Design Manager - Healthcare

The Haskell Company; Atlanta, Charlotte (GA, NC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plans

Professional development

Flexible work options

Job summary

Haskell, a nationally recognized Top Workplace, invites a design project manager to lead healthcare design initiatives across projects from proposal to closeout.

You will guide a multidisciplinary design team, ensure compliance with contract requirements, manage budgets and schedules, and foster client relationships while traveling up to 30%.

Join a culture grounded in trust and excellence, offering growth opportunities and a strong benefits package.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, architecture, or related field.
• 8+ years in design industry with 3+ years leading healthcare design projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead design project management for small to mid-size projects from proposal through closeout.
• Guide design team collaboration to meet project goals.
• Ensure compliance with Prime Contract requirements and sponsor approvals.
• Develop and maintain project schedules and fee proposals.

Skills

Professional licensure

PMP certification

MS Office

Client leadership

Budget management

Schedule management

Healthcare design

Team coordination

Proposal development

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering/architecture

Tools

Revit/BIM

Scheduling software

Project accounting software

Job description

At Haskell, you’re not just joining a company—you’re joining a nationally recognized Top Workplace where diverse perspectives and inclusive thinking drive stronger outcomes. Whether you’re starting out, growing your expertise, or leading the way, you’ll find a culture grounded in trust, driven by excellence, and built to support your goals. Here, you’ll have the opportunity, flexibility, and sense of belonging to grow your career your way—while making a real impact.

In this role, you will execute design project management for small projects and/or those with limited disciplines from proposal phase through project closeout. Additionally, you’ll lead and inspire the design team to collaborate to achieve all project goals.

Job Responsibilities

• Ensuresthe compliancewith all Prime Contract requirements.
• Develops, monitors, and updates an efficiently sequenced project design schedule and regularly advises the project team of changes.
• Assures design consultants are prequalified.
• Prepares Professional Service Agreements for design consultants that minimize risk to the Company.
• Evaluates and distributes changes/add services effecting project scope and schedule.
• Prepares clear and concise project communications, oral and written.
• Builds positive working relationships with current clients, internal and external, establishing a relationship of trust.
• Displays a commitment to safe work practices both during design document development and in the field.
• Facilitates and monitors design reviews of documents to ensure project quality objectives are achieved.
• Utilizes standard project management tools and techniques that comply with all company policies from proposal through close-out.
• Forecasts and reports project financial performance and reviews with design business unit leaders and project leaders (for integrated projects).
• Solicits input from practice areas for development of fee proposal or change order requests/add services.
• Travel up to 30% as required.

Education & Years of Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, architecture, or a related field plus
• 8+ years of relevant design industry experience, including 3+ years managing healthcare design projects.

To thrive in this role, you’ll need:

• Professional registration or eligible (preferred).
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification desired but not required.
• Knowledge of various relevant architectural and engineering systems (e.g., facilities, process and/or packaging systems as applicable).
• Knowledge of drawing production software and integration requirements for complete project modeling.
• Intermediate skills in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Ability to work independently and with a team.
• Ability to adjust to changing timelines, meet deadlines and excellent time management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to serve as the primary client contact and lead multidisciplinary teams from project initiation through construction administration.
• Experience developing proposals, scopes of services, fees, staffing plans, and project schedules.
• Ability to manage project budgets, monitor financial performance, forecast staffing needs, and address scope changes and additional services.
• Experience coordinating architects, engineers, specialty consultants, and owner stakeholders.
• Understanding of healthcare design, permitting, regulatory reviews, and construction processes.
• Experience managing renovations in occupied healthcare facilities, including phasing and operational constraints.
• Strong communication, negotiation, organization, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to lead client meetings, document decisions, resolve issues, and maintain accountability for commitments.
• Ability to travel for client meetings and project needs.
• Preferred Qualifications:
  • Registered Architect or Professional Engineer license.
  • Experience managing hospital, surgery, imaging, emergency department, or other complex clinical projects.
  • Experience with CMAR, design-assist, and design-build delivery.
  • Experience supporting client development, repeat business, and pursuit interviews.
  • Familiarity with Revit/BIM coordination and project accounting and scheduling software.
  • PMP, LEED AP, or other relevant professional certification.

At Haskell, we offer a comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, retirement plans, professional development opportunities, and more. Join us and be part of a team where your contributions make a difference.

Environmental Factors and Physical Requirements

While performing the duties of this job, team members may be required to visit alternate locations and therefore must have ordinary ambulatory skills sufficient to do so. This position requires the ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and manipulate (lift, carry, move) light to medium weights of 10-50 pounds. Requires good hand-eye coordination, arm, hand, and finger dexterity, including ability to grasp, and visual acuity to use a keyboard, operate equipment and read application/form information. The team member is frequently required to sit, reach with hands and arms, talk, and hear.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities

Haskell will make reasonable accommodations in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008. The job description will be reviewed periodically as duties and responsibilities change with business necessity. Essential and marginal job functions are subject to modification.

Haskell isa Drug-Free Workplace, andan Equal Opportunity Employerthat does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender, gender identity or gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws and ordinances.