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Senior Project Manager - Construction

Stanford Health Care
Palo Alto, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 16 Sept 2025
💰 $208,000/yr($158,000/yr$208,000/yr)

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Day - 08 Hour (United States of America)

This is a Stanford Health Care job.

A Brief Overview
The Senior Project Manager is responsible for managing the programming, planning, design, construction and activation of complex projects under the general supervision of the Director. Ensures the completion of projects within budget, on schedule, and meets all program objectives and appropriate government regulations. Acts as a liaison between the client/users and all other project participants including consultants, contractors, vendors, and outside jurisdictional agencies. Responsible for planning, scheduling, assigning, and overseeing the work of project participants and assigned project managers.

Locations
Stanford Health Care

What you will do
  • Assists in the development of policies, guidelines, standards, and acts as department representative on committees and professional organizations.
  • Implements quality control measures to ensure project compliance with department, hospital, and university policies, government codes and regulations; also ensures conformance to the requirements of all project participants.
  • Manages communications on a regular and timely basis, ensuring that all project participants are informed of project status, problems, and required actions.
  • Manages the process of furnishing and equipment selection, purchasing, and installation.
  • Manages the review and approval process to ensure appropriate approvals of all design work from schematic studies through final construction documents and related field changes and changes in scope; as well as approval for conceptual and detailed projects budgets.
  • Manages the selection process and contract negotiations for consultants, contractors, and vendors.
  • Manages, assesses, and documents project scope and program, describing the objectives, physical requirements, parameters, and constraints of the project, including not only the user's functional needs but also hospital and external jurisdictional criteria for heal and safety, operation, maintenance, energy efficiency, quality standards, contextual issues, and aesthetics.
  • Prepares and maintains accurate, coherent, timely, and auditable project records/files, and cost estimates with department procedures; and ensures that space inventory reports are complete.
  • Provides leadership, coordination, and support to the Project Managers.

Education Qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree Bachelor's degree in a work-related discipline/field from an accredited college or university

Experience Qualifications
  • Seven (7) years of progressively responsible and directly related work experience

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
  • Ability to budget, make financial projections and write reports
  • Ability to ensure project compliance with hospital infection control procedures
  • Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with widely diverse groups, including individuals at all levels both within and outside the organization and gain their cooperation
  • Ability to handle potentially sensitive situations by applying consultative skills in working with internal and external constituent groups
  • Ability to plan, organize, motivate, mentor, direct and evaluate the work of others
  • Ability to prioritize work by making informed judgments and to develop solutions for complex problems
  • Ability to utilize project management tools
  • Knowledge of CAD system, CAFM, estimating, cost control, scheduling, construction administration, quality control, specification writing, and space planning
  • Knowledge of local, state and federal regulatory requirements related to areas of functional responsibility
  • Knowledge of technical, professional and business in the fields of healthcare delivery, architecture, and construction, and building design process


These principles apply to ALL employees:

SHC Commitment to Providing an Exceptional Patient & Family Experience

Stanford Health Care sets a high standard for delivering value and an exceptional experience for our patients and families. Candidates for employment and existing employees must adopt and execute C-I-CARE standards for all of patients, families and towards each other. C-I-CARE is the foundation of Stanford’s patient-experience and represents a framework for patient-centered interactions. Simply put, we do what it takes to enable and empower patients and fa

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