Healthcare Principal

Albert Kahn Associates, Inc.; Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

401K with employer match

Discretionary bonuses

Vacation and sick time

Job summary

A leading design and engineering firm in Detroit seeks a Healthcare Principal to advance their healthcare practice. The role entails mentoring future leaders, managing substantial projects with budgets over $25M, and fostering relationships with clients. The ideal candidate has at least ten years of relevant experience, a degree in architecture, and skills in business development and organizational leadership. This full-time position offers competitive salary, benefits, and a hybrid work arrangement.

Qualifications

• Minimum ten years as a project principal and/or project architect for construction budgets greater than $25M.
• Minimum three years as a department or market leader with annual financial goals.
• Experience establishing new relationships with potential clients and partners.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to a culture of ingenuity, curiosity, and belonging.
• Cultivate new and existing healthcare client and partner relationships.
• Lead the design and delivery of healthcare projects.

Skills

Healthcare project experience

Organizational leadership

Relationship management

Business development

Education

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in architecture

Job description

About Albert Kahn Associates

Albert Kahn Associates is driven to question the status quo in search of creative and long‑lasting design and engineering solutions that solve our client’s challenges. We help them do what they do even better, engage our communities, foster belonging, and leave a positive impact on our world. We improve life through design.

What we are looking for

Critical Thinkers, Creative Problem Solvers, Collaborative Teammates, Future Leaders.

Healthcare Principal – Detroit Office

Full‑time position. Minimum three business days per week in the office unless working on business development or project implementation activities.

Why Join Us?

Diverse projects. Drive to Innovate. Collaborative team. Kahn Legacy. Employee Owned. Work‑Life Balance. Full‑time positions also offer competitive salary and benefits, 401K with employer match, discretionary bonuses, vacation and sick time, and a hybrid work arrangement.

Vision for the Role

The Healthcare Principal will serve as a strategic and visionary leader, advancing our healthcare practice through design excellence, thought leadership, and trusted client partnerships. A deep understanding of the healthcare industry is required for this role. The goal is to deliver innovative, high‑performing healthcare environments that improve patient outcomes, support caregivers, and respond to the evolving needs of healthcare systems. Through exemplary client work and leadership within the firm, this role will shape a visible and influential healthcare design culture that attracts new clients, inspires teams, and reinforces Kahn’s legacy of innovation and impact.

Job Responsibilities

• Organizational Leadership – Contribute to a culture of ingenuity, curiosity, and belonging. Mentor and inspire the next generation of leaders. Coordinate recruitment and training of staff essential to healthcare projects.
• Business Development – Cultivate new and existing healthcare client and partner relationships in partnership with the Director of Strategic Relationships and other business development leaders. Actively participate in professional associations and networking events. Find and receive requests for proposals. Lead the development of proposals with Marketing. Champion the interview team. Contribute to financial profits through healthcare project wins.
• Project Leadership – Lead the design and delivery of healthcare projects. Collaborate with operational and technical directors and project leads to ensure innovative solutions. Manage client relationships throughout the project. Proactively monitor and manage to complete the project within schedule and fees. Participate in post‑occupancy evaluation and research initiatives.

The Ideal Candidate

• HealthCare Project Experience – Minimum ten years as a project principal and/or project architect for construction budgets greater than $25M.
• Organization Leadership – Minimum three years as a department or market leader with annual financial goals.
• Relationship Management – Experience establishing new relationships with potential clients and partners, growing the relationship that results in new projects, and maintaining the relationship with communication, issue resolution, and follow‑up.
• Business Development – Experience in all stages of finding and winning project work, including responding to RFPs, formulating an inspiring interview, and finalizing the project contract.
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in architecture.
• Preferred credentials – LEED, WELL, EDAC.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should submit a resume and cover letter detailing their relevant experience and why they are a great fit for this position. Please provide a portfolio for review as well. Send your application and supporting information to [e-mail].

Equal Opportunity

Albert Kahn Associates is an equal opportunity employer and encourages candidates from all backgrounds to apply. Through responsible leadership, Albert Kahn Associates shall recruit, hire, upgrade, train, and promote in all positions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, weight, height, marital status, misdemeanor arrest record in which there has been no conviction, disability (except where disability is a bona fide occupational disqualification), or status as a disabled veteran or a veteran of the Vietnam Era. We realize that not everyone will meet 100% of our desired qualifications, but you may still be a great fit.