Senior Director, Digital Innovation Partnerships

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Oversee the development of a comprehensive enterprise capability that aligns future digital functionalities with business objectives and requirements.

• Collaborate with senior executives and cross-functional leaders to comprehend strategic priorities and pinpoint opportunities for innovation.

• Evaluate emerging technologies and market trends to identify potential external partnerships that can enhance business value.

• Lead initiatives in Innovation & Opportunity Development, Strategic Partnerships & Ecosystem, and Market & Technology Intelligence.

• Create frameworks for identifying, evaluating, and prioritizing emerging opportunities.

• Convert market, technology, and competitive insights into actionable opportunities.

• Perform structured opportunity assessments and generate recommendations regarding opportunities to explore, pursue internally, develop through partnerships, or discontinue.

• Design and implement experiments to test hypotheses in collaboration with cross-functional teams.

• Establish processes for transitioning opportunities from discovery to validation and execution teams.

• Develop and implement a strategic approach to partnerships.

• Cultivate relationships with technology providers, startups, innovators, and academic institutions.

• Facilitate co-creation and ideation sessions with both external partners and internal leaders.

• Directly supervise a small, senior-level team and mentor team members for professional growth.

• Collaborate with research, design, and prototyping teams to establish working groups for innovation projects.

• Promote innovation throughout the organization.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor’s Degree is required; a Master of Science or Business Administration (MBA) or an equivalent advanced degree is highly preferred, or equivalent relevant experience.

• A minimum of 10 years of relevant experience.

• Extensive experience leading strategic initiatives in uncertain environments, incorporating emerging technologies, and driving transformational change.

• Proven experience in executing opportunity assessments, translating insights into strategic recommendations, and persuading senior executives to prioritize innovation initiatives.

• Experience in establishing and managing external partnership ecosystems.

• Demonstrated capability to understand emerging technologies and convert them into business opportunities.

• Experience in leading high-performing senior-level teams while balancing clear direction, empathy, and coaching for growth.

• Exceptional communication skills, a strong executive presence, and the ability to build relationships effectively.

• Willingness to travel up to approximately 25% of the time.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical insurance

• Dental insurance

• Vision insurance

• 401(k) match

• Paid time off

• PTO cash out

• Family resources

• EAP counseling sessions

• Access to Headspace®

• Backup child and elder care

• Maternity/paternity leave

• Professional development programs

• On-demand virtual leadership and development courses through DaVita’s online training platform StarLearning