Healthcare Principal

The Role

The Role
Arup’s East Geography is seeking a Healthcare Principal to lead the growth of our healthcare business across the New York Tri-State and Northeast markets. This is a senior seller–doer and market leadership role, focused primarily on business development, client relationship management, and work winning, while providing strategic oversight of healthcare project delivery.

The Opportunity

• Lead business development and client relationship efforts to win major healthcare projects across the NY Tri-State, Northeast, and broader East Geography.
• Build and sustain trusted relationships with healthcare clients, systems, and key partners, positioning Arup for long-term growth.
• Develop and execute healthcare market strategies aligned with regional and Americas healthcare priorities.
• Oversee the preparation of compelling proposals, interviews, and pursuit strategies for complex healthcare opportunities.
• Act as Project Director or Executive Sponsor on key projects, providing commercial oversight, governance, and strategic direction.
• Ensure strong financial performance through effective commercial management, risk controls, and alignment with Arup’s commercial objectives.
• Collaborate with regional healthcare leaders to cross-sell services and support healthcare pursuits nationally.
• Mentor and support the development of engineering and project leadership talent, particularly in work winning and client engagement.
• Champion sustainable, evidence-based healthcare design that improves health outcomes and delivers lasting value to clients and communities.

The Skills

• Minimum 20 years of professional experience, with a strong focus on healthcare projects in the NY Tri-State or Northeast market.
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering required.
• Demonstrated success in work winning, client relationship management, and growing healthcare business portfolios.
• Proven leadership experience as a Project Manager or Project Director on medium to large-scale healthcare projects.
• Experience serving as Engineer of Record (EOR) on medium or large healthcare projects.
• Strong commercial acumen, including contract negotiation, financial oversight, and risk management.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license required; NY, NJ, PA, or MA licensure preferred.
• Excellent communication, influencing, and presentation skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

What we offer you

At Arup, we care about each member’s success, so we can grow together.
Guided by our values, we provide an attractive total reward package that recognizes the contribution of each of our members to our shared success. As well as competitive, fair and equitable pay, we offer a career in which all of our members can belong, grow and thrive – through benefits that support health and wellbeing, a wide range of learning opportunities and many possibilities to have an impact through the work they do.

Benefits at Work

• Comprehensive and valuable benefits program that works for our employees and their families while keeping costs low.
• Health and welfare security for you as well as paid time off for rest and renewal.
• Global Profit Share Plan (paid bi-annually) provides an opportunity for you to share in the success of the Firm.
• 401(k) plan with up to 10% company match to help you save for your future.

Flexible Working

We believe that flexible arrangements create a more inclusive way of working that supports our diversity and the wellbeing of our people. Options for alternative schedules and the ability to work outside of the office for a portion of your workweek are available.

NY/NJ Hiring Range

The good faith base salary hiring range for this job if performed in NY / NJ is $250,000 to $320,000 per year. This range is commensurate with experience, educational background, and skill level. Benefits are not included in the base salary.

Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, spouse of a protected veteran, or disability.