Healthcare Architect / Studio Practice Leader - AE7

About the role

AE7’s Cleveland office is seeking a Senior Architect(s) to lead, develop, manage, and grow our Healthcare Market Sector. The ideal candidate should have a majority of their career focused on healthcare and wellness projects, healthcare systems, and clients.

Responsibilities

• To establish, cultivate, and maintain good relationships with potential and active clients
• To acknowledge, document, respond, and organize project proposal documents and presentations for upcoming RFPs and client interviews
• To work with AE7's marketing / graphics department to prepare relevant marketing materials, maintain up-to-date project data for AE7's database and website
• To attend RFPs query sessions and client interviews, as the introductory face of the Healthcare market sector leader of AE7
• To formulate and prepare project proposals which would define AE7's role/scope of work and fee structures
• To create and maintain a client list, identifying key clients
• To reconnect with clients on an annual/biannual as-needed basis. Participate and assist with content marketing
• To explore alternate revenue-generating strategies for AE7
• To recruit, interview, and make recommendations on qualified candidates to join AE7 to accomplish the scope of work noted
• To help develop standards, office procedures, QA/QC methods, etc. that would pertain to the Healthcare market sector
• To travel as needed to accomplish the above tasks

Business Development Responsibilities

• To establish a business development approach for pursuing health and medical related opportunities
• To coordinate with AE7 staff on making calls and reaching out to existing clients and new clients
• To reach out to past clients and let them know where you are, and make introductions
• To develop a team for hospital/healthcare pursuits with existing staffing or new hires
• To cultivate existing staff into healthcare teams with the needed knowledge to execute projects
• To work with staff to develop expertise and make presentations at appropriate trade organizations, and other appropriate venues
• To participate in speaking engagements

Qualities & Skills Required

• Lead design and programming efforts for health-related projects
• Minimum of 20 years' experience in architecture/architecture interiors with a main focus of your career in the healthcare/wellness industry
• Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Interior Design, or related field
• Strong knowledge of FGI guidelines and/or other healthcare governing authority guidelines
• Good interpersonal skills and the ability to work well in a team
• Ability to work well under pressure and meet deadlines efficiently
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

How to Apply

Qualified candidates should electronically submit a resume and portfolio to hr.northamerica@ae7.com with the job title of “Healthcare Architect / Studio Practice Leader” in the subject line. All candidate submissions should be in PDF format (under 10MB) with applicant’s name in the filename.