Health Market Leader 1
About the job
- A bachelor's degree in a relevant field is required.
- Current registration or licensure in architecture, interior design, or engineering is preferred.
- At least 12 years of experience with a proven track record of strategic growth, market and team leadership, and business development success in the health market is required.
- Additional certifications and/or training relevant to the role are preferred.
- Strong presentation skills are required.
- Exceptional client and people leadership skills are required.
- Professional acumen and maturity, demonstrated by the ability to communicate authentically and respectfully, are required.
- Strong business acumen and the ability to create and execute strategy are required.
- The ability to inspire, motivate, and develop high-performing, accountable teams is required.
- Sound judgment and a sound approach to risk management and mitigation are required.
- Some travel is required.
- A resume and portfolio must be provided when applying.
- Provide leadership for the health market within Texas.
- Develop and lead high-performance, diverse teams focused on developing and implementing the market business plan.
- Contribute to business development, client engagement, client and team leadership, mentoring, and advancing the quality of work.
- Integrate the firm's range of design services, manage processes, and deliver solid financial performance for the market.
- Act as an ambassador for the firm's brand and champion Living-Centered Design in client interactions.
- Develop new business opportunities with new and current client partners to achieve at least 10% year-over-year practice growth.
- Lead, engage, and partner with clients at the highest levels on billable, project-specific work.
- Advance innovative solutions that differentiate the firm and foster long-term client relationships.
- Represent the market internally and externally through speaking events, writing, and other activities that promote the firm and its work.
- Support the firm, region, market, and office by mentoring team members and recruiting candidates.
- Advance strategic initiatives and client pursuit discussions and strategies.
- Lead development of the market business plan with office and market leadership.
- Identify and actively pursue target clients while nurturing existing client relationships.
- Promote the firm's integrated design services and advance Living-Centered Design throughout client engagement.
- Own the market's top-line results and pursue a personal goal of $3.0 million per year in net signed fees.
- Undertake selected client project opportunities as an active client leader and/or subject matter expert.
- Identify future market trends and opportunities for market growth and advancement.
- Apply market knowledge, best practices, evidence-based design, and research-based design.
- Collaborate with practice and client leaders to implement bottom-line initiatives in the business plan.
- Achieve a minimum 10% firm profitability level for the market each year.
- Assess, mentor, coach, and recruit staff to build a high-performance team and develop future market leaders.
- Own the growth of a diverse and inclusive team and help establish an environment that encourages leadership, integrity, humility, respect, responsibility, collaboration, experimentation, innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship.
- Devote time to brand advancement and new business development with client partners.
- Engage and partner with clients on billable project work to grow top-line revenue, foster client relationships, and support client satisfaction and future work.
- Lead market strategy development, market intelligence, differentiation, business practice support, recruiting, and staff growth and development activities.
- Complete mandatory compliance training within required timeframes and follow internal policies and the Code of Conduct.
- Current registration or licensure in architecture, interior design, or engineering.
- Additional certifications and/or training relevant to the role.
About the company
CannonDesign is a global architecture and engineering design firm that provides integrated design services, including architecture, engineering, and strategic planning for education, healthcare, corporate workplaces, and cultural institutions. The firm focuses on transforming spaces to improve life and helps clients achieve goals like enhanced learning, medical training, workplace productivity, and social inclusion.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
M&A
Total Funding
$2.7M
Headquarters
New York City, New York
Founded
1945
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What believers are saying
- August 2026 healthcare awards validate CannonDesign's physician, campus, and clinical planning strength.
- May 2026 regional health leaders and August 2026 planning promotions expand account coverage quickly.
- September 8, 2026 Bassin appointment strengthens Incubate & Launch and new venture development.
What critics are saying
- Integrating Ennead through 2027 can distract leaders and blur studio autonomy.
- Healthcare revenue concentration exposes CannonDesign to hospital capital freezes at Northwestern Medicine and Cleveland Clinic.
- HKS, Perkins&Will, and Gensler keep bidding aggressively; one weak pursuit can erase margin.
What makes CannonDesign unique
- CannonDesign combines architecture, engineering, Blue Cottage consulting, and Amp innovation under one platform.
- April 21, 2026 Ennead acquisition deepens CannonDesign's education, health, and civic expertise instantly.
- Rob Masters, Ben Bassin, and Curtis Clay show CannonDesign attracts specialized leaders from elite institutions.
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Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account
Paid Vacation
Remote Work Options
401(k) Retirement Plan
Company News
Top 60 Public Library architecture firms for 2026. CannonDesign, HBM Architects, Quinn Evans, SmithGroup, JLG Architects, Diamond Schmitt Architects, Gensler, Finegold Alexander Architects, and Stantec top Building Design+Construction's ranking of the nation's largest public library architecture and architecture/engineering (AE) firms for 2026, as reported in BD+C's 2026 Giants 400 Report. By David Barista, Editorial Director Sept. 22, 2026 CannonDesign, HBM Architects, Quinn Evans, SmithGroup, JLG Architects, Diamond Schmitt Architects, Gensler, Finegold Alexander Architects, and Stantec top Building Design+Construction's ranking of the nation's largest public library architecture and architecture/engineering (AE) firms for 2026, as reported in BD+C's 2026 Giants 400 Report. 2025 Public Library Revenue CannonDesign $9,000,000 HBM Architects $7,500,000 Quinn Evans $5,190,523 SmithGroup $4,612,621 JLG Architects $4,500,000 Diamond Schmitt Architects $3,155,000 $2,964,288 Finegold Alexander Architects $2,408,544 $2,316,368 Perkins&Will $2,166,965 McMillan Pazdan Smith $1,736,425 Grimm + Parker Architects $1,730,311 $1,538,000 $1,298,438 Steinberg Hart $1,102,390 Clark Nexsen $1,101,358 Netta Architects $1,000,000 MKM architecture + design LSE Architects H2M architects + engineers Cushing Terrell
Introducing its 2025 Sustainability Impact Report. September 21, 2026 CannonDesign is proud to share its third annual Sustainability Impact Report, building on the work CannonDesign outlined in 2023 and 2024. This year's report focuses on its 2025 actions, offering a transparent look at its progress to date and the priorities that will guide CannonDesign next. Planet 2100 continues to anchor the report, pushing CannonDesign to weigh how today's decisions ripple into the future. CannonDesign believe design has real power to shape a healthier planet, and this report shows how that belief is playing out in practice. A few highlights from this year's report: * CannonDesign achieved carbon neutrality in its business operations. Its 2025 emissions are fully accounted for, with Scope 2 electricity use offset by 100% unbundled Renewable Energy Certificates and remaining emissions covered through carbon credits. * CannonDesign now have 379 LEED certified projects and counting. * Its sustainability team has grown to 23 teammates dedicated to sustainable and regenerative design. * CannonDesign advanced its work bringing building material impacts into the center of its design and specification process. * Its acquisition of Christner Architects and Jenkins - Peer Architects deepened its firm's expertise in adaptive reuse and sustainable historic preservation. Christner also brought an in-house landscape architecture team with deep experience designing native landscapes and a broader range of sustainable design work. * CannonDesign climbed eight spots to #4 in Interior Design magazine's "Sustainability Giants" ranking. * Fortune named us to its "Change the World List," citing its sustainability leadership as a key factor. * CannonDesign hit new milestones in mass timber, building electrification, historic preservation and adaptive-reuse design. Thank you for your continued interest in its sustainability journey. This report is part of an ongoing commitment, and CannonDesign hope you'll continue to follow its progress in the years to come.
Skyline Glass fabricates feature wall for Cancer Center. September 15, 2026 Skyline Glass partnered with CannonDesign to fabricate a floor-to-ceiling donor recognition feature wall for the Irma and Norman Braman Comprehensive Cancer Center, a new cancer care facility overlooking Biscayne Bay in Miami Beach, Florida. Project details. Inspired by the colors and atmosphere of the waterfront setting, the installation transforms a functional donor recognition element into a signature architectural feature within the lobby. The project showcases the integration of four decorative glass processes within a single wall system, all executed at Skyline's Chicago manufacturing facility. The custom installation combines a color-matched digital gradient, eco-etch patterning from Skyline's design library, back-painting for opacity, and laminated construction. Together, these processes create a layered visual experience that complements the center's contemporary seaside aesthetic while supporting both donor recognition and wayfinding. "Projects like Braman demonstrate what's possible when multiple decorative glass disciplines are brought together under one roof," says Mark Toth, national sales director, Skyline Glass. "By coordinating digital printing, etching, back-painting, and lamination as a single fabrication process, we're able to help designers realize concepts that would be difficult to achieve through fragmented production." The digitally printed gradient establishes the custom color palette, while the etched pattern introduces texture and visual depth across the glass surface. Back-painting provides the opacity required for wall cladding applications, and lamination protects the decorative layers while enhancing durability for a demanding healthcare environment. Skyline fabricated the feature wall as a fully integrated glass system and installed the panels using the company's Vector Glass System. Project team. * Project: Irma and Norman Braman Comprehensive Cancer Center * Location: Miami Beach, Florida * Architect: CannonDesign * Glass Fabricator: Skyline Design * Hanging System: Vector Glass System
Ben Bassin, MD, named Physician Executive in Residence, Innovation. September 8, 2026 CannonDesign is excited to share that Ben Bassin, MD, FACEP, EDAC, has been officially named its company's inaugural Physician Executive in Residence, Innovation. Dr. Bassin is now officially part of its Incubate & Launch convergence platform, focused on advancing its research and innovation goals. In this role, he will be a firmwide resource, available to impact every market, practice and initiative across the company. It has been three years since Dr. Bassin originally joined CannonDesign as the firm's first-ever innovation fellow. While originally part of Blue Cottage of CannonDesign, he quickly found ways to forge positive impact across all of CannonDesign, with a distinct focus on healthcare and Amp, its firm's in-house innovation engine. * Every day I'm inspired by the intelligence and creative willpower that exists across CannonDesign. With this new formalized role, I'm excited to do even more to help its people, teams, and projects set new precedents and paradigms across the industries CannonDesign serve. Dr. Ben Bassin Physician Executive in Residence, Innovation The former Director of Emergency Critical Care at Michigan Medicine, the first emergency department-based intensive care unit in the US, Dr. Bassin will continue to serve as a faculty member, clinical professor, attending physician and Director of Innovation for Michigan Medicine's Department of Emergency Medicine and Division of Critical Care. Moving forward, Ben will be a Principal in the firm and continue to focus on innovation, working closely with Amp, its Research Corps, and the firm's Health for All convergence platform to advance new ventures, technologies, products and services across the company with special emphasis on health. Ben will also be deeply focused on helping its company initiate new strategic partnerships with research teams, incubators, start-up companies, health systems, colleges and universities and other entities focused on leveraging innovation to shape a brighter future.
Fast Company recognizes CannonDesign as Best Workplace for Innovators. September 8, 2026 For the third consecutive year, CannonDesign is recognized by Fast Company as one the Best Workplaces for Innovators across the world. This distinguished list celebrates organizations that empower innovation from every corner of their company. CannonDesign stood out from the more than 1,200 organizations that applied for this prestigious recognition. Other companies listed include Anthropic, Formation Bio, Planet Labs, American Express, Red Oak and Bose among others. These companies share a commitment to unlocking the potential of creative individuals and teams. They understand the ultimate employee perk is the opportunity to do career-defining work. This recognition comes amidst a transformative year for CannonDesign. Here are just some of the innovative highlights from its firm's trajectory in 2026: * CannonDesign announced three acquisitions this year - Scion Advisory Services, Ennead Architects and Cityfi - that expand the firm's reach, capabilities and growth potential. * Its team is actively working with some of the most visionary organizations of its time including Mayo Clinic, The Alice Walton Foundation, the California Institute of Technology, University of Utah, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center along with numerous others. * Its technology and digital products teams launched its own generative AI product that revolutionized its team's collective ability to access information and knowledge across the firm. They are also advancing novel solutions spanning agentic AI, quantum computing, connected API's vector technology tools, design automation and more. * Amp, its firm's in-house innovation engine, hosted a companywide Innovation Exchange that spanned 20+ in-person and virtual ideation sessions resulting in more than 80 idea signals. * CannonDesign is harnessing smart-building technology to create remarkably sustainable buildings. To date, CannonDesign has designed 379 LEED-certified projects, 13 net-zero energy projects and 7 WELL projects. * Its Blue Cottage of CannonDesign team built Play Anyway, a narrative map focused on the state of women's and girl's sports in America that took top honors via the Environmental Systems Research Institute * Through Open Hand Studio, its public interest design armature, its firm was part of a coalition that created the first new hospital to open in Ukraine since its ongoing war started in 2022. CannonDesign is thrilled to once again be recognized by Fast Company as a Best Workplace for Innovators and look forward to continuing to set the pace for discovery in its industry and beyond.