HDR
Associate Principal - Health Planner
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At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. As we foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves: What is our impact on the world?
Each and every role throughout our organization makes a difference in our ability to change the world for the better. Read further to learn how you could help make great things possible not only in your community, but around the world.
Role: Associate Principal Health Planner
In the role of Associate Principal Health Planner, we'll count on you to:
- Lead healthcare planning and programming efforts for complex healthcare projects, from strategic planning and project initiation through design, construction, and close-out.
- Direct and coordinate the work of single-discipline and multidisciplinary teams throughout the project lifecycle.
- Serve as the primary healthcare planning lead on projects of varying size, complexity, and visibility.
- Manage multiple healthcare planning assignments concurrently while maintaining high standards of quality, client service, and technical excellence.
- Collaborate with clients, users, clinicians, administrators, and project stakeholders to develop facility planning solutions that support operational efficiency, patient care, and long-term organizational goals.
- Facilitate visioning sessions, user group meetings, stakeholder workshops, and planning charrettes to define project requirements and validate planning solutions.
- Develop functional programs, space programs, workflow analyses, blocking and stacking studies, master plans, and strategic facility plans.
- Establish and maintain strong client relationships and participate in business development, marketing pursuits, interviews, and proposal development.
- Coordinate planning activities with architecture, engineering, interiors, medical equipment planning, and other consulting disciplines.
- Manage staffing resources and planning team workloads to ensure project deliverables are completed on schedule and within scope.
- Monitor project budgets, schedules, and work plans while collaborating with project management and leadership teams to achieve project objectives.
- Participate in project reviews and contribute to operational, financial, and strategic planning discussions.
- Implement and maintain quality assurance and quality control procedures for healthcare planning deliverables.
- Mentor and support the professional growth of Health Planners and other team members through coaching, knowledge sharing, and technical leadership.
- Stay current with healthcare industry trends, regulatory requirements, emerging care models, and best practices in healthcare planning and facility design.
- Support HDR's commitment to the 3 Pillars: Towards a Regenerative Future, Community Well-Being, and Transforming Project Delivery across all projects.
- Promote sustainable and resilient healthcare design practices and encourage integrated planning processes from the earliest stages of project development.
- Contribute to planning strategies that support environmental performance, operational effectiveness, and long-term facility adaptability.
- Perform other duties as needed.
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Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Healthcare Planning, Interior Design, Health Sciences, or a related field.
- Minimum 15 years of relevant professional experience in healthcare planning, architecture, or healthcare facility design.
- Minimum 7 years of project leadership and/or project management experience.
- Demonstrated experience leading healthcare planning efforts for complex healthcare facilities, including hospitals, ambulatory care centers, specialty facilities, and healthcare campuses.
- Strong understanding of healthcare operations, patient flow, clinical processes, and facility planning principles.
- Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and effectively facilitate client and stakeholder meetings.
- Experience developing functional programs, master plans, space programs, and healthcare planning studies.
- Strong presentation, facilitation, and client relationship management skills.
- Experience with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
- Strong understanding of healthcare planning codes, standards, and regulatory requirements.
- Extensive knowledge of local and regional healthcare markets and industry trends.
- Excellent leadership, mentoring, organizational, and communication skills.
- Strong written and verbal communication abilities.
- Willingness to travel as required.
- An attitude and commitment to being an active participant in HDR's employee-owned culture.
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Preferred Qualifications
- Registered Architect (RA), Certified Healthcare Architect (CHA), EDAC, PMP, or other relevant professional certification.
- Master's degree in Architecture, Healthcare Planning, Healthcare Administration, Public Health, or a related field.
- Experience with healthcare campus master planning and strategic facility planning.
- Experience in sustainable, high-performance, and regenerative healthcare design.
- Knowledge of healthcare regulations, accreditation standards, and planning guidelines.
- Experience with operational planning, workflow optimization, and evidence-based design methodologies.
- Understanding of building performance, low-carbon materials, resiliency planning, and future-ready healthcare environments.
- Established industry relationships and demonstrated success supporting business development activities within the healthcare sector.
What We Believe
HDR is our company. Together, we build on each other's life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day. This shapes our collaborative culture, encourages organizational trust and connects us closer to the clients and communities we serve.
Our Commitment
As employee owners, we all have a role in creating an inclusive environment where each of us is welcomed, valued, respected and empowered to bring our authentic selves to work every day.
Our eight Employee Network Groups (Asian Pacific, Black, Hispanic/Latino(a), LGBTQ+, People with Disabilities, Veterans, Women, Young Professionals) help create a sense of belonging and foster a supportive environment where everyone is empowered to engage and contribute. Each group has an executive sponsor and is open to all employees.
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