Senior Director Planning Design and Construction Program Management

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Job Title

Senior Director Planning Design and Construction Program Management

Location

Cleveland

Facility

Cleveland Clinic Main Campus

Department

Design Dept-Operations

Job Code

T97508

Shift

Days

Schedule

8:00am-5:00pm

Job Summary

Job Details

Join Cleveland Clinic’s Main Campus where research and surgery are advanced, technology is leading-edge, patient care is world class and caregivers are family. Here, you will work alongside a passionate and dedicated team, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.

The Senior Director, Planning, Design and Construction Program Management provides enterprise-wide leadership across the full capital project lifecycle from strategic planning, programming, and design through pre-construction, construction execution, and post-occupancy evaluation. This role ensures that capital projects are integrated, standardized, safe, compliant, financially responsible, and aligned with Cleveland Clinic’s clinical, operational, and strategic objectives.

Serving as a senior leader within Buildings + Design, this position partners closely with executive, clinical, operational, engineering, construction, supply chain, and market leadership to deliver complex healthcare environments that support patient care, research, and education while advancing innovation, sustainability, and design excellence.

A caregiver in this position works days from 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Lead enterprise-wide planning, programming, design, and construction program strategy for new construction, renovations, and major capital initiatives. Including pre-construction estimating, scheduling, construction execution, safety, quality, and post-construction closeout.

• Ensure alignment between design intent, operational requirements, budget, schedule, and construction execution across all projects.

• Serve as a primary senior-level liaison with executive, clinical, operational, and administrative stakeholders to translate strategic goals into built solutions.
• Lead the development, approval, and governance of enterprise design standards, ensuring consistency across facilities, interiors, furnishings, and finishes.
• Direct external architects, designers, engineers, and consultants to ensure compliance with design standards, codes, and organizational expectations.

• Review architectural and engineering deliverables for quality, constructability, and alignment with clinical and operational needs. Ensure projects are delivered in safe, healing environments, meeting all regulatory, statutory, and compliance requirements.

• Lead capital budget planning, forecasting, and cash-flow management across planning, design, and construction programs.
• Develop and track metrics for quality, cost, productivity, and performance, providing executive-level reporting and recommendations.
• Partners with Enterprise Risk to manage job-site safety and the Clinic’s Owner Controlled Insurance Program.

• Lead and develop multidisciplinary teams across planning, design, pre-construction, and construction program management. Foster a culture that attracts, develops, and retains top talent, inclusive of succession planning and workforce optimization.
• Serve as a subject matter expert in contracting and procurement of design and construction services of building technologies, systems, and material. Partners with Supply Chain for furniture, fixtures and equipment procurement.

• Represent the organization through industry engagement, presentations, publications, and partnerships that advance healthcare design and construction excellence. Maintains awareness and relationships of the local, national, and international marketplace.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, or related field and ten years of progressive experience in planning, design, and construction of large-scale, complex capital programs, including senior leadership responsibility
• Professional registration as a Professional Engineer or Registered Architect
• Strong knowledge of complex building systems, (design, service and construction) contracting, and (local and national) market conditions
• Commitment to innovation, continuous improvement, and service excellence
• Strong financial acumen and experience managing budgets and operational metrics

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Master’s Degree or MBA
• Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), Evidence-based Design Accreditation and Certification (EDAC), American College of Healthcare Architects (ACHA), Certified Healthcare Constructor (CHC), Certified Healthcare Facility Manager (CHFM, or Certified in Healthcare Compliance (CHC), Project Management Professional (PMP) certificate
• Healthcare and international experience
• Demonstrated experience leading teams and managing major healthcare or institutional projects

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to operate a computer and other office equipment.
• Ability to perform work in a stationary position for extended periods.
• Ability to travel to various locations throughout the health system and to move about construction sites in various degrees of completion.
• Must have normal or corrected vision.
• Must have own transportation due to travel to multiple sites.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally. The position requires a passport and/or the ability to get a passport within a reasonable time frame.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility.

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