Project Manager - Healthcare Architecture Design
Company: Gensler
Location: Chicago, IL
Type: Full-time
Posted: 2026-11-14
About this role
Description
Your Role
Join a dynamic and growing team designing innovative projects for leading healthcare clients. We are looking for a Design Manager (Project Manager) to manage healthcare projects throughout the North Central Region. We are collaborative and client focused, with a commitment to design experience, sustainability and social purpose.
What You Will Do
- Lead collaborative design teams, working closely with Design Director and Principal- in- Charge (PIC), to establish effective project workplans with attainable project objectives
- Manage all phases of healthcare architecture and interior design projects, from project set-up through design and construction administration
- Help prepare project proposals, negotiate contracts and fees, coordinate bidding process
- Manage scheduling, budgets, staffing, project set-up with clients, sub-consultants, vendors and contractors
- Actively support firmwide sustainability and resilience goals, guiding clients and project teams toward multi-benefit sustainable and resilient design solutions
- Track financial performance of projects
- Develop and maintain client relationships, for both single projects and multi-project global accounts
Your Qualifications
- Experience leading architectural and planning projects for healthcare clients (medical centers, medical office buildings, hospitals, outpatient clinics, surgery centers, community health centers, etc.).
- Experience leading large scale and complex projects and mentoring architects and designers
- 15+ years of related experience managing healthcare architecture and interior architecture projects
- Integrated into the local North Central Region communities with positive healthcare client references
- Experience developing high performance sustainable building projects
- LEED accreditation is preferred
- Strong leadership, organization, communication and interpersonal management skills
- Commitment to collaborative design process
- Experienc...