Director, Sr Corporate Counsel, DaVita Venture Group

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DaVita Kidney Care (“DaVita”) is a global leader in kidney-care services, dedicated to improving patients’ quality of life through clinical excellence and compassionate care. DaVita operates thousands of outpatient dialysis centers nationwide and partners with hospitals and physicians to deliver integrated treatment and innovative care models.

This Director, Senior Corporate Counsel, DaVita Venture Group will serve as a strategic legal partner to the DaVita Venture Group, focusing on building partnerships with health care innovators to help improve the lives of patients with kidney disease.  The primary scope of this role includes drafting, negotiating, and closing a wide variety of strategic transactions, including Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), strategic partnerships, and equity investments.

As a member of DaVita’s legal department, the “Justice League of DaVita” (JLD), this attorney must balance legal risk with business objectives, providing creative, practical, commercially-minded advice while maintaining the highest ethical standards. This role offers a unique opportunity to work on high-impact deals that drive the growth and evolution throughout DaVita’s different businesses.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Deal Execution: Under the supervision of the Group General Counsel, support all aspects of M&A transactions and equity investments from due diligence through closing. This includes drafting and negotiating non-disclosure agreements, term sheets, and definitive agreements such as stock purchase, stockholder, investor rights, and voting agreements.
• Strategic Partnership Agreements: Under the supervision of the Group General Counsel, support all aspects of strategic partnerships and joint ventures, including drafting and negotiating pilot and other partnership agreements to drive a broad range of initiatives with innovative third parties.
• Due Diligence: Manage and coordinate legal due diligence, identify key risks (regulatory, operational, contractual) and propose mitigation strategies.
• Strategic Advice: Develop and effectively articulate creative solutions within the context of the broader business and enterprise-level objectives to drive risk mitigation and negotiation strategies.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with the Finance, Compliance, Accounting and Clinical teams to ensure deal terms align with enterprise goals and regulatory requirements (e.g., Stark, Anti-Kickback).
• Process Improvement: Contribute to the development and implementation of playbooks, standardized templates, processes and training materials, while leveraging emerging technologies and AI-enabled tools.
• Outside Counsel Management: Efficiently manage outside counsel when engaged for specialized support, ensuring high-quality work product and budget adherence.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Education: Juris Doctorate (J.D.) from an accredited law school.
• Licensure: Admission to a State Bar in good standing (Colorado preferred; ability to waive into Colorado required).
  • 3 to 6 years of legal practice, preferably with a top-tier law firm or a sophisticated in-house legal department.
  • Substantial experience in corporate transactions, specifically M&A, strategic partnerships, and/or venture capital or growth equity investments.
  • Experience in the healthcare industry is preferred but not strictly required for a quick learner.

ESSENTIAL BEHAVIORS, SKILLS, AND ATTITUDES

• Commitment to Core Values: A deep resonance with DaVita’s values of Service Excellence, Integrity, Team, Continuous Improvement, Accountability, Fulfillment, and Fun.

• Agility: Demonstrated time management and organizational skills and comfort working independently in a fast-paced, high-volume environment with shifting priorities and competing work streams to achieve thoughtful, successful, and timely results.
• Communication: Superior written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills with an acute ability to listen attentively and to distill complex legal concepts into “plain English” throughout all levels of the organization.
• Commercial Judgment: Ability to balance legal risk with business objectives, providing creative, practical, commercially-minded advice while maintaining the highest ethical standards.
• “Team First” Mentality: A collaborative spirit and willingness to jump in and help colleagues.

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.