Healthcare Planning Lead — Strategy & Operations

Stantec; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading design and consulting firm in Houston is seeking an experienced Healthcare Planner to join their studio. This position requires strategic thinking and an understanding of clinical operations, focusing on planning efforts for various healthcare projects. The ideal candidate will lead and facilitate multidisciplinary planning, develop functional layouts, and ensure regulatory compliance while contributing to solutions that enhance patient experience. This is a pivotal role in shaping adaptable healthcare environments.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of clinical operations in healthcare.
• Strategic thinking skills for complex environments.
• Ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning for healthcare projects.
• Facilitate clinical user group meetings.
• Translate clinical workflows into functional layouts.
• Develop space programs and planning concepts.
• Collaborate with architects and engineers.
• Support master planning initiatives.
• Guide projects through regulatory requirements.
• Enhance patient experience and operational performance.

Job description

Your Opportunity

Stantec is seeking a Healthcare Planner to join our Houston studio. This role is ideal for a planner who brings both strategic thinking and a strong understanding of clinical operations to complex healthcare environments.

Working within a collaborative, multidisciplinary team, you will lead planning efforts or play a key role, depending on project scale and complexity. You will work across a range of project types - from community hospitals and ambulatory care centers to large academic medical campuses - partnering closely with clients, clinicians, and internal teams to translate operational goals into efficient, adaptable, and future-ready healthcare environments, including work within active hospital settings and across system-wide initiatives.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Lead planning efforts for key departments or project components across multiple healthcare projects
• Facilitate clinical user group meetings and stakeholder workshops, building alignment across diverse teams
• Translate clinical workflows, volumes, and operational goals into functional layouts and planning strategies
• Develop space programs, adjacency diagrams, and departmental planning concepts
• Collaborate with architects, engineers, and consultants to integrate planning with design and building systems
• Support campus, prototype, and system-level master planning initiatives
• Guide projects through healthcare regulatory and code requirements
• Contribute to design solutions that enhance patient experience, staff wellbeing, and operational performance
• Participate in client presentations, interviews, and project pursuits
• Mentor and support the professional growth of emerging healthcare planners