Senior Project Manager - Healthcare

Location: San Francisco, CA, United States; Hybrid

Your Opportunity

Stantec is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to join our Healthcare Buildings Practice. This leadership role is responsible for managing a portfolio of healthcare projects and serving as a trusted advisor to clients, project teams, and practice leadership. The successful candidate will provide strategic oversight across multiple projects, ensuring delivery excellence while achieving client satisfaction, financial performance, quality objectives, and risk management goals.

As a senior leader within the practice, you will oversee multidisciplinary teams throughout the entire project lifecycle, from pursuit and planning through design, construction, and closeout. You will play a key role in portfolio planning, resource management, client development, and mentoring project management staff while partnering closely with Principals-in-Charge and Operations leadership.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary portfolio manager for a diverse portfolio of healthcare projects, providing oversight of project performance, client relationships, and delivery outcomes.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams to successfully deliver projects that meet client expectations for scope, budget, schedule, quality, and design excellence.
• Maintain executive-level relationships with healthcare clients and act as a trusted advisor throughout project delivery.
• Monitor portfolio financial performance, including revenue forecasting, project profitability, work-in-progress, invoicing, collections, and resource utilization.
• Develop and oversee project budgets, schedules, staffing plans, and risk management strategies across multiple projects simultaneously.
• Partner with Principals-in-Charge and Practice Leaders to align project delivery with business objectives and client account strategies.
• Support project pursuits, fee proposals, contract negotiations, and project planning activities to position projects for successful execution.
• Proactively identify and mitigate project risks, staffing challenges, scope changes, and contractual issues that may impact performance.
• Lead client presentations, executive meetings, and project reviews while maintaining strong communication with all stakeholders.
• Collaborate with Operations and Discipline Leaders to balance workload, allocate resources, and optimize project team performance.
• Champion Stantec's Project Management Framework and quality management processes across the portfolio.
• Mentor Project Managers and Assistant Project Managers, fostering professional development and succession planning within the practice.
• Oversee project reporting and ensure timely communication of project status, risks, financial performance, and key decisions to leadership.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives that enhance project delivery, client satisfaction, and operational efficiency.

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