Senior Director - Construction

Stanford Health Care•Palo Alto, CA

4d•$106 - $140•Onsite

About The Position

Are you ready to lead major capital construction projects that shape the future of healthcare? As the Senior Director of Construction at Stanford Health Care, you will provide strategic direction and operational accountable leadership for construction execution and deliverables, ensuring our facilities support emerging models of care and innovation. In this role, you will partner with Facilities Planning and Design, Real Estate, Business Operations, Site Activations, Clinical Operations, and Executive Leadership to align project execution with institutional goals. You will oversee a high-performing team, ensuring projects meet schedule, budget, scope, and quality objectives. Your expertise in healthcare construction and ability to influence at the executive level will be crucial. 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. Facilities Construction provides long-range construction services for major multi-year capital projects at Stanford Medicine. Facilities Construction oversees capital construction projects, and project delivery alignment with the Stanford Integrated Master Plan. The Senior Director of Construction at Stanford Health Care (SHC) leads construction management services for capital projects across SHC facilities, serving SHC on behalf of multiple Stanford Medicine entities. This role provides significant leadership to optimize staff resources and ensure consistent project delivery, reporting to and supporting the Vice President to shape the department's capital initiatives. The role is responsible for delivery of cost, schedule, and constructability input during the Programming, Schematic Design, and Design Development phases, and assumes project leadership during the Construction Documents phase. The role requires substantial direct management of staff in Director - Construction, Sr. Manager - Construction, and other Construction staff to ensure project success. The Senior Director interfaces with the Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI/OSHPD) and coordinates with Facilities Planning & Design, Ambulatory Facilities & Activations, and Facilities Services Business Operations, while maintaining presence on site to oversee staff, construction, and vendors. The role requires daily on-site presence to drive best-management practices within the approved multi-year capital plan, ensure adherence to hospital and departmental policies, and uphold organizational construction principles to achieve high-quality outcomes. Position may involve projects in various locations across the Stanford Health Care footprint and weekend/holiday work depending on construction schedule.

Requirements

Requires a Bachelor's degree in a work-related discipline/field from an accredited college or university.
Ten (10) years of progressively responsible and directly related work experience.
Demonstrated performance ability to budget and have executive level financial acumen.
Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with widely diverse groups, including individuals at all levels both within and outside the organization and gain their cooperation.
Ability to communicate at an Executive level and command an executive presence.
Leadership skills required to handle potentially sensitive situations by applying communication and consultative skills in working with internal and external constituent groups to gain understanding and reach acceptance of optimal decisions.
Ability to guide and coach people managers toward successful completion of highly complex construction projects within schedule and budget objectives.
Ability to work in a high performing team setting including demonstrating leadership by example.
Management proficiency to plan, organize, motivate, mentor, direct and evaluate the work of others.
Demonstrated performance relating to the principles and practices of organization, administration, fiscal and personnel management.
Ability to prioritize work by making informed judgments and to develop solutions for complex problems.
Ability to quickly adapt to new technologies (artificial intelligence, building information modeling (BIM), scheduling, and mobile field tools) and leverage them in fast‑paced environments.
Ability to read, comprehend, and draft legal and technical documents relating to facilities construction and related subjects.
Knowledge of local, state and federal regulatory requirements related to areas of functional responsibility.
Enterprise‑level knowledge of healthcare construction, HCAI/OSHPD compliance, and policies of local jurisdictions.
Comprehensive knowledge of enterprise strategy, governance structures, and system‑level operations to ensure alignment across functions.
Expert knowledge of long‑range financial planning, capital strategy, and enterprise risk management to support multi‑year portfolios.
Ability to anticipate market trends, regulatory shifts, and enterprise risks, and translate insights into proactive strategies.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Guide the delivery of capital construction programs.
Oversee regional construction portfolio.
Serve as a trusted advisor to stakeholders.
Lead and mentor a team of construction managers.
Ensure financial integrity and regulatory compliance.
Define Facilities Construction strategy and policies in alignment with capital plan and SHC priorities.
Develop and maintain relationships and partnerships across Stanford Medicine, Stanford University, and external agencies such as local municipalities and the Department of Health Access and Information (HCAI)/Office of Statewide Planning and Development (OSHPD).
Oversee and manage construction budgets and departmental operating costs within financial guidelines and parameters.
Actively participate in disaster preparedness (i.e. Earthquake preparedness) and recovery program as applied to construction operations and facilities coordination.
Oversee annual planning process for Facilities Construction department.
Develop, review, revise, and approve contracts and invoices for engineers, contractors, vendors for assigned capital project contracts in partnership with the Facilities Services business office.
Advise on contracts and invoices for architects for assigned capital project contracts.
Develop senior leadership bench; oversee staffing plans, performance management, and succession across multiple departments.
Lead construction portfolio executive communications and provide visibility to executive (VP/C‑suite) and medical leadership.
Sponsor construction industry innovations & technology adoption (artificial intelligence, mobile QA/QC apps, Building Information Modeling (BIM) for field use, etc) and lean improvement methods across Facilities Construction.
Review and lead in execution of policies that directly relate to construction management services for SHC facilities to support the execution of capital construction projects, and coordinate with planning, operations and academic priorities.
Oversee best management practices executing construction within the approved multi-year capital plan in adherence with hospital and departmental policies and procedures.
Provide construction representation with local jurisdictions for policy implementation and jurisdictional and regulatory compliance.
Assure construction compliance with applicable laws, building codes, energy and sustainability guidelines, and standards of good practice governing the safety of hospital and outpatient facilities.
This position may require on-call availability during non-standard hours, including nights, weekends, and holidays, to meet business needs and respond to emergencies as necessary.