Sr Director, AI Capabilities (Technology)

Posting Date

11/04/2026
2000 16th Street, Denver, Colorado, 80202, United States of America

The Sr. Director, AI Capabilities - Strategy and Product Management will serve as a strategic leader responsible for shaping and advancing the Village’s AI strategy and critical capabilities. This role focuses on managing repeatable, Village-ready AI technologies, driving high-value use cases, and ensuring sustainable, ethical, and scalable solutions. As both a champion and challenger, the Sr. Director will guide the Village toward best-fit AI capabilities, partner closely with business and product leaders to evaluate and prioritize opportunities and ensure AI adoption delivers measurable business impact.

AI Strategy & Vision

• Champion repeatable, sustainable AI solutions while constructively challenging approaches to ensure scalability, efficiency, and responsible use.

Capability Development & Governance

• Bring Product mindset in building and managing a portfolio of foundational AI capabilities (e.g., generative AI, machine learning platforms, automation frameworks) that can be applied across multiple use cases.

• Establish standards, best practices, and governance models for responsible AI deployment.

Use Case Identification & Delivery

• Partner with business and product leaders to evaluate, prioritize, and execute high-value AI opportunities.

• Manage team of AI product managers (functional and technical) who bring modern product management approach and practices in the rapid, iterative delivery of AI solutions.

• Translate emerging technologies into practical enterprise use cases that improve efficiency, decision-making, and teammate/customer experience.

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Collaborate with business, engineering, data, and other product stakeholders to drive adoption of AI capabilities at scale.

• Act as a trusted advisor and thought leader, influencing executive leadership on AI trends, risks, and opportunities.

Innovation & External Awareness

• Continuously scan the technology landscape for disruptive AI advancements, identifying areas to test, adopt, or adapt including best practice approaches for end-to-end AI solution delivery.
• Foster a culture of innovation, experimentation, and continuous improvement.

Other Duties as Assigned

Education and Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Information Systems, or a related technical discipline (or equivalent progressive work/Village experience).
• Leadership Experience: 5+ years of direct people management experience leading software engineering managers, tech leads, and multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Platform & Technical Experience: 10+ years of progressive experience in software engineering, distributed systems, or data/AI platform engineering
• Enterprise Collaboration & Matrix Mastery: Demonstrated track record of working across matrixed technical and product organizations.
• Cloud & MLOps Architecture: Deep expertise in cloud-native architectures (Google Cloud Platform / GCP preferred)
• Strategic Influence & Executive Communication: Proven track record of cross-functional influence, collaborating with executive stakeholders, clinical/business leaders, and enterprise architects in a complex matrixed environment.
• Healthcare Domain Acumen: Understanding of healthcare workflows, clinical decision support, EHR integrations, and healthcare data governance (HIPAA/PHI) is highly preferred.
  
  

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

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.

The Salary Range for the role is $148,000.00 - $234,000.00 per year.

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.

About Us

DaVita (NYSE: DVA) is a comprehensive kidney care provider focused on transforming care to improve the quality of life for patients globally. The company is a leading provider of kidney care services in the U.S. and has been a leader in clinical quality and innovation for more than 20 years. DaVita is working to help increase equitable access to care for patients at every stage and setting along their kidney health journey—from slowing progression of kidney disease to streamlining the transplant process, from acute hospital care to dialysis at home. As of March 31, 2022, DaVita served 200,800 patients at 2,809 outpatient dialysis centers in the U.S. The company operated an additional 346 outpatient dialysis centers in 11 other countries worldwide. DaVita has reduced hospitalizations, improved mortality and worked collaboratively to help propel the kidney care community to adopt an equitable, high-quality standard of care for patients around the globe.

To learn more about what it means to be a part of our Village, visit Careers.DaVita.com.

DaVita is an equal opportunity employer- Male/Female/Veterans/Disabled. To learn more about what this means click here.

We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing and background verification checks.

We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws.