Project Manager, Interiors Design

Stanford Health Care • Palo Alto, CA

7d • $63 - $83 • Hybrid

About The Position

Design the spaces that shape how care is experienced. As Project Manager – Interior Design, you’ll translate vision into environments that elevate healing, support clinical excellence, and bring Stanford Health Care’s brand to life—one space at a time. This role leads interior design projects for clinical, research, and administrative projects—developing finish palettes, end-to-end FF&E delivery, and interior documentation that elevate safety, durability, and our SHC brand standards. You’ll collaborate closely with architects, engineers, contractors, and clinical stakeholders to translate complex needs into functional, inspiring spaces that align with healthcare codes, ADA standards, and sustainability. You’ll manage multiple projects simultaneously, balancing creativity with rigor to keep schedules aligned, budgets on track, and details resolved in a fast-paced healthcare environment. The Facilities Services division enhances health through leadership, collaboration, and innovation. Our team offers essential non-clinical support 24/7, ensuring safe operations and planning for future needs. We represent the intersection of planning, construction, general services, and facilities operations. The Interior Design team creates inviting, functional spaces that reflect Stanford Health Care’s cohesive brand identity through thoughtfully curated finishes and furniture standards. Supporting projects of all sizes, the team provides expertise in specifications, repairs, and pre-planning to ensure design consistency and quality. Every space is crafted to enhance comfort, functionality, and a unified experience for patients, visitors, and staff.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a work-related discipline/field from an accredited college or university. Relevant experience in lieu of degree may be considered.
• 5 years of progressively responsible and related work experience.
• Experience working in Healthcare and/or an Academic Medical Center.
• Ability to work independently, establish priorities, and make sound decisions while meeting time sensitive deadlines.
• Ability to present facts and recommendations effectively in oral and written form.
• Ability to identify issues, risks, and escalations, assemble data, validate conclusions, and incorporate resolutions.
• Ability to gain consensus among disparate groups.
• Ability to exercise judgment and demonstrate effectiveness in decision making occasions.
• Ability to manage a significant workload, prioritize projects appropriately and work independently.
• Advanced proficiency with MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Visio) and Microsoft SharePoint.
• Advanced ability to identify, develop and quantify any required corrective action plans.
• Experience with business case preparation and cost benefit analysis.
• Demonstrated highly motivated self-starter.
• Moderate proficiency with Microsoft Project, Primavera or other PPM software tools.
• Familiarity with compliance (regulatory, OSHPD, Joint Commission, etc.) and governance issues.
• Strong presentation and facilitation skills to communicate with and persuade a wide range of audiences.
• Superior supervisory and matrix management skills and ability to oversee tasks delegated to others.
• Serve as a change agent and transformational leader.

Nice To Haves

• Program management leading mission-critical programs that involve significant organizational complexity
• Leading large teams in a matrix management environment.
• Developing, implementing, and monitoring process improvement initiatives.
• Developing, implementing, managing, and monitoring project management frameworks and methodologies.
• Developing and managing project budgets and process.
• Space planning, functional programming (architectural), or move management experience.
• PMP - Project Mgmt Professional preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead interior design projects for clinical, research, and administrative projects.
• Develop finish palettes, end-to-end FF&E delivery, and interior documentation.
• Collaborate closely with architects, engineers, contractors, and clinical stakeholders.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously, balancing creativity with rigor to keep schedules aligned, budgets on track, and details resolved.
• Deliver concurrent various sized projects to successful completion.
• Follow FS&P standard work/processes, policies, and procedures, develop detailed project plans, and complete required project documentation.
• Coordinate with FS&P Senior leadership and BOSI manager on project budget targets, status, and resolution of related issues.
• Utilize designated project management tools to report project status, manage issues, identify risks and escalations.
• Develop and maintain effective relationships with project owners, operational leaders, business services, IT, vendors, and other project stakeholders.
• Support Senior Project Managers as back up on projects.
• Coordinate post-project review and lessons learned meetings following stabilization of projects.
• Provide leadership while the project coordinator positions the team and collaborates in project implementation.
• Balance both internal and external stakeholder interests to maintain alignment of the project outcomes.
• Incorporate Lean practices to effectively manage stakeholder and operational leader expectations.
• Understand customer requirements and manage the dynamics of these individuals.
• Actively facilitate project scope and collaboratively set the schedule, future state processes and operational workflows, leveraging standard team tools to drive projects from intake through successful completion, and ensure the project is completed in scope, on schedule, and within budget.
• Develop effective and attainable workplans.
• Identify and pursue opportunities to optimize effectiveness.
• Develop and administer project reporting systems.
• Prepare and present information concerning operational effectiveness.
• Organize and delegate work to achieve desired outcomes.

Benefits

• Stanford Health Care sets a high standard for delivering value and an exceptional experience for our patients and families. Candidates for employment and existing employees must adopt and execute C-I-CARE standards for all of patients, families and towards each other. C-I-CARE is the foundation of Stanford’s patient-experience and represents a framework for patient-centered interactions. Simply put, we do what it takes to enable and empower patients and families to focus on health, healing and recovery. You will do this by executing against our three experience pillars, from the patient and family’s perspective: Know Me: Anticipate my needs and status to deliver effective care Show Me the Way: Guide and prompt my actions to arrive at better outcomes and better health Coordinate for Me: Own the complexity of my care through coordination

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level