Director, Assistant General Counsel

Posting Date 09/08/2026 2000 16th Street, Denver, Colorado, 80202, United States of America Assistant General Counsel – Operations Location: Denver HQ or Nashville- Hybrid Position Summary Join us in our unwavering pursuit of a healthier tomorrow. Why choose DaVita? Put simply, it’s more than just a job… it’s a lifestyle. Members of DaVita’s legal department contribute in ways that make a positive impact!

Opportunities for community and team involvement and leadership are both abundant and encouraged. As a key legal leader, people manager, and strategic business partner, you will provide comprehensive legal support, oversee legal operations, and drive continuous improvement across critical business lines and newly acquired entities. In this role, you will lead and collaborate with a dynamic team consisting of attorneys and legal staff, fostering a culture of high performance, transparency, people development, and operational excellence.

You will spearhead strategic initiatives to enable rapid, compliant business expansion, including collaborating with contracting attorneys, structuring compliant pricing and commercial growth strategies across new state markets, and establishing rigorous due diligence frameworks for regulatorily complex operations. Serving as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, you will independently bridge legal, regulatory, and business objectives, ensuring federal and state healthcare laws are seamlessly integrated into operational strategy to fuel sustained organizational growth.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities Team Leadership & People Management: Supervise, mentor, and actively develop legal teammates (including junior attorneys, paralegals, and/or legal support professionals), providing regular coaching, conducting structured 1:1 check-ins, and completing annual Performance Development Reviews (PDRs) and Individual Development Plans (IDPs). Foster an inclusive, high-performing team culture aligned with DaVita’s Management Ladder expectations and JLD community standards.

Legal Counsel & Operational Strategy: Serve as lead operational and regulatory attorney for multiple business initiatives on a wide variety of corporate and commercial issues arising in day-to-day operations. Provide independent, high-level legal counsel on a variety of healthcare business, corporate, and commercial matters in a heavily regulated environment. Resolve complex business and lease disputes and assist in the management of litigation as necessary.

Develop a thorough understanding of and familiarity with the company’s business, teammates, markets, facilities, patients, and competitors in order to identify trends and formulate appropriate legal advice, structures, and strategies. Client Relationship & Independent Engagement: Establish rapport and trusted working relationships with business managers and operational leads to encourage and continue the proactive use of in-house legal counsel.

Independently manage client interactions, lead standing and ad hoc legal meetings with operational partners across the Village without requiring senior lane leadership presence, and serve as the primary legal point of contact for designated operational lanes. Outside Counsel & Process Optimization: Effectively own and manage relationships with outside counsel to maximize the quality of legal representation and maintain strict budget and cost efficiency.

Lead process improvement initiatives and the establishment of best demonstrated practices across all aspects of legal operations. Support and collaborate with other practice areas within the Justice League of DaVita (JLD) and the Compliance department, actively contributing to broader JLD culture and cross-functional initiatives at scale. General Administrative Responsibilities: Attend team meetings, phone conferences, and training as needed.

Know, understand, and follow teammate guidelines, employment policies, and department or company procedures. Perform special assi