Senior Medical Planner

Description

• Facilitate user group meetings and stakeholder workshops, using evidence-based and patient-centered design approaches.
• Lead the development of planning concepts, functional programs, and strategic and medical space planning for healthcare projects.
• Translate clinical needs, workflows, and operational goals into architectural solutions by engaging with users, administrators, and leadership teams.
• Partner with firm leadership in business development activities, including proposal writing, client interviews, and planning narratives.
• Maintain strong relationships with healthcare clients, consultants, and internal stakeholders, ensuring continuity and satisfaction.
• Oversee medical planning deliverables and ensure alignment with clinical operations, FGI Guidelines, ADA, NFPA, and applicable regulatory codes.
• Collaborate with project managers and project architects on schedules, staffing, and quality control throughout all project phases.
• Mentor junior and mid-level medical planners, fostering professional development and knowledge-sharing.
• Contribute to facility master plans and strategic campus development efforts, often working across multi-site health systems.

Requirements

• Experience with integrated project delivery (IPD), Lean design, or alternative delivery methods (e.g., design-build).
• Architectural registration (RA) strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with data-driven design approaches and healthcare analytics.
• ACHA or EDAC credentialing.
• Experience with HCAI (formerly OSHPD) healthcare facility requirements.
• Advanced communication skills with the ability to facilitate clinical meetings and present ideas clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• 12–20+ years of experience in healthcare facility design, planning, and programming.
• Demonstrated expertise in planning and design of inpatient, outpatient, or specialty healthcare environments.
• Portfolio that demonstrates impactful leadership on large, complex healthcare projects.
• Strong understanding of FGI Guidelines, building codes, and healthcare licensing requirements.
• Deep knowledge of clinical workflow, room-by-room planning, and departmental relationships (ED, OR, Imaging, Inpatient Units, etc.).
• Active involvement in professional organizations (e.g., ACHA, AIA Academy of Architecture for Health, HFMA, etc.).
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Architecture or related discipline.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance