Associate Director - Healthcare

Job Description

1. Role Overview

AECOM is seeking an 12 years experienced Healthcare Architect/ Planner at Associate Director level to lead healthcare planning and design assignments, with a strong track record of delivering large-scale, complex hospital projects, medical colleges and integrated healthcare campuses.

The candidate will be responsible for leading healthcare planning, developing project strategies, managing multidisciplinary design teams and ensuring successful delivery of complex healthcare infrastructure projects from feasibility and programming through concept design, detailed design and construction-stage support.

The role will also play a key part in expanding AECOM's healthcare business in India by leveraging global healthcare expertise, strengthening client relationships and pursuing major opportunities across public and private healthcare sectors.

2. Key Roles & Responsibilities

A. Healthcare Planning & Technical Leadership

• Lead the planning and design of mega hospitals, tertiary and quaternary care facilities, super-specialty hospitals and integrated healthcare campuses.
• Lead healthcare master planning, clinical planning, functional programming, space planning and departmental layouts.
• Develop comprehensive healthcare planning strategies aligned with international standards, clinical workflows and operational efficiency.
• Demonstrate expertise in planning critical departments, including emergency, OPD, IPD, ICU, OT complexes, diagnostics, radiology, laboratories and specialized clinical facilities.
• Ensure efficient patient, staff, visitor, material and service circulation.
• Integrate medical technology planning, clinical adjacencies, infection control and future expansion requirements.

B. Project Delivery & Multidisciplinary Coordination

• Lead end-to-end healthcare planning and design delivery for large and complex projects.
• Coordinate with architecture, structural, MEP, fire and life safety, medical equipment, BIM and specialist healthcare consultants.
• Provide technical direction and quality assurance across all project stages.
• Manage project deliverables, design reviews, technical coordination and client presentations.
• Ensure adherence to project timelines, budgets, quality standards and contractual obligations.
• Lead technical discussions and resolve complex planning and design challenges.

C. Business Development & Client Engagement

• Support the growth of AECOM's healthcare business in India.
• Develop and maintain relationships with government healthcare authorities, hospital operators, healthcare institutions, developers and investors.
• Identify and pursue opportunities in mega hospitals, medical colleges, healthcare campuses, greenfield and brownfield hospital developments.
• Lead technical proposals, presentations, feasibility studies and healthcare planning strategies for major bids.
• Contribute to business development, opportunity positioning and strategic client engagement.

D. International Collaboration & Global Practice Integration

• Leverage AECOM's global healthcare capabilities, design standards, technical resources and international project experience.
• Collaborate with global healthcare practice leaders and multidisciplinary teams across APAC, Middle East, Europe and other regions.
• Adapt international healthcare planning benchmarks and best practices to Indian regulatory, clinical and operational contexts.
• Facilitate knowledge transfer, technical excellence and innovation across the India healthcare team.

E. Team Leadership & Practice Development

• Build, mentor and lead a high-performing healthcare planning and design team.
• Provide technical mentorship to healthcare planners, architects and multidisciplinary specialists.
• Establish healthcare planning standards, design, review protocols and quality benchmarks.
• Promote innovation, digital healthcare planning, BIM integration and technology-enabled design.
• Contribute to the long-term growth and strategic positioning of AECOM's healthcare practice.

3. Key Project Experience Requirements

The candidate should demonstrate hands-on leadership and delivery experience in:

• 500–1,000+ bedded multispecialty and super-specialty hospitals.
• Medical colleges are integrated with teaching hospitals.
• Greenfield hospital campuses and healthcare townships.
• Specialized healthcare facilities, including cancer centers, cardiac hospitals, children's hospitals and neurosciences institutes.
• Large-scale healthcare redevelopment and hospital expansion projects.

4. Qualification & Experience

• Bachelor's or master’s degree in architecture / urban planning / healthcare planning, Hospital Planning, Healthcare Infrastructure or a related discipline.
• Minimum 15 years of relevant professional experience, with substantial experience in healthcare planning and design.
• Demonstrated experience in independently leading or delivering large-scale hospital and medical college projects.
• Strong understanding of clinical planning, hospital operations, healthcare workflows, functional programming and international healthcare design standards.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary design teams and managing senior client stakeholders.
• International project experience in healthcare planning and design will be a significant advantage.
• Experience with global healthcare consultancies, international hospital operators or large multidisciplinary engineering and design firms will be preferred.

5. Desired Competencies

• Strong technical expertise in hospital and healthcare planning.
• Proven leadership in delivering complex, large-scale healthcare projects.
• Strong client engagement and business development capabilities.
• Excellent multidisciplinary coordination and project delivery skills.
• Understanding of healthcare regulations, accreditation requirements and international planning benchmarks.
• Ability to work across geographies and collaborate with global technical teams.
• Strong commercial awareness, strategic thinking and team leadership.

6. Key Performance Expectations

• Successful delivery of major hospital and healthcare campus projects.
• Technical leadership and quality of healthcare planning outputs.
• Contribution to healthcare business development and order-book growth.
• Development of a strong healthcare planning team in India.
• Effective integration of AECOM's global healthcare capabilities.
• Client satisfaction, project performance and delivery excellence.

7. Reporting & Key Interfaces

Reporting to: U+P Business Leader / Healthcare Practice Leadership

Expected Outcome

To strengthen AECOM India's healthcare planning capabilities, providing technical leadership for mega hospital and medical college projects while building a strong pipeline of domestic and international healthcare opportunities.

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