems, not just treating symptoms. Establish a measurement framework that links enablement activities to tangible ROI and business KPIs. Use data to prioritize high-impact initiatives and deprioritize low-value requests.\nArchitecting Solutions & Ecosystems\nHolistic Solution Design: Lead the design and facilitate workshops to architect multi-disciplinary performance support and capability development systems that integrate workflow support, process re-engineering, technology adoption, and skill-building.\nDrive Strategic Initiatives: Lead from the front on large-scale, high-complexity consulting projects. Align business, technology, and delivery lanes to implement behavioral changes that enable critical performance outcomes and advance multi-year strategies.\nTechnology & Innovation: Partner with the Technology and Product teams to ensure our tools and platforms inherently enable performance, reducing the cognitive load on our teammates.\nOrganizational Leadership & Team Development\nLeadership: Build, mentor, and lead a team of Performance architects. Transform their capabilities from instructional design to performance engineering and business consulting.\nChange Management: Drive the internal change management required to shift stakeholder expectations from \"requesting training\" to \"partnering on performance.\"\nOperational Excellence: Oversee the portfolio of high-stakes enablement projects, ensuring resource allocation aligns with enterprise value.\nMinimum Qualifications\nStrategic Experience: 8+ years of progressive leadership experience in Performance Improvement, Organizational Effectiveness, Strategy Consulting, or L&D.\nPerformance Mindset: Proficiency in Human Performance Technology (HPT) or similar methodologies. You view \"training\" as just one lever in a broader toolkit that includes process, tools, and environment.\nBusiness Acumen: Demonstrated ability to speak the language of the business (operations, finance, clinical metrics) and connect performance strategies to the P&L. Highly proficient in building presentation decks that clearly visualize data and drive effective decision-making.\nTransformation Leadership: Proven track record of leading teams through functional transformations (e.g., shifting from production to strategy).\nExecutive Presence: Ability to challenge senior stakeholders constructively, negotiate priorities, and influence without direct authority.\nBased in Denver, CO (in-office downtown T, W, flex 3rd day)\nTravel required: up to 20%\nHere is what you can expect when you join our Village:\nA \"community first, company second\" culture based on Core Values that really matter\nClinical outcomes consistently ranked above the national average\nAward-winning education and training across multiple career paths to help you reach your potential\nPerformance-based rewards based on stellar individual and team contributions\nA comprehensive benefits package designed to enhance your health, your financial well-being and your future\nWhat We’ll Provide:\nMore 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.\nComprehensive benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match, paid time off, PTO cash out\nSupport for you and your family: Family resources, EAP counseling sessions, access Headspace®, backup child and elder care, maternity/paternity leave and more\nProfessional 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.\nAt 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.\nThis position will be open for a minimum of three days.\nFor location-specific minimum wage details, see the following link: DaVita.jobs/WageRates\nCompensation 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\nColorado 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.\n#LI-CH1\nAt 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.\nThis position will be open for a minimum of three days.\nThe Salary Range for the role is $115,000.00 - $183,000.00/year.\nFor location-specific minimum wage details, see the following link: DaVita.jobs/WageRates\nCompensation 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\nColorado 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.\nBeware of Recruitment Fraud\nDaVita will never ask for payment or personal financial information at any point in the hiring process, nor will we ever communicate with you using email addresses outside of the DaVita secure network. If you receive a request like this, it is not legitimate. 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We are moving beyond traditional training design to build a Performance & Capability Design function that solves business problems by addressing the holistic ecosystem of tools, processes, environment, and skills.\nWe are seeking a Director of Performance & Capability Design to lead this transformation. This is not a traditional Learning & Development role; it is a strategic business leadership role. You will own the strategy and lead large-scale projects for diagnosing and resolving the organization's most complex human performance challenges. You will lead an internal consulting team to architect systemic solutions that directly impact our clinical and business outcomes.\nAn ideal candidate will be highly proficient in leading human performance consulting projects with a proven track record in designing enterprise-wide capability development and large-scale change implementation.\nYour Impact\nAs a key member of the leadership team, you will:\nOwn the Performance Strategy: Shift the organization from \"order-taking\" to \"value-creating\" by aligning enablement initiatives with DaVita’s highest-priority business goals.\nDrive Business Results: Move beyond transactional learning metrics (completion/satisfaction) to transformational business and leadership metrics (clinical and business performance outcomes, leadership bench strength, pipeline readiness, and retention of high-potentials).\nLead Systemic Change: Partner with senior executives to identify when a \"training problem\" is actually a process, technology, or environment problem and influence cross-functionally to drive solutions across those domains.\nEssential Duties and Responsibilities\nEnterprise Performance Strategy\nSet the Vision: Define and execute the long-term roadmap for Performance & Capability Enablement at DaVita, transitioning the capability from content production to performance consulting and strategic problem solving.\nExecutive Partnership: Serve as a strategic advisor to VP and C-level leaders in Operational and Clinical priorities. Translate their business strategy into workforce capability requirements.\nData-Driven Decision Making: Institutionalize performance analysis methods (light to high touch) to ensure we are solving the right problems, not just treating symptoms. Establish a measurement framework that links enablement activities to tangible ROI and business KPIs. Use data to prioritize high-impact initiatives and deprioritize low-value requests.\nArchitecting Solutions & Ecosystems\nHolistic Solution Design: Lead the design and facilitate workshops to architect multi-disciplinary performance support and capability development systems that integrate workflow support, process re-engineering, technology adoption, and skill-building.\nDrive Strategic Initiatives: Lead from the front on large-scale, high-complexity consulting projects. Align business, technology, and delivery lanes to implement behavioral changes that enable critical performance outcomes and advance multi-year strategies.\nTechnology & Innovation: Partner with the Technology and Product teams to ensure our tools and platforms inherently enable performance, reducing the cognitive load on our teammates.\nOrganizational Leadership & Team Development\nLeadership: Build, mentor, and lead a team of Performance architects. Transform their capabilities from instructional design to performance engineering and business consulting.\nChange Management: Drive the internal change management required to shift stakeholder expectations from \"requesting training\" to \"partnering on performance.\"\nOperational Excellence: Oversee the portfolio of high-stakes enablement projects, ensuring resource allocation aligns with enterprise value.\nMinimum Qualifications\nStrategic Experience: 8+ years of progressive leadership experience in Performance Improvement, Organizational Effectiveness, Strategy Consulting, or L&D.\nPerformance Mindset: Proficiency in Human Performance Technology (HPT) or similar methodologies. You view \"training\" as just one lever in a broader toolkit that includes process, tools, and environment.\nBusiness Acumen: Demonstrated ability to speak the language of the business (operations, finance, clinical metrics) and connect performance strategies to the P&L. Highly proficient in building presentation decks that clearly visualize data and drive effective decision-making.\nTransformation Leadership: Proven track record of leading teams through functional transformations (e.g., shifting from production to strategy).\nExecutive Presence: Ability to challenge senior stakeholders constructively, negotiate priorities, and influence without direct authority.\nBased in Denver, CO (in-office downtown T, W, flex 3rd day)\nTravel required: up to 20%\nHere is what you can expect when you join our Village:\nA \"community first, company second\" culture based on Core Values that really matter\nClinical outcomes consistently ranked above the national average\nAward-winning education and training across multiple career paths to help you reach your potential\nPerformance-based rewards based on stellar individual and team contributions\nA comprehensive benefits package designed to enhance your health, your financial well-being and your future\nWhat We’ll Provide:\nMore 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.\nComprehensive benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match, paid time off, PTO cash out\nSupport for you and your family: Family resources, EAP counseling sessions, access Headspace®, backup child and elder care, maternity/paternity leave and more\nProfessional 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.\nAt 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.\nThis position will be open for a minimum of three days.\nFor location-specific minimum wage details, see the following link: DaVita.jobs/WageRates\nCompensation 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\nColorado 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.\n#LI-CH1\nAt 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.\nThis position will be open for a minimum of three days.\nThe Salary Range for the role is $115,000.00 - $183,000.00/year.\nFor location-specific minimum wage details, see the following link: DaVita.jobs/WageRates\nCompensation 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\nColorado 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.\nBeware of Recruitment Fraud\nDaVita will never ask for payment or personal financial information at any point in the hiring process, nor will we ever communicate with you using email addresses outside of the DaVita secure network. If you receive a request like this, it is not legitimate. Do not share your information.","datePosted":"2026-07-21T11:37:03.825Z","dateModified":"2026-07-21T11:37:03.825Z","hiringOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Davit","sameAs":"https://jobsearcher.com"},"jobLocation":{"@type":"Place","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressLocality":"Denver","addressRegion":"CO","addressCountry":"US"}},"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"JobSearcher","value":"1998df1fa3d4d7d2f3be49cf"},"url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/1998df1fa3d4d7d2f3be49cf"}}