Director – Capital Projects, Research, Planning & Design

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A Brief Overview
The Director of SHC Capital Projects reports to the Administrative Director of Capital Initiatives for Stanford Healthcare and is responsible for project management services for capital construction projects within a designated geographic area. SHC is a multi-hospital system with outpatient facilities located throughout the SF Bay Area. Capital expenditures over the next ten years are estimated to exceed $1.5 Billion. The Director is expected to exercise significant influence in relevant program and project policies and is accountable for the following:

Implementation of policies that directly relate to project management services for SHC facilities programming planning design construction and activation of capital construction projects assigned to the Director.
Directly supervise subordinate managers and staff assigned to capital projects.
Utilize best management practices executing projects within the approved multi-year capital plan in adherence to hospital and departmental policies and procedures.
Meet the highest quality standards in service and product by implementing LEAN design and construction principles.
Assure compliance with applicable laws building codes energy and sustainability guidelines and standards of good practice governing the safety of hospital and outpatient facilities.
Provide departmental visibility and direction in meetings with executive and medical leadership.


Locations
Stanford Health Care

What you will do

• In addition the Director is responsible for managing a program of projects that forward organizational goals by providing new space and services. Examples are listed below of the type of tasks that require attention within the department today. It is expected that the Director will prioritize and complete tasks commensurate with the benefits to the hospital.
• Assist in establishing organizational goals and performance metrics with the Administrative Director and administer the annual incentive compensation program for subordinate Senior Project Managers and Project Managers.
• Manage the day to day hospital relationship with local municipalities and other outside jurisdictional agencies such as the Office of Statewide Planning and Development (OSHPD).
• Maintain C-I-Care initiatives applicable to the SHC capital construction program.
• Oversee the preparation of project budgets and departmental operating costs within the guidelines and parameters established by the Chief Financial Officer and agreed to by the Vice President.
• Support the preparation of materials to the Facilities Committee of the Stanford Health Care Board of Directors.
• Actively participate in the campus disaster preparedness (i.e. Earthquake preparedness) and recovery program as applied to facilities coordination.
• Adhere to approved SOPS Plan and dashboard reporting as assigned by the Vice President consistent with goals.
• Develop review revise and approve contracts and invoices for architects engineers contractors vendors for assigned capital project contracts.
• Assist in implementing and maintaining a benchmarking system that forecasts costs for individual and multiple projects.
• Hire oversee and develop team members to assure optimal performance and professional growth.
• Communicate project status on a regular cadence thru Vis Walls Dash Boards and reports.
• Respond to Internal Audit findings.

Education Qualifications

• Job requires a Bachelors degree in a work-related discipline/field from an accredited college or university. Relevant experience in lieu of degree may be considered. Relevant experience in lieu of degree is in addition to the experience requirements for this position.

Experience Qualifications

• Seven (7) years of progressively responsible and directly related work experience including two (2) years of supervisory responsibility
• Direct hospital construction management experience in California is preferred

Required Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrated ability to budget make financial projections including strong analytical skills and ability to prepare meaningful reports for the executive leadership
• The ability to guide and coach subordinate managers toward successful completion of highly complex construction projects within schedule and budget objectives
• 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
• Leadership skills required to handle potentially sensitive situations by applying communication and consultative skills in working with internal and external constituent groups to gain understanding and reach acceptance of optimal decisions
• Demonstrated performance relating to the principles and practices of organization administration fiscal and personnel management
• Ability to work in a high performing team setting including demonstrating leadership by example
• Management proficiency 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 read comprehend and draft legal and technical documents relating to facilities and projects
• Knowledge of local state and federal regulatory requirements related to areas of functional responsibility

Licenses and Certifications

• None .

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 Stanfords patient-experience and represents a framework for patient-centered interactions. Simply put we do what it takes to enable and empower patients and families to focus on health healing and recovery.



You will do this by executing against our three experience pillars from the patient and familys perspective:

• Know Me: Anticipate my needs and status to deliver effective care
• Show Me the Way: Guide and prompt my actions to arrive at better outcomes and better health
• Coordinate for Me: Own the complexity of my care through coordination

Equal Opportunity Employer Stanford Health Care (SHC) strongly values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity and non-discrimination inall ofits policies and practices including the area of employment. Accordingly SHC does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race color sex sexual orientation or gender identity and/or expression religion age national or ethnic origin political beliefs marital status medical condition genetic information veteran status or disability or the perception of any of the above. People of all genders members of all racial and ethnic groups people with disabilities and veterans are encouraged to apply. Qualified applicants with criminal convictions will be considered after an individualized assessment of the conviction and the job requirements.

The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors including but not limited to internal equity experience education specialty and training. This pay scale is not a promise of a particular wage.