Redwoods Summer Associate Program
Job Responsibilities
MBA Summer Associates lead projects for senior management in a variety of operational and strategic initiatives that have company-wide impact. They report to a vice-president or senior director, start in June, and spend 10 weeks with DaVita. Summer Associates take on significant accountability and ownership and often travel nationwide for project development and research. Summer Associate then synthesize a variety of analyses into effective and successful implementation strategies and present their results to a panel of vice-presidents. Previous projects include:
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DaVita at Home strategy
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DaVita/Gambro Healthcare revenue operations department Integration
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DaVita Clinical Research Strategy
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Lifeline (Vascular Access Centers) business development
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Physician Services strategy
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Develop/implement operational improvement/redesign projects for DaVita Rx (pharmacy business)
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Chronic Kidney Disease strategy
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Dialysis operations process analysis and creation of “clinic toolkit”
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Recruiting strategy and marketing analysis
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Divisional market analysis
Summer Associates also spend a significant part of their summer getting to know DaVita, from its functional areas and field operations to all levels of leadership. 2007 activities included:
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A three day Summer Associate Orientation with executive presentations on corporate departments
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"Reality 101" (an opportunity to experience the realities of the dialysis center setting
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"Academy" (two day DaVita teammate leadership development training)
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Fun social activities including happy hours home office managers, directors and VPs; home office summer social events
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Exclusive Meetings with including only the summer associates and:
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CEO (two meetings)
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COO (two meetings)
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CFO
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General Counsel
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Senior Field Vice President
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VP of Internal Strategy
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VP of Physician Services
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Various executive meetings including:
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Earnings Call with CEO and CFO, followed by Q&A
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Field Operational Review
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Capital Markets Presentation
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DaVita Pharmacy (internal start-up) site visit
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Divisional VP Field office visit
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Summer Associates have also taken advantage of DaVita’s open culture and meet with other executives they are interested in learning from. Upon successful completion of the summer, Summer Associates ideally are offered a position in the Redwoods Rotational Program.
Qualifications/Skill Requirements (No health care background required):
- Outstanding leadership skills
- Excellent teamwork and interpersonal skills
Demonstrated skills to lead projects
Strong analytical/financial skills
Ability to analyze short and long term needs - Demonstrated persuasive communication skills
- Prior management consulting experience a plus
For more information please contact Karen Y. Lee at karen.y.lee@davita.com or at 310-536-2741.
What will you get from the Summer Associate Program?
"My summer with DaVita exceeded my already high expectations. The importance of my project, engagement of top management, and the formal and informal access to the business and culture was outstanding; it is hard to imagine a better summer experience."
Dan, 2007 Summer Associate
"DaVita is full of professionals with high standards of excellence who are at the core compassionate human beings. I grew as much personally as I did professionally during my summer at DaVita."
David, 2007 Summer Associate
"The feedback and mentoring I received really set my internship at DaVita apart. My peers in school all worked on exciting projects during their internships, but in addition to that I returned from the summer as a better leader."
Michael, 2007 Summer Associate
"DaVita exceeded my expectations. I loved the challenging work environment that is supported through relationships. What I like most about the company is the maturity of the management staff... everyone welcomes feedback. It is definitely a place where you can grow as a leader."
Jarod, 2007 Summer Associate
"I have been very impressed by the strategic importance of the projects we have been assigned. For example, I assisted a new subsidiary (Vascular Access) with their growth strategy and plan for rapid scaling. You truly feel like you can make a difference in a short period of time!"
Rebecca, 2006 Summer Associate
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