Healthcare Planner

Job DetailsLevel: SeniorJob Location: Columbus Office - Columbus, OH 43215Position Type: Full TimeEducation Level: 4 Year DegreeTravel Percentage: Up to 25%Job Shift: HybridJob Category: Professional ServicesAre you a seasoned healthcare planner with a passion for shaping cutting-edge healthcare environments? We are seeking a Medical Planner to lead and engage with clients and teams, delivering innovative solutions and leveraging state-of-the-art healthcare market intelligence. This is a “seller / doer” and “thought leader” position. Your Essential Duties: Provide leadership, oversight, and content expertise in strategic, master, and functional space planning on healthcare projects, focusing on Facility Programming and Master Planning, through Schematic Design and Design Development phases. Act as a "thought leader" within the firm and the industry, collaborating with architects and designers to apply industry best practices and leading-edge trends, enhancing our and our clients’ competitive advantage. Promote the firm's healthcare design excellence externally through awards, conference presentations, and written articles, and internally through DGU (DesignGroup University) and Practice Group Meetings. Serve as an Account Manager, maintaining ongoing customer relations with select clients during project phases and between projects. Lead aspects of Opening Game, Middle Game, and End Game marketing activities to drive business growth and client engagement. Demonstrate proficiency in clinical understanding across major inpatient and outpatient departments and service lines, guiding discussions on operations, benchmarking, key planning units, and modalities, as well as outlining process flows and critical adjacencies of clinical rooms. Lead the medical planning process within project specific design teams to develop department floor plan concepts that reflect operational needs. Manage and execute medical planning related deliverables within project schedules including volume and data analysis, serving as the main client contact for planning items.Work with the project architects and select consultants including specialty vendors, medical equipment planners, and MEP engineers to develop well-coordinated drawing sets. Demonstrate extensive understanding of health design complexity, and familiarity with health facility planning, design guidelines, and codes. Maintain strong working relationships with clients, leveraging excellent verbal, visual, and written communication skills to prepare presentations and lead discussions from hospital leadership to clinical user group meetings. Exhibit strong leadership and team management skills, prioritizing work, meeting deadlines, adhering to schedules and budgets, and delivering high-quality work products. QualificationsQualifications: Education: Minimum bachelor’s degree in architecture; Master’s degree preferred. Experience: 5-7 years of experience in healthcare planning, design, and project management experience with a focus on mid to large scale healthcare projects. Expertise: Proven track record in healthcare planning and technical knowledge of healthcare environments. Leadership: Strong leadership and mentoring skills, with the ability to guide teams to achieve extraordinary design solutions. Communication: Excellent communication skills for managing projects and maintaining relationships with clients and consultants. Software Proficiency: Proficiency with CAD, REVIT, Adobe Creative Cloud (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop), and Microsoft Word & Excel. Licensure: A professional license as a Registered Architect is required.