Project Architect / Project Manager - Healthcare (HCAi)

Bancroft Staffing Partners (BSP); San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ESOP

Performance bonus

Hybrid schedule

Generous PTO

Education resources

Licensure support

Student loan assistance

Job summary

Bancroft Staffing Partners is seeking an experienced Project Architect or Project Manager to join its Healthcare practice in Los Angeles or San Diego. The role focuses on HCAI-regulated projects, technical delivery, and client coordination, with a path to leadership across planning through construction.

The position offers hybrid work (3 days in-office, 2 days remote), California licensure support, ESOP participation, and growth opportunities within an employee-owned firm committed to complex

Qualifications

• 7+ years of architectural experience, preferably in healthcare.
• Familiarity with California healthcare delivery and regulatory processes is preferred.
• CA RA license is highly preferred for Project Architect and strongly valued for PM.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage medium- to large-scale healthcare (HCAI) projects from planning through closeout.
• Coordinate design development, construction documents, approvals, and construction administration.
• Ensure compliance with HCAI/OSHPD requirements and applicable codes.
• Lead coordination among architects, engineers, consultants, contractors, and clients.
• Mentor staff and support licensure and professional development.
• Contribute to proposals, business development, and client relationship initiatives.

Skills

7+ years experience

Architecture

Healthcare

HCAI/OSHPD

Project leadership

Client coordination

Education

Architecture degree

Job description

Project Architect / Project Manager – Healthcare (HCAI)

Locations: San Diego or Los Angeles

Schedule: Full-Time | Hybrid – 3 Days In-Office / 2 Days WFH

About Us

• BSP is leading a confidential search partnered with an established, employee-owned Architecture and Design Practice delivering meaningful, technically complex projects throughout California.
• Our work is centered around environments that positively impact communities, with a strong presence in healthcare, education, civic, and institutional design.
• Our employee-ownership culture, collaborative studios, flexible hybrid environment, commitment to professional development, and comprehensive benefits package allow architects and project leaders to build their careers and long-term financial ownership in the firm.

The Position

• We are seeking an experienced Project Architect or Project Manager to join our growing Healthcare practice in either Los Angeles or San Diego.
• This opportunity is designed for an architectural professional with strong healthcare experience who can contribute across HCAI-regulated projects, technical delivery, project management, consultant coordination, client relationships, and construction-phase execution.
• Depending on experience, licensing, and career focus, candidates may align more closely with either the Project Architect or Project Manager track.
• The Project Architect will have a stronger emphasis on technical leadership, documentation, code compliance, HCAI coordination, quality control, and architectural delivery.
• The Project Manager will have a stronger emphasis on overall project leadership, client management, scope, schedule, budget, staffing, consultant management, and successful delivery from planning through construction.
• Both positions provide meaningful project ownership, direct exposure to complex California healthcare environments, and opportunities for continued advancement within an established healthcare practice.

What You'll Do

• Lead and support medium- to large-scale healthcare (HCAi) projects from planning and design through construction and closeout.
• Manage architectural deliverables across design development, construction documentation, permitting, agency review, and construction administration.
• Coordinate complex HCAI / OSHPD healthcare requirements, applicable building codes, agency approvals, and plan-check processes.
• Lead coordination between architects, designers, engineers, consultants, contractors, clients, agencies, and other project stakeholders.
• Review drawings, specifications, details, and project documentation for quality, technical accuracy, constructability, coordination, and code compliance.
• Resolve architectural, technical, regulatory, and interdisciplinary coordination challenges throughout the project lifecycle.
• Develop and manage project work plans, schedules, staffing requirements, budgets, fees, and deliverables as appropriate to the position.
• Monitor project performance against established scope, schedule, budget, contractual obligations, and client expectations.
• Serve as a key client contact and participate in client, consultant, agency, and Owner/Architect/Contractor (OAC) meetings.
• Coordinate agency submissions, respond to plan-check comments, and support projects through required approvals.
• Review and coordinate RFIs, change orders, specifications, meeting documentation, and construction-phase correspondence.
• Support cost estimating, value analysis, design changes, and construction administration.
• Lead, mentor, and develop architectural staff while delegating assignments and providing technical and professional guidance.
• Participate in proposals, interviews, business development, and client relationship initiatives as needed.

Job Qualifications

• Professional degree in Architecture or a closely related discipline.
• 7+ years min. of architectural experience, ideally including substantial healthcare project exposure.
• Previous experience delivering California healthcare projects strongly preferred.
• Working knowledge of HCAI / OSHPD requirements, healthcare codes, agency processes, and plan-check procedures highly preferred.
• Strong experience across design development, construction documentation, consultant coordination, permitting, and construction administration.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate technically complex architectural projects and multidisciplinary consultant teams.
• Strong knowledge of building codes, construction methods, documentation standards, and quality-control procedures.
• Experience supervising, mentoring, and delegating work to architectural project teams.
• Strong organizational, communication, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to successfully manage multiple priorities and deadlines within a collaborative project environment.
• Ability to develop and maintain strong client, consultant, contractor, and agency relationships.

*California Registered Architectural License (CA RA) is mandatory for the Project Architect & is strongly preferred for the Project Manager position.

What's Offered

• Project Architect: $110,000–$135,000+ / Year (DOE)
• Project Manager: $115,000–$150,000+ / Year (DOE)
• Compensation flexibility may be available for candidates with particularly strong HCAI healthcare experience, leadership capabilities, and California licensure.
• Performance-based bonus opportunities
• ESOP - Employee ownership/equity participation
• Generous PTO, holidays, and paid time off
• Hybrid Schedule: 3 Days In-Office / 2 Days WFH
• Flexible working environment and hours where project demands allow
• Professional development and continuing education resources
• Mentorship and leadership-development opportunities
• Support for architectural licensure, including applicable ARE study resources, examination support, and licensure incentives
• Wellness programs and additional employee resources
• Student loan repayment assistance and other eligible employee programs
• Long-term advancement opportunities within an established California healthcare practice

*Qualified candidates with HCAI / OSHPD healthcare experience are encouraged to apply whether their background is more heavily focused on technical Project Architecture or Project Management/client leadership.

Equal Opportunity Statement: Bancroft Staffing Partners is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity & are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees & candidates, regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.