Director, Healthcare - Construction

Our client is seeking an experienced Director of Healthcare Construction to provide executive-level leadership across a portfolio of complex healthcare construction projects.

This is a high-impact leadership opportunity for a construction professional who understands that healthcare construction requires more than delivering a project on time and on budget. You will lead teams through the unique challenges of occupied hospitals, clinical environments, life-safety requirements, regulatory compliance, infection control, and minimizing disruption to patient care
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The ideal candidate is a strategic leader who can maintain oversight of an entire portfolio while remaining engaged in project-level decisions when needed. This individual will mentor project leaders, strengthen client relationships, drive operational improvements, and help position the business unit for long-term growth.

• Provide executive oversight of multiple healthcare construction projects from preconstruction through completion.
• Ensure projects meet established safety, quality, schedule, client satisfaction, and financial objectives.
• Maintain visibility across the portfolio through effective delegation, accountability, forecasting, and reporting.
• Provide senior-level guidance and decision-making support to Project Executives, Senior Project Managers, Project Managers, and Engineers.
• Identify portfolio-level risks and implement strategies to protect project outcomes.

• Lead and participate in constructability reviews, project planning, pursuits, and preconstruction activities.
• Guide teams through project phasing, logistics, Infection Control Risk Assessment (ICRA) requirements, and Authority Holding Jurisdiction (AHJ) requirements.
• Partner with estimating teams to ensure budgets accurately reflect project scope, risk, and business strategy.
• Provide executive oversight of subcontractor procurement, buyouts, and trade partner engagement.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with subcontractors, vendors, and strategic trade partners.

• Ensure project execution plans appropriately address the complexities of occupied healthcare facilities.
• Oversee planning and logistics around hospital operations, clinical activities, shutdowns, and required downtime.
• Ensure teams understand and comply with applicable healthcare construction, regulatory, and life-safety requirements.
• Provide executive support when complex project issues require senior-level intervention.

• Ensure project schedules are achievable and aligned with contractual commitments.
• Review critical path risks, milestones, pull plans, recovery plans, and schedule impacts across the portfolio.
• Ensure schedules account for clinical operations, hospital restrictions, patient-care requirements, and other healthcare-specific constraints.
• Participate in owner discussions involving significant schedule, risk, or project-delivery issues.

• Provide oversight of owner contracts, subcontracts, and vendor agreements.
• Negotiate complex or high-value contractual terms and help mitigate contractual exposure.
• Support dispute resolution and other high-stakes contractual matters.
• Own the financial performance of the assigned project portfolio, including budgets, forecasts, profitability, and corrective actions.
• Ensure financial reporting is accurate, timely, and aligned with business objectives.

• Champion a culture of safety, quality, accountability, and compliance across the business unit.
• Hold project teams accountable to established safety and performance KPIs.
• Participate in safety audits, reviews, training, and leadership initiatives.
• Identify…