Lead Medical Planner

NBBJ Design; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

NBBJ Los Angeles is seeking a Lead Medical Planner to join our healthcare team. You will lead design and planning for complex hospitals and ambulatory centers, collaborating with architects, interior designers, medical planners and clinicians from concept through construction.

The role requires strong leadership, client relationship skills, and a track record of delivering integrated healthcare environments. Base pay ranges $120,000–$160,000 annually, with location based in the United States.

Qualifications

• Medical Planning experience across complex healthcare projects
• Excellence in design and innovation
• CA OSHPD experience
• Experience leading healthcare projects from programming to construction administration
• Collaborative leadership with design teams, consultants and clients
• Leadership of user group engagements and deliverables
• Familiarity with healthcare strategic planning, MP, and programming
• Local client relationships and healthcare project marketing
• Knowledge of industry trends and LEAN concepts

Responsibilities

• Lead medical planning for our most complex healthcare projects
• Lead master plans, visioning, and programming efforts
• Grow the Healthcare practice by developing and executing client relationships
• Identify and generate opportunities to broaden the Healthcare practice
• Participate in Clinical User Group meetings and client presentations
• Collaborate with Medical Planners, Architects, Interior Designers, and Project Managers from concept through construction
• Advance the Healthcare practice’s reputation through conferences, journals, and social media
• Motivate and lead teams internally and externally to deliver projects

Skills

Medical planning

Leadership

Presentation skills

Client relationship management

OSHPD knowledge

Team collaboration

Revit

Healthcare design

Education

Professional licensure

LEED accreditation

Tools

Revit

Job description

Description 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. That’s where you come in. With leading clients, diverse colleagues and offices in creative capitals around the globe, a career at NBBJ will inspire you to be extraordinary. You can learn more about our firm, see what it’s like to work here and explore recent projects and ideas at NBBJ.com. Join us to make an impact today!

Description 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. That’s where you come in. With leading clients, diverse colleagues and offices in creative capitals around the globe, a career at NBBJ will inspire you to be extraordinary. You can learn more about our firm, see what it’s like to work here and explore recent projects and ideas at NBBJ.com. Join us to make an impact today!

The Role At a Glance

NBBJ Los Angeles is seeking a Lead Medical Planner to join their highly collaborative healthcare team. We are seeking a talented individual with experience in the design and planning of complex healthcare environments including large-scale hospitals and ambulatory care centers. This is an opportunity to join 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.

In Your New Role, You Will

• 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
• Ability to effectively participate in Clinical User Group meetings and client presentation
• Proven ability to 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
• Have proven success in planning and developing new projects as well as the ability to motivate and inspire teams, both internally and externally.

What You Will Need To Succeed

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

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 a number of factors, including their skills, qualifications and experience.

This role requires the individual to be based in the United States.

NBBJ is an Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F Disabled and Vet EEO/AA Employer.