[Hiring] Population Health Partnership Director @National Kidney Foundation

Role Description

The Population Health Partnership Director is a subject-matter expert and external collaborator for advancing kidney care quality at the system level. You will build and steward partnerships with health systems, payers, public health agencies, and community organizations to improve outcomes and equity for the 35+ million Americans living with chronic kidney disease. This role sits at the intersection of strategy, clinical expertise, and business development.

• Build and steward strategic partnerships.
• Identify and pursue high-impact partnership opportunities with health systems, health plans, state public health departments, and community-based organizations.
• Engage C-suite and senior clinical leaders to make the case for kidney disease as a strategic priority—clinically, financially, and through the lens of health equity.
• Serve as external face on population health strategy with sophisticated healthcare audiences.
• Design and deliver population health programs.
• Lead design, implementation, and evaluation of CKD intercept (NKF's flagship CKD detection and management initiative) and adjacent population health work in your assigned regions.
• Use claims data, health needs assessments, and other public health data to identify priority partners and measure program impact using clinical quality measures and sound statistical methods.
• Partner with NKF national and field teams to develop funding proposals, including government and foundation grants.
• Lead quality assurance for deployed programs and communicate outcomes, internally and with external partners.
• Build organizational capacity.
• Advise field office leaders and national colleagues on population health principles, healthcare business development, and engagement with physician executives.
• Translate complex clinical and statistical findings for non-technical audiences, including donors, community partners, and internal teams.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in public health, health policy, a clinical or health sciences field or equivalent professional experience.
• 5+ years building partnerships or programs across health systems, payers, public health agencies, or population health organizations.
• Working fluency with healthcare data (claims, outcomes measurement, quality improvement frameworks) and the ability to communicate findings up and out.
• Strong grounding in health equity, social determinants of health, and evidence-based approaches to closing disparities.
• Demonstrated ability to earn the trust and confidence of senior clinical and executive stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with a track record of translating between technical and lay audiences.
• Self-directed operator comfortable in a national, remote, matrixed environment.

Requirements

• Experience in primary care, integrated delivery systems, or value-based care environments.
• Prior success developing grant proposals with federal, state, or foundation funders.
• Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) credential.
• Bilingual English/Spanish.

Competencies

• Accountability: Establishes organizational accountability, driving performance across all levels.
• Collaboration: Leads collaborative efforts across the organization, bi-directionally, ensuring that departments work together to achieve strategic objectives.
• Cultural Humility: Promotes cultural humility across departments, ensuring that programs, policies, and services reflect a deep understanding of and respect for cultural diversity.
• Data-Driven Decision Making & Results Orientation: Leverages accurate, comprehensive data analytics to guide strategic planning and decision-making.
• Financial Acumen: Leads strategic financial planning, driving revenue diversification and long-term sustainability.
• Operational Excellence: Leads or delivers on large-scale operational changes to elevate organizational performance.
• Patient and Community-Centered Focus: Drives efforts to enhance the impact of programs for patients, living donors, and care partners.
• Resource Stewardship: Strategically manages Kidney Walk resources to align with and maximize growth opportunities.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Shapes and directs a broad spectrum of strategic stakeholders to aid in influencing policy and advancing NKF’s impact.
• Innovation: Champions strategic innovations that position Kidney Walk as a leader in the Peer-to-Peer space.

Working Conditions

• Must have unimpeachable integrity and trustworthiness while possessing a high degree of tact, discretion, and professionalism.
• Verbal and written communication skills will be used daily.
• Maintain effectiveness under pressure.
• Proficiency in standard office technology and equipment is required.
• Ability to lift and transport equipment weighing up to 25 lbs.
• Flexible to work evenings and weekends as needed.
• Available for overnight business travel with approximately 5-10 trips per year.
• Must have a valid driver’s license and reliable transportation.

Equal Employment Opportunity

At the National Kidney Foundation diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunity applies to both our Equal opportunity employer-vets/disabled. NKF is a merit-based employer.

Disclaimer

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not intended to be considered an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required.