Associate Director, Healthcare Facilities & Space Strategy

Position Music; Iowa City (IA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Iowa Health Care in Iowa City seeks an Associate Director, Planning, Design & Space Management to lead strategic facility planning, healthcare design, and space management across a large academic medical center.

The role partners with clinical, operational, and administrative leaders to align investments and utilization with organizational priorities, guiding standards and master planning for growth across inpatient, ambulatory, and research facilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in architecture or equivalent experience.
• Master’s degree in architecture preferred.
• 7–10 years of direct healthcare facility planning and design experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead healthcare facility planning and programming initiatives.
• Provide oversight of healthcare planning and design activities.
• Direct space planning, allocation, and utilization strategies.
• Support development and implementation of capital planning initiatives.
• Coordinate planning efforts with clinical and operational stakeholders.
• Ensure facility planning and design solutions support patient care, operational efficiency, and future growth.
• Guide planning and design standards across the health system.
• Support master planning and strategic growth initiatives.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Leadership

Healthcare facility planning

Space management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in architecture or equivalent experience

Master’s degree in architecture

Job description

University of Iowa Health Care in Iowa City seeks an Associate Director, Planning, Design & Space Management to lead strategic facility planning, healthcare design, and space management across a large academic medical center.

The role partners with clinical, operational, and administrative leaders to align investments and utilization with organizational priorities, guiding standards and master planning for growth across inpatient, ambulatory, and research facilities.