Sr. Manager, Architect

Stanford Health Care•Menlo Park, ME

1d•$84 - $111

About The Position

Stanford Health Care (SHC) is seeking a licensed Architect to take primary responsibility for the entire design phase of healthcare construction projects. This individual will serve as SHC’s architectural representative, ensuring that all design efforts consistently reflect and advance Stanford’s brand and deliver environments that enhance both the patient and staff experience across campuses. The Architect will be accountable for defining, communicating, and stewarding the architectural identity and design character of SHC facilities, ensuring that the organization’s vision for excellence in the built environment is clearly conveyed to internal teams, external consultants, and project partners. While this role is engaged across the full project lifecycle - from early conception through post-occupancy - the primary focus is on leading and managing all aspects of the design phases. This position reports directly to the Director of Design and provides leadership in building and managing a high-performing Architectural and Design team. The Senior Manager Project Management is responsible for supervising staff to manage the programming, planning, design, implementation and post live monitoring of complex projects. Establishes and maintains tools, processes to prioritize projects, effectively assign staffing resources, and ensure project managers are completing projects within budget and on time.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a work-related discipline/field from an accredited college or university.
10 or more years of progressively responsible and directly related work experience, including 3 or more years of program and people management experience.
Ability to communicate effectively at all organizational levels and in situations requiring instructing, persuading, negotiating, conflict resolution, consulting and advising, as well as flawless written communication.
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 manage multiple changing priorities and work effectively in a team or independent setting.
Ability to plan, organize, prioritize, work independently and meet deadlines.
Ability to provide leadership and influence others.
Ability to resolve conflicts and/or negotiate with others to achieve positive results; establish and maintain effective interpersonal relationships.
Ability to make effective oral presentations and prepare concise written reports to a variety of audiences.
Ability to plan, organize, motivate, mentor, direct, and evaluate the work of others, and meet deadlines.
Ability to utilize project management tools and to coach staff/team members on tools.
Ability to work effectively as a team player and leader.
Ability to budget, make financial projections.
PMP - Project Mgmt Professional required

Nice To Haves

Licensed Architect (preferred).
Bachelor's degree in architecture from an accredited program (preferred).
15+ years of progressive architectural experience, with at least 5 years in healthcare design and planning (preferred).
Demonstrated expertise in leading all design phases of construction projects (programming through post-occupancy).
Strong understanding of project delivery methods, including design-build and design-bid-build.
Experience managing and mentoring teams of design professionals.
Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to explain 3D renderings, drawings, and the SHC design identity to both design consultants and non-design stakeholders.
Proven ability to represent and uphold institutional brand identity in architecture and design.
Knowledge of healthcare regulatory standards, codes, and sustainable practices.
Proficiency with design and project management tools.
Six Sigma certification preferred, or equivalent combination of education/experience.

Responsibilities

Ownership of the Design Phases
Project Lifecycle Engagement (Beyond Design)
Team Leadership & Development
Stakeholder Engagement & Communication
Regulatory, Compliance & Sustainability
Continuous Improvement & Innovation
Manages project management team comprising of managers, project and program managers and business analysts for a VP-area/large department in the performance of required job functions.
Maintains direct knowledge of project pipeline for current and future projects in the portfolio.
Implements/oversees system monitors and controls to drive the successful management and reporting of projects; ensures that projects are appropriately managed for on-time and on-budget delivery.
Provide strategic and operational leadership for project lifecycle management.
Develop roadmaps and long range plans for portfolio maintenance.
Manages the selection and prioritization processes for projects to align with organizational strategic goals; assigns resources based on skill and capacity.
Ensures timely and consistent communication to sponsors and stakeholders on project status, scope changes, and resource impacts for projects.
Monitor and advocate the use of Process Excellence methodologies approved within SHC such as Lean.
Ensures existing processes support high levels of performance while continuously reviewing and refining those processes to make additional improvements.
Delegates tasks and responsibilities to appropriate personnel.
Implements quality control measures to ensure project compliance with department, hospital, and university policies, government codes and regulations.
Determines and assesses need for staffing levels and make the appropriate recruitments if necessary.
Guides project managers and business analysts in assessment and documentation of project scope; to describe objectives, requirements, parameters, and constraints of projects.
Incorporate best practices to improve existing organizational methods and processes.
Keep abreast of new developments, trends in the areas of project/portfolio management.
Hire, evaluate the performance of and implement corrective action, up to and including termination, for assigned staff as necessary.
Address individual staff performance problems as needed.
Coach, mentor and manage staff to plan, design and implement technical and non-technical projects supporting the workflows.
Collaborate with other managers and leaders on various initiatives spanning across the network and impacting multiple teams.