VP, Real Estate, Construction and Facilities

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Job Description Summary:

Job Code: 0143
Job Profile Name: VP Real Estate, Facilities, Design & Construction

JOB SUMMARY
The Vice President of Real Estate, Facilities, Design & Construction provides enterprise-wide strategic leadership for all healthcare facilities, construction, real estate, and property management activities across the organization. This executive role is responsible for planning, developing, and maintaining a comprehensive portfolio of owned, leased, and managed properties while ensuring that all physical environments support clinical excellence, patient safety, regulatory compliance, financial performance, and long-term sustainability.

The VP partners closely with clinical, operational, financial, and executive leaders to align real estate strategy, capital investments, and facility operations with the organization’s healthcare delivery model and long-term strategic goals.

Responsibilities And Duties:

Strategic Leadership & Planning
· Develop and execute integrated facilities, construction, and real estate strategy aligned with the organization’s clinical, operational, and financial objectives.
· Lead enterprise capital planning, prioritization, and long-term facilities master planning.
· Serve as a key advisor to the executive team on real estate, space utilization, capital investments, and infrastructure strategy.

Facilities, Design & Healthcare Construction Management
· Oversee all phases of healthcare construction, renovation, and improvement projects, ensuring adherence to scope, schedule, budget, and quality standards.
· Provide oversight of architects, engineers, contractors, and construction partners.
· Ensure compliance with all applicable healthcare, life safety, infection control, and accessibility standards.

Real Estate & Portfolio Management
· Provide leadership oversight for the organization’s full real estate portfolio, including owned, leased, and managed properties.
· Direct leasing strategy to ensure occupancy goals, regulatory compliance, and alignment with organizational growth initiatives.
· Oversee property management, maintenance, and operations to ensure tenant satisfaction, operational efficiency, and brand consistency.
· Collaborate with finance to track and optimize financial performance across the real estate portfolio.

Facilities Operations & Compliance
· Direct day-to-day operations and maintenance of inpatient, outpatient, and administrative facilities.
· Ensure facilities provide a safe, clean, and healing environment for patients, staff, and visitors.
· Implement best practices in preventive maintenance, sustainability, energy efficiency, and asset management.

Team, Vendor & Performance Leadership
· Lead and develop multidisciplinary teams across facilities, construction, engineering, real estate, leasing, and property management.
· Establish performance metrics, accountability systems, and quality controls to drive operational excellence.
· Oversee vendor selection, contract negotiation, and ongoing performance management.
· Mentor and coach leaders while fostering a collaborative, high-performing culture.

Risk Management & Emergency Preparedness
· Ensure all facilities meet life safety, emergency preparedness, and business continuity requirements.
· Lead facility-related components of disaster recovery and emergency response planning.
· Maintain awareness of compliance, legal, and regulatory issues impacting facilities and real estate operations.

Enterprise Financial Planning & Forecasting
· Lead enterprise-wide financial planning processes, including: Long-range financial planning, annual operating and capital budgeting, rolling forecasts and scenario modeling
· Ensure alignment between strategic priorities, clinical initiatives, capital investments, and financial capacity
· Develop and maintain integrated financial models that reflect volume, reimbursement, labor, and cost drivers across the system
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