Managing Principal, Healthcare

Dekker•Phoenix, AZ

About The Position

Dekker is seeking a Managing Principal to lead its Healthcare Studio. This visionary leader will drive strategic growth, client relationships, design excellence, and strategic pursuits across the studio. The role provides leadership to teams in the healthcare industry and ensures studio resilience through strong delivery, talent development, and operational alignment. It connects industry strategy to execution to position Dekker for sustained impact and shared success. The Managing Principal owns the healthcare industry's growth strategy, financial performance, and long-term resilience, aligning market direction with firmwide goals and practice priorities. The role contributes to firmwide strategic planning and positions healthcare for growth, expanded market presence, and greater national impact by applying a deep understanding of evolving expertise, market trends, and funding dynamics. The position provides performance oversight for Principals and senior studio leaders, builds executive-level client and partner relationships, and aligns strategy with operational execution. It also uses performance indicators and market insights to guide decisions, develops future leaders, and supports collaboration and accountability across studios. Dekker is a team of designers, planners, architects, and engineers focused on creating passion for the built environment. The company believes architecture and design can be transformational and should inspire, protect, delight, and empower users and communities. It emphasizes collaboration, empathy, understanding, and multidisciplinary perspectives in its work.

Requirements

At least 10 years of progressive experience in design, with significant leadership experience in healthcare planning, design, and delivery.
Proven success leading healthcare practices, studios, business units, or market sectors, with responsibility for growth, profitability, and strategic direction.
Demonstrated ability to develop and execute business development strategies that produce sustained revenue growth and expanded market presence.
Established network of healthcare industry clients, partners, consultants, and stakeholders.
Strong financial acumen and experience managing budgets, forecasting, profitability, utilization, and key performance metrics.
Exceptional leadership, communication, and relationship-building skills, with the ability to influence clients, executive stakeholders, and internal teams.
Proven ability to mentor and develop leaders, build high-performing teams, and support succession planning initiatives.
Deep understanding of healthcare industry trends, regulatory requirements, funding mechanisms, and emerging opportunities.

Nice To Haves

Industry-specific credentials such as EDAC and ACHA are preferred.

Responsibilities

Own the healthcare industry's growth strategy, financial performance, and long-term resilience, aligning market direction with firmwide goals and practice priorities.
Contribute to firmwide strategic planning and position healthcare for long-term growth, expanded market presence, and greater national impact.
Provide leadership and performance oversight for Principals and senior studio leaders, aligning teams around shared priorities and reinforcing quality, consistency, design excellence, and exceptional client experience.
Build and strengthen executive-level client and partner relationships, advancing strategic pursuits, long-term partnerships, and Dekker's reputation in healthcare.
Align healthcare industry strategy with operational execution to support strong project outcomes, sustainable growth, and consistent performance.
Use key performance indicators and market insights to guide decisions, measure industry health, and improve growth, performance, and client satisfaction.
Develop future industry leaders through mentorship, succession planning, and talent development.
Act as a firmwide leader and culture carrier, strengthening collaboration, accountability, and shared success across studios.
Communicate industry trends, strategic priorities, and measures of success across the firm to support alignment, awareness, and informed decision-making.