Senior Space Planning & Facilities Manager

UT Southwestern Medical Center; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

UT Southwestern Medical Center seeks a senior leader to provide project management and strategic space planning across educational and research initiatives within Academic Affairs, guiding complex renovations and capital projects from planning through occupancy.

Leading collaborations with Academic Affairs, Facilities Management, and researchers, you will ensure alignment with institutional priorities and successful execution of space utilization strategies.

Qualifications

• 5 years of project management/construction experience required with a Bachelor’s degree.
• Preferred: Bachelor's Degree in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Management.
• Experience in design and construction for academic healthcare and/or research facilities.

Responsibilities

• Leads strategic planning, coordination, and execution of complex space planning and facilities initiatives supporting academic, administrative, and research operations within Academic Affairs.
• Oversee a portfolio of renovation, infrastructure, occupancy, and capital planning projects with responsibility for scope development, schedules, budgets, stakeholder coordination, and project execution.
• Partners with Academic Affairs leadership, department administrators, Research Operations, Facilities Management, and institutional stakeholders to assess current and future space needs and develop strategic space utilization recommendations aligned with institutional priorities.
• Coordinates planning and implementation activities related to faculty recruitment, departmental growth, research expansion, educational programs, and organizational restructuring requiring space and facilities support.
• Facilitates planning meetings and stakeholder discussions to define project objectives, operational requirements, timelines, risks, and resource needs.
• Collaborates with architects, engineers, consultants, contractors, and Facilities Management teams to support project planning, programming, design review, renovation coordination, construction, and occupancy readiness.
• Develops and maintains project schedules, status reports, presentations, planning documents, utilization analyses, and executive-level communications for leadership review and decision-making.
• Monitors project scope, milestones, budgets, deliverables, and dependencies to ensure initiatives remain aligned with institutional goals and operational expectations.
• Identifies project risks, operational impacts, space constraints, and potential conflicts; develops recommendations and mitigation strategies to support successful project outcomes.
• Provides strategic guidance regarding space allocation, utilization trends, facility optimization opportunities, and long-range infrastructure planning.
• Coordinates move planning, occupancy transitions, and operational readiness activities associated with renovations, departmental relocations, and space reassignments.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder coordination

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Bachelor's Degree in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Management

Job description

UT Southwestern Medical Center seeks a senior leader to provide project management and strategic space planning across educational and research initiatives within Academic Affairs, guiding complex renovations and capital projects from planning through occupancy.

Leading collaborations with Academic Affairs, Facilities Management, and researchers, you will ensure alignment with institutional priorities and successful execution of space utilization strategies.