Director of Planning, Construction and Real Estate

Schedule: FT, primarily Mon - Fri

A Brief Overview
The Director of Planning, Construction and Real Estate oversees and directs all facility-related projects, including planning, design, construction, and real estate management for the pediatric healthcare system. Plays a pivotal role in ensuring that all healthcare facility projects meet clinical and operational needs while maintaining compliance with regulatory standards, timelines, and budgetary constraints. Work closely with internal stakeholders, external architects, contractors, and real estate partners to ensure the optimal functionality and expansion of the healthcare system's properties. This position demands strong leadership, project management, and real estate acumen to deliver exceptional pediatric care environments.

Essential Functions

• Strategic Planning & Development
  • Supports the development, implementation and successful completion of long term strategic facility planning and capital projects aligning with the healthcare system's clinical and operational goals.
  • Develops and executes operational plans to achieve departmental and organizational goals, ensuring alignment with the overall mission and vision.
• Design & Construction Oversight:
  • Oversees and leads all phases of facility design and construction, including conceptualization, architectural design engineering and construction.  Ensures adherence to pediatric healthcare guidelines, safety regulations, and best practices. 
  • Ensures that construction meets program objectives and calculated ROIs, and is completed within budget and on schedule.
  • Maintain historical and current construction cost studies, including look-back programs assure program objectives and budget are kept.
  • Implements quality control measures to ensure construction project compliance with department, hospital policies, government codes and regulations; also ensures conformance to the requirements of all project participants.
  • Identifies project risks, develops risk mitigation and contingency plans and implements actions plans to reduce participants.  
  • Manages the selection process and contract negotiations for contractors, and construction related vendors.  Manages, assess, and documents construction scope, 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 health and safety, operation, maintenance, energy efficiency, quality standards, contextual issues, and aesthetics.  
  • Manages all financial aspects around project developments including pay applications, progress payments, certificates of insurance. 
• Real Estate Management:
  • Oversees real estate portfolio management, including property management, leases, dispositions, and real estate asset optimization.  Negotiates and manages real estate contracts and partnerships. 
  • Managers leases, internal and external to assure contractual compliance with maintenance, facilities improvements, CAM charges, and landlord requests. 
  • Prepares rent roll comparisons to assure market competitiveness.
  • Manage lease notices, expirations, renewals and record keeping. 
  • Manages and maintains relationships with landlords, real estate brokers, owners, and developers.
  • Conducts market/site analysis for potential acquisition opportunities (least and purchase).
  • Actively optimizes lease agreements through market benchmarking and proactive negotiation of priority leases.
• Compliance & Standards:
  • Ensures all planning, design, construction, and real estate projects comply with federal, state, and local building codes, healthcare regulations (e.g. ADA, Joint Commission, and healthcare-specific standards) and organizational policies.
  • Ensures project compliance with hospital and infection control procedures.
  • Oversees the development and implementation of department policies and procedures to ensure compliance with organizational standards and regulatory requirements.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Communication:
  • Collaborates with clinical and operational leadership to ensure facility designs and renovations meet the specialized needs of pediatric patients and staff. Acts as the primary point of contact for internal stakeholders, architects, contractors, and vendors. 
  • Manages communications on a regular and timely basis, to all levels of staff and leadership, ensuring that all project participants are informed of project status, problems, and required actions.
  • Cultivates and maintains effective relationships with key stakeholders, including senior leadership, external partners, and regul