Sr. Manager, Architect

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Day - 08 Hour (United States of America)

This is a Stanford Health Care job.

Overview

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.

Key Responsibilities

Ownership of the Design Phases

The Architect will lead and coordinate all design phases of SHC construction projects, including:

• Pre-Design / Conceptual Design - Develop initial concepts, explore design options, and align with SHC’s mission, brand, and user experience goals.
• Schematic Design (SD) - Translate concepts into preliminary plans, layouts, and massing studies for review and feedback.
• Design Development (DD) - Refine the design, establish detailed systems, and coordinate across disciplines to ensure alignment with operational requirements.
• Construction Documents (CD) - Review drawings, specifications, and technical documents that clearly define the design intent for execution.
• Bidding / Procurement Support - Provide design documentation and input as needed to support contractor selection while safeguarding design quality.
• Post-Occupancy Evaluation - Collect feedback from users after occupancy to assess design effectiveness, inform continuous improvement, and evolve SHC’s design standards.

Project Lifecycle Engagement (Beyond Design)

• Provide architectural insight during early project conception, feasibility studies, and master planning.
• Remain engaged during construction administration to ensure fidelity to design intent (without direct responsibility for construction delivery).
• Support long-range campus planning and integration of SHC’s design standards into future projects.

Team Leadership & Development

• Manage and mentor a team of architectural and design professionals, fostering growth, collaboration, and accountability.
• Recruit and develop staff with backgrounds in architecture, interior design, healthcare planning, and related design disciplines.
• Provide guidance and professional development opportunities to team members, ensuring their growth into future leaders.
• Establish team processes, best practices, and quality standards for design execution.

Stakeholder Engagement & Communication

• Develop and present design materials to governance boards, executive leadership, and other decision-making bodies
• Clearly explain 3D renderings, design drawings, and spatial layouts in both verbal and written form to stakeholders of varying backgrounds.
• Act as SHC’s design representative across all phases, ensuring Stanford’s architectural brand and design identity are consistently applied.
• Serve as the voice of SHC’s architectural vision, clearly articulating the design character of Stanford Health Care facilities to design teams, consultants, vendors, and project partners.
• Collaborate closely with internal partners, including the Facility Services Department and other Stanford Medicine departments, to align design with operational needs and institutional goals.
• Engage with clinicians, administrators, executives, and community representatives to integrate diverse perspectives into design solutions.
• Communicate complex architectural ideas in clear, accessible language to audiences with limited or no design experience.
• Collaborate with external vendors, consultants and design team.

Regulatory, Compliance & Sustainability

• Ensure all designs comply with codes, healthcare regulations, and SHC design guidelines.
• Partner with planning and entitlement teams to navigate land use, zoning, and jurisdictional reviews.
• Promote sustainable and resilient design practices, incorporating standards such as LEED certification.

Continuous Improvement & Innovation

• Stay current on healthcare design and Architectual trends and innovations to inform SHC’s projects.
• Incorporate lessons learned from post-occupancy evaluations to strengthen SHC’s design standards and future work.
• Advocate for design excellence as a cornerstone of SHC’s patient and staff experience.
• Incorporate AI to Design phases

Qualifications

• 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.

• 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.

Education Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a work-related discipline/field from an accredited college or university.

Experience Qualifications

• 10 or more years of progressively responsible and directly related work experience, including 3 or more years of program and people management experience.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Six Sigma certification preferred, or equivalent combination of education/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.

Licenses and Certifications

• PMP - Project Mgmt Professional required .

Physical Demands and Work Conditions
Blood Borne Pathogens

• Category II - Tasks that involve NO exposure to blood, body fluids or tissues, but employment may require performing unplanned Category I tasks

These principles apply to ALL employees:

SHC Commitment to Providing an Exceptional Patient & Family Experience


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

Equal Opportunity Employer Stanford Health Care (SHC) strongly values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity and non-discrimination in all of its policies and practices, including the area of employment. Accordingly, SHC does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity and/or expression, religion, age, national or ethnic origin, political beliefs, marital status, medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, or disability, or the perception of any of the above. People of all genders, members of all racial and ethnic groups, people with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply. Qualified applicants with criminal convictions will be considered after an individualized assessment of the conviction and the job requirements.

Base Pay Scale: Generally starting at $83.98 - $111.27 per hour

The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, internal equity, experience, education, specialty and training. This pay scale is not a promise of a particular wage.