Lead Specialist, Contract Negotiation

Posting Date

07/27/2026

5200 Virginia Way, Brentwood, Tennessee, 37027-7569, United States of America

Overview of DaVita: DaVita is a Fortune 500® health care provider focused on transforming care delivery to improve quality of life for patients around the globe. We’re driven to deliver differential, equitable and holistic care to our patients throughout their entire kidney disease journey. We are dedicated to an unwavering pursuit of a healthier tomorrow through our Mission and Core Values.

Our Mission: To Be the Provider, Partner and Employer of Choice

Our Core Values: Service Excellence, Integrity, Team, Continuous Improvement, Accountability, Fulfillment and Fun           

Overview of the Position and Team:

Title: Lead Specialist, Contract Negotiations                                                   Location: Remote

Team Description: The Payor Partnerships team manages relationships with a wide variety of payors, including commercial health plans, medical groups and hospitals, among others. Within these relationships, the team is responsible for negotiating and implementing all payor/provider contracts, educating our payor partners on various DaVita programs that create value and improve patient care and outcomes, and reviewing financial models and language terms to ensure our agreements keep pace with the dynamic healthcare market. Further, the Payor Partnerships team helps shape DaVita’s strategy within the evolving healthcare landscape, including value-based care agreements.

Position Description: This role will be tasked with the creation, negotiation, and execution agreements, inclusive of but limited to Multi-Patient Agreements, Fee-For-Service Agreements, and renewals between payors and DaVita facilities. In addition to executing agreements, the Lead will serve as a subject matter expert (SME) for the team, providing strategic guidance, training teammates, and driving process improvements to enhance efficiency and quality.

This role requires a deep understanding of the Revenue Cycle and the ability to leverage advanced expertise to craft agreements that balance payor and DaVita objectives. The incumbent will also handle escalated cases, lead projects, and foster cross-departmental collaboration to achieve team goals.

Other duties as assigned.

Experience and Education:  

 

• Bachelor’s Degree, or combination of education and experience
• Project Management experience
• Minimum 2 years of contract language review and redlining
• Minimum 2 years of negotiation experience
• Ability to assist in financial analysis and interpret financial data to support business decisions
• Ability to communicate persuasively, both orally and in written form
• Healthcare experience

Key Skills:

• High emotional intelligence (high EQ)
• Commitment to DaVita’s Core Values
• Highly skilled in negotiating complex, multi-faceted contracts.
• Strong leadership abilities to guide and mentor junior negotiators and manage cross-functional teams.
• Proficiency with healthcare reimbursement methodologies
• Conflict resolution skills to handle disputes effectively.
• Superior written and verbal communication to articulate contract terms, proposals, and strategies to both internal stakeholders and external payors/providers.
• Meticulous attention to detail when reviewing legal terms and financial models.
• Strategic decision-making under tight deadlines and in high-pressure situations.

Travel: Required up to 10%

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 Wage Range for the role is $24.71 - $36.60 per hour.

 

 

 

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: $21.71/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

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.