Lead Medical Planner

About the Firm

NBBJ is an award-winning design firm recognized as a TIME100 Most Influential Company, a Fast Company Most Innovative Architecture Firm, and a two-time 2025 AIA National Honor Award recipient. These recognitions reflect our purpose-driven approach that, fueled by ideas and a culture of collaboration, creates healthy buildings, strong communities, and a resilient environment. With leading clients, diverse colleagues, and offices in creative capitals around the globe, a career at NBBJ will inspire you to be extraordinary.

About the Role

NBBJ Los Angeles is seeking a Lead Medical Planner to join their highly collaborative healthcare team. This is an opportunity to work in a fully integrated design studio where a diverse group of technical architects, interior designers, medical planners, and clinical consultants collaborate as a team from concept design through construction.

Responsibilities

• Lead medical planning for our most complex healthcare projects
• Lead master plans, visioning, and programming efforts
• Grow the Healthcare practice: develop and execute new and existing client relationships through a deep understanding of client enterprise and needs
• Work closely with the Studio Core Team and Healthcare Practice Leadership to continually identify and generate business opportunities that broaden the Healthcare practice
• Effectively participate in Clinical User Group meetings and client presentations
• Collaborate with other Medical Planners, Architects, Interior Designers, and Project Managers from Concept Design through Construction
• Advance the Healthcare practice’s reputation through conference presentations, journal articles, and social media communication
• Plan and develop new projects as well as motivate and inspire teams, both internally and externally

Requirements

• Medical Planning experience with complex healthcare projects of all scales and program types
• Demonstrated excellence in design and innovation
• Experience working with OSHPD and local jurisdictions (California)
• Experience leading Healthcare projects from programming/concept design through construction administration
• Experience working in a collaborative environment with design teams, consultants, and clients
• Skilled in leadership and management of user group engagements and development of deliverables
• Familiarity with issues surrounding innovative Healthcare strategic planning, medical planning, and programming
• Local client relationships and experience marketing Healthcare projects
• Familiarity with current industry practices, trends, and innovation
• Revit proficiency (encouraged)
• Willingness to travel
• Exceptional presentation skills

Qualifications

• Professional Licensure (encouraged)
• LEED Accreditation (encouraged)
• Familiarity with LEAN Concepts

Pay

The annual base pay range for this role is anticipated to be between $120,000 and $160,000. Actual compensation for successful candidates will be carefully determined based on skills, qualifications, and experience. This role requires the individual to be based in the United States.