National Healthcare Practice Leader

Job Description

National Healthcare Practice Leader

Dewberry is currently seeking a National Healthcare Practice Leader to champion strategic planning, internal collaboration, project leadership and external business development activities across our Health and Wellness practice.

As our National Healthcare Practice Leader, you’ll help shape the future of Dewberry’s healthcare architecture practice by bringing together great people, strong client relationships, and a clear vision for growth. You’ll collaborate with teams across the country to identify opportunities, strengthen our market presence, and deliver meaningful healthcare environments for the communities we serve.

Above all, we’re looking for a leader who is passionate about healthcare design, energized by building relationships, and excited about bringing people together to grow something meaningful on a national scale.

Dewberry is a leading, market-facing professional services firm with more than 60 locations and 2,500 professionals nationwide. What sets us apart from our competitors are our people. At Dewberry, we seek out exceptional talent and strive to deliver the highest quality of services to our clients. Whether you’re an experienced professional or a new graduate, you’ll have the chance to collaborate with the best and brightest and work on innovative and complex projects at the forefront of the industry. Our commitment to excellence stems from our personal integrity and from other defining attributes, which we call “Dewberry at Work,” that have inspired our employees to be successful for more than a half-century.

Dewberry offers a wide range of other employee benefits, including: 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan, 529 College Savings Plans, Travel Assistance, Tuition Reimbursement, Flexible Spending Accounts and Supplemental Life Insurance for employee, spouse, and children.

In addition, a host of discounted purchase programs are available to all employees.

Responsibilities

In this role, you will:

• Shape our national healthcare strategy, identifying market trends and opportunities that support long-term growth.
• Build and strengthen client relationships, serving as a trusted partner to key healthcare clients and helping us develop new relationships.
• Bring people together, connecting teams and expertise across Dewberry to pursue and deliver exceptional healthcare projects.
• Lead strategic pursuits, helping identify the right opportunities and guiding teams through positioning, proposals, and interviews.
• Grow our healthcare practice, expanding our presence across commercial, state/local, and federal healthcare markets.
• Build industry visibility, representing Dewberry at key healthcare events and strengthening relationships with clients, partners, and industry leaders.
• Develop our team, helping attract healthcare talent and subject matter experts who can contribute to the continued growth of the practice.
• Partner with Dewberry leadership, marketing, and business development teams to turn our healthcare vision into measurable results.

Required Skills & Required Experience

• A Professional Degree in Architecture is required.
• Technical leadership experience in Healthcare is requred.
• A State Professional Architectural license is required and the ability to be licensed in multiple states is preferred.
• Minimum of 15 years of experience with subject matter expertise and management of ground up and renovation hospital and medical office architectural projects.
• Proven record of successful Client and business development in the Health and Wellness industry.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to provide meaningful project leadership support.
• Must be enthusiastic about Dewberry and our people, markets segments and services.
• Diplomatic and persuasive.  Able to lead with influence and develop strong business relationships with clients, consultants and contractors.
• Excellent team building skills, both internally and externally.
• Ability to travel to represent Dewberry.

 Location

• Preference for candidates located in Fairfax, VA. Will consider relocation for the right candidate.

Don’t meet every single requirement? At Dewberry we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace for our employee’s. So if you’re excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the position description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may just be the right candidate for this or other opportunities.

The projected range for this position is $148,000 - $225,000 annually. Depending upon other factors, i.e., skills, experience, location, market conditions, the range may vary slightly.

Must have a valid driver’s license, good driving record and ability to pass a driving record background check.

*At this time, Dewberry will not sponsor a new applicant for work authorization.

*Dewberry is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or sexual orientation.

*Only recipients of an offer of employment from Dewberry, will be required to submit to a background screening which may include, but is not limited to, employment verification, educational and other credential verification, driving record check, criminal background check, and an investigative consumer report. These screenings will be conducted by Dewberry’s background vendor of choice and will be conducted in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local law.

Notice to Third Party Recruiters:  Dewberry only compensates job placement recruiters that have a valid Dewberry-approved written agreement in place for recruiting services. Dewberry does not compensate third party recruiters for unsolicited job placement candidate information.