Associate Director (Medical Planning)

Overview

Lead medical planning & design for healthcare facilities, overseeing projects, teams, and clients.

Key Responsibilities

• medical planning
• design development
• layout design
• strategic planning
• client coordination
• proposal development

Tasks

-Collaborate with the Healthcare Sector Leads and Business Development team to pursue new opportunities and grow client relationships. -Contribute to thought leadership by sharing innovative ideas, research findings, and project insights through publications, conferences, or professional networks. -Lead user group meetings, data collection sessions, and clinical workflow workshops. -Actively support diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives in both project teams and client engagements. -Lead the medical planning process across a diverse range of healthcare typologies, including preventative, outpatient, acute, and post-acute facilities. -Oversee planning input throughout design phases, ensuring that operational needs are accurately translated into architectural documents. -Translate complex data and planning outcomes into actionable architectural solutions. -Facilitate meetings with client representatives, clinical staff, and project consultants to drive consensus on design direction. -Develop and present medical planning concepts using diagrams, reports, narratives, and presentations tailored to clients and stakeholders. Support schematic and design development with layout iterations, adjacencies, stacking plans, and department zoning. -Coordinate with clinical staff, including doctors, nurses, and administrators, to ensure functional and user-aligned design outcomes. -Design and implement functional layouts at departmental and room levels that reflect current healthcare trends and evidence-based design. -Prepare and deliver compelling presentations to communicate planning and design solutions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. -Foster a collaborative and respectful working environment that values diverse perspectives and skill sets. -Demonstrate strong leadership inspire high team performance and a shared commitment to design excellence. Mentor and coach junior staff, emerging professionals, and new planners to build internal capacity. -Represent the firm in marketing efforts, interviews, and at key industry events to reinforce the firm’s healthcare design leadership. -Review deliverables for quality, accuracy, and adherence to design and documentation standards. -Contribute to proposals, project fees, work plans, and budgeting during pursuit phases. -Serve as a key point of contact with clients for medical planning and strategic design discussions. -Promote a culture of continuous improvement and learning across teams and projects. -Participate in client interviews and marketing presentations, positioning the firm as a leader in healthcare planning and design. -Develop strategic and master planning solutions based on clinical workflows, patient journeys, and operational best practices. -Collaborate with internal architecture and engineering teams to ensure integrated planning and design solutions that meet programmatic, technical, and budgetary goals. -Develop a comprehensive understanding of a client's programmatic requirements, standards and policies for incorporation into the design solution -Maintain and update project documentation including meeting minutes, reports, and QA/QC checklists. -Coordinate the work of multiple planning teams across large, complex projects, ensuring clarity and cohesion. -Lead and oversee healthcare design projects through all phases, from concept through construction documentation and implementation. -Ensure all medical planning solutions align with regulatory codes, and healthcare requirements

Requirements

• autocad
• revit
• rhino
• grasshopper
• enscape
• vray

What You Bring

-Demonstrates the ability to manage time efficiently to meet challenging deadlines and client requirements. -Proficiency in planning, modelling, visualisation tools and design software – Autocad, Revit, Rhino and Grasshopper, Enscape and VRay -Strong competency in Microsoft Office / Adobe Suite, and presentation tools such as InDesign and Photoshop -Possesses excellent verbal and written communication abilities. -Knowledge of local building codes, guidelines and planning parameters, especially for large medical projects. -Exhibits strong analytical capabilities coupled with effective management skills, including the ability to inspire and guide a creative team. -Capable of leading project teams and resolving issues quickly and effectively throughout project development. -Bachelor’s or master’s degree in architecture, interior architecture, healthcare design, or a related field. Being a Qualified Person with the Board of Architects (BOA), Singapore is an advantage. -Deep understanding of hospital operations, clinical workflows, and healthcare trends. -At least 15 to 20 years of relevant experience in healthcare planning and design, with leadership in delivering complex, large-scale medical projects in Singapore or the region.

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