Principal – Healthcare

Meyer Design, Inc.; Ardmore (PA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Meyer Design, Inc. seeks an experienced Healthcare Principal to lead and grow its Healthcare practice.

You will set strategic direction, manage client relationships, and oversee financial performance and delivery of healthcare projects. You will shape Meyer's healthcare growth by leveraging existing relationships, pursuing new opportunities, and building a high-performing team across Architecture and Interior Design disciplines.

Qualifications

• Significant leadership experience within healthcare architecture and design, ideally including business development and project leadership.
• Knowledge of the Greater Philadelphia healthcare market and key institutions, partners, and decision-makers.
• Proven success in developing client relationships and generating new business.
• Understanding of healthcare project delivery, including planning, regulatory aspects, contracts, fees, and risk.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary architecture and interior design teams.
• Understanding of practice financials: revenue, backlog, utilization, profitability, staffing, forecasting.
• Strong executive presence and ability to communicate with healthcare executives, facilities leaders, clinicians, and project teams.
• Architectural registration preferred; related degrees (e.g., Interior Design) with healthcare leadership experience may be considered.

Responsibilities

• Implement and advance Meyer's Healthcare strategic plan.
• Strengthen Meyer's regional healthcare market position and opportunities.
• Monitor healthcare trends, investment, regulatory changes, and delivery models for Meyer's practice.
• Lead business development and relationship strategies to build a sustainable pipeline of healthcare opportunities.
• Develop new client relationships while expanding existing ones to generate repeat healthcare work.
• Own the overall performance and health of the Healthcare practice, including revenue, backlog, profitability, and growth goals.
• Mentor and develop a strong healthcare team, identifying staffing and succession needs.
• Collaborate with Architecture, Interior Design, and other Meyer's market sectors to align strategy with firm culture.

Skills

Healthcare leadership

Business development

Strategic planning

Client relationships

Healthcare design

Team leadership

Job description

Meyer is seeking an experienced, entrepreneurial Healthcare Principal to lead and grow our Healthcare practice. This individual will have overall responsibility for the strategic direction, growth, client relationships, financial performance, and delivery of Meyer's healthcare work.

The Healthcare Principal will build upon Meyer's existing healthcare relationships and project experience while shaping the next phase of the practice. This leader will translate healthcare design and project-delivery expertise into trusted client relationships, a strong team, and sustainable business growth.

This is a senior leadership role within Meyer, reporting to the President / CEO and serving as a member of the Executive Leadership Team, working closely with leaders across our Architecture and Interior Design practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Implement and advance Meyer's Healthcare strategic plan, evolving priorities as market conditions, client needs, and firm capabilities develop.
• Strengthen Meyer's position in the regional healthcare market by identifying priority clients, project types, partnerships, and opportunities where Meyer can effectively compete and differentiate.
• Monitor healthcare trends, investment, regulatory changes, and delivery models, serving as Meyer's internal subject matter leader for healthcare.

Business Development & Client Relationships

• Lead business development and relationship strategies that build a sustainable pipeline of healthcare opportunities.
• Develop new client relationships while expanding existing relationships to generate repeat and broader healthcare work.
• Lead key pursuits, interviews, and proposals while building strategic partnerships and maintaining Meyer's visibility within the healthcare community.
• Own the overall performance and health of the Healthcare practice, establishing revenue, pipeline, backlog, profitability, and growth goals with Executive Leadership.
• Maintain visibility into staffing, workload, project performance, fees, and profitability, establishing appropriate fee and delivery strategies.
• Partner with project leaders to proactively address scope, contract, schedule, staffing, financial, and project-delivery risks.
• Provide senior-level oversight and guidance for healthcare projects from pursuit through completion.
• Apply healthcare planning, design, regulatory, and technical expertise to guide teams across diverse healthcare environments.
• Participate strategically in key client meetings, project milestones, and critical decisions, partnering with Meyer leadership to maintain QA/QC, risk management, and healthcare-specific standards.
• Build, mentor, and develop a strong healthcare team, identifying staffing, training, specialization, and succession needs necessary for sustainable growth.
• Develop emerging leaders and create opportunities to expand healthcare expertise and client relationships.
• Foster collaboration across Architecture, Interior Design, and Meyer's market sectors while contributing as a member of the Executive Leadership Team to broader firm strategy, accountability, and culture.

Qualifications

• Significant leadership experience within healthcare architecture and design, ideally including both business development and project leadership responsibilities.
• Established knowledge of the Greater Philadelphia healthcare market and its key institutions, partners, and decision-makers strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated success developing client relationships and generating new business.
• Strong understanding of healthcare project delivery, including planning, regulatory requirements, technical considerations, contracts, fees, and risk.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary architecture and interior design teams.
• Demonstrated understanding of practice financials, including revenue, backlog, utilization, project profitability, staffing, and forecasting.
• Strong executive presence and ability to communicate effectively with healthcare executives, facilities and real estate leaders, clinicians, project managers, contractors, and internal teams.
• Professional architectural registration preferred; candidates with a related degree, including Interior Design, and significant relevant healthcare leadership experience may also be considered.