Managing Principal, Healthcare

Dekker; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Dekker is seeking a Managing Principal to lead our Healthcare Studio. This visionary leader will drive strategic growth, client relationships, design excellence, and strategic pursuits across the entire studio.

They provide leadership to teams within their industry of expertise, and ensure studio resilience through strong delivery, talent development, and operational alignment. They connect industry strategy to execution, helping to position Dekker for sustained impact and shared success.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10+ years of progressive design experience with strong healthcare leadership.
• Proven success leading healthcare practices or studios with growth and profitability responsibility.
• Ability to develop and execute business development strategies for revenue growth.
• Established network with healthcare clients, partners, and stakeholders.
• Strong financial acumen with budgeting, forecasting and KPI experience.
• Exceptional leadership and executive stakeholder relationship skills.
• Ability to mentor leaders and build high-performing teams.
• Deep understanding of healthcare trends, funding and regulatory aspects.

Responsibilities

• Owns growth strategy, financial performance, and long-term resilience of the healthcare studio.
• Lead industry strategy alignment with firmwide goals and practice priorities.
• Provide leadership and performance oversight for Principals and senior studio leaders.
• Build executive-level client and partner relationships to advance strategic pursuits.
• Align industry strategy with operational execution for strong project outcomes.
• Use KPIs and market insights to guide decision-making and growth.
• Develop future industry leaders through mentorship and talent development.
• Act as a firmwide culture carrier, promoting collaboration and accountability.
• Communicate industry trends and measures of success across the firm.

Skills

Leadership

Business development

Strategic planning

Relationship building

Financial acumen

Mentoring & talent development

Education

EDAC

ACHA

Job description

Dekker is seeking a Managing Principal to lead our Healthcare Studio. This visionary leader will drive strategic growth, client relationships, design excellence, and strategic pursuits across the entire studio. They provide leadership to teams within their industry of expertise, and ensure studio resilience through strong delivery, talent development, and operational alignment. This role connects industry strategy to execution, helping to position Dekker for sustained impact and shared success.

Responsibilities

• Owns the growth strategy, financial performance, and long-term resilience of the healthcare industry, aligning market direction with firmwide goals and practice priorities.
• Contributes to firmwide strategic planning while positioning healthcare for long-term growth, expanded market presence, and greater national impact through deep understanding of evolving expertise, market trends, and funding dynamics.
• Provides leadership and performance oversight for Principals and senior studio leaders, aligning teams around shared priorities while reinforcing quality, consistency, design excellence, and exceptional client experience.
• Builds and strengthens executive-level client and partner relationships, advancing strategic pursuits, long-term partnerships, and Dekker's reputation within the healthcare industry.
• Aligns healthcare industry strategy with operational execution to support strong project outcomes, sustainable growth, and consistent performance across the industry.
• Uses key performance indicators and market insights to guide decision-making, measure industry health, and improve growth, performance, and client satisfaction.
• Develops future industry leaders through mentorship, succession planning, and talent development that strengthen the long-term health and resilience of the studio.
• Acts as a firmwide leader and culture carrier, strengthening collaboration, accountability, and shared success across studios.
• Communicates industry trends, strategic priorities, and measures of success across the firm to support alignment, awareness, and informed decision-making.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10+ years of progressive experience in design, with significant leadership experience within healthcare planning, design, and delivery.
• Proven success leading healthcare practices, studios, business units, or market sectors with responsibility for growth, profitability, and strategic direction.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and execute business development strategies resulting in sustained revenue growth and expanded market presence.
• Established network of healthcare industry clients, partners, consultants, and stakeholders.
• Strong financial acumen with experience managing budgets, forecasting, profitability, utilization, and key performance metrics.
• Exceptional leadership, communication, and relationship-building skills with the ability to influence clients, executive stakeholders, and internal teams.
• Proven ability to mentor and develop leaders, build high-performing teams, and support succession planning initiatives.
• Deep understanding of healthcare industry trends, regulatory requirements, funding mechanisms, and emerging opportunities.
• Industry-specific credentials such as EDAC and ACHA are preferred.

Dekker offers competitive benefits and salary packages based on education and experience. For a full list of our benefit options, please visit our careers page.

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Dekker is a team of designers, planners, architects, and engineers, intent on creating passion for the built environment through our work. We believe that architecture and design can be transformational and that it must serve more than just a functional role. It should inspire, protect, delight, and empower users and entire communities. We believe the most innovative designs are created through a multi-faceted perspective of places, people, and their processes. Collaboration, empathy, and understanding, combined with passion and expertise can shape our experiences and our environments. We strive to tune our ability to see things through the eyes, hearts, and minds of our clients. If you think your vision, passion, and experience would enhance ours, we’d love to meet you.

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