Director, Talent Acquisition

Posting Date

05/28/2026 2000 16th St, Denver, Colorado, 80202-5117, United States of America

Director, Talent Acquisition

We are seeking an inspiring and motivated leader who will play a pivotal role in shaping our organization's success by providing strategic and tactical leadership, counsel, and direction to the field leadership to attract, hire, and retain top talent.

As the Director of Talent Acquisition, you will seamlessly blend operational expertise with strategic insight. This pivotal role involves optimizing talent acquisition processes while aligning recruitment strategies with broader organizational objectives. As a Director of Talent Acquisition, you'll play a crucial part in shaping our workforce, ensuring we attract, retain, and develop top-tier talent to drive our organization forward.

Additionally, this position identifies and develops strategic growth opportunities, monitors division performance, and works closely with Regional Operations Directors and Divisional Vice Presidents or SVP to develop competitive recruiting strategies in alignment with DaVita's mission and values.

Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.

Here's what you can expect as a Talent Acquisition Director at DaVita:

The following duties and responsibilities generally reflect the expectations of this position but are not intended to be all inclusive.

• Provide day-to-day management, ongoing education, support, inspiration and coaching of talent acquisition manager/supervisor and partners.

• Create a team powerhouse. You will have responsibility for approximately 24 direct/ indirect reports you will inspire to join you in the quest to ensure a top tier talent acquisition process.

• Own the entire talent acquisition function for ~$500 million business lane in a large multi-state geography.

• You will be measured on key metrics and outcomes you and your team are able to drive from the business you inherit.

• Develop and execute strategic plans for recruitment goals across 340 division facilities.

• Work closely with operational business partners (People Service Managers, Regional Operations Directors, Division Vice Presidents, Group Vice Presidents) and key stakeholders to partner on hiring need alignment and strategies to meet hiring objectives; to include proactive communication on results and possible roadblocks impacting hiring performance.

• Establish and manage a cohesive talent acquisition team that excels at meeting business hiring targets; ensure effective, consistent attraction and selection processes are in place and operational business partners have appropriate talent acquisition support to fill high impact roles.

• Manage, leverage, and challenge existing recruiting strategies, methods, and systems to generate a proactive and efficient approach to increasing application volume to meet hiring needs, while improving the quality of candidates, and time to hire.

• Lead team to utilize our Applicant Tracking System (ATS) to the fullest extent.

• Monitor and track metrics to identify trends; redirect team as appropriate to ensure workload is managed to produce established goals.

• Collaborate with talent acquisition leadership to effectively manage pilot recruitment programs, leading to successful rollout of programs designed to offer high-impact, simplified recruiting methods.

• Work at company that honors and rewards teammate for living DaVita's 7 core values: Service Excellence, Team, Continuous Improvement, Accountability, Fulfillment and Fun.

• Know, understand, implement, and follow DaVita teammate and employment guidelines.

• Travel required: up to 20%

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in related area required; master's degree preferred.

• Minimum of 5 years' management experience preferred; multi-site, decentralized (off-site, home-based team) preferred.

• Minimum of 7 years' recruiting and/or related HR experience preferred.

• Minimum of 2 years sales experience (inside or outside) preferred.

• Minimum of 2 years' experience in high-volume recruitment preferred.

• Knowledge of applicant tracking systems; experience with recruiting databases strongly preferred.

• In-depth knowledge of AAPs (Affirmative Action Plans) and laws/regulations related to staffing and recruitment required.

• Intermediate computer skills and proficiency in MS Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint required.

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 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 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.

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.

The Salary Range for the role is $115,000.00 - $183,000.00/year. If a candidate is hired, they will be paid at least the minimum wage according to their geographical jurisdiction and the exemption status for the position. New York Exempt: New York City and Long Island: $66,300.00/year, Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester counties: $66,300.00/year, Remainder of New York state: $62,353.20/year New York Non-exempt: New York City and Long Island: $17.00/hour, Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester counties: $17.00/hour, Remainder of New York state: $16.00/hour Washington Exempt: $80,168.40/year Washington Non-exempt: Bellingham: $19.13/hour, Burien: $21.63/hour, Everette: $20.77/hour, Unincorporated King County: $20.82/hour, Renton: $21.57/hour, Seattle: $21.30/hour, Tukwila: $21.65/hour, Remainder of Washington state: $17.13/hour

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 at

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.

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