Healthcare Project Manager Jobs in Minnesota

If you think your skills, experience and aspirations make you a good match for this position, we encourage you to apply. This position may be filled anywhere in the United States. Preference may be given to candidates that can work onsite with our project team in Rochester, MN.

ABOUT THE ROLE

This role is a high level specialist, focused on providing project management within an office or market and team leadership, mentoring our people, advancing the quality of our work, integrating our range of design services, managing our processes, and delivering solid financial performance. Your initial assignment will be to provide project management for the healthcare planning team and planning stages of a 2.0+ million square foot healthcare facility at Mayo Clinic's campus in Rochester, MN. Due to the scale of the project for your initial assignment, you will collaborate with a team of Project Managers and Leaders.

HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Lead, develop and nurture a successful partnering relationship with our clients which will lead to future opportunities for CannonDesign.
• Develop and maintain positive client relations throughout the life of the project. Communicate design, planning, construction, and other issues to clients in a clear and compelling way.
• Develop a Partnering relationship with the client early in an engagement to establish shared expectations and provide clarity on how we will work together, the involvement of key stakeholders, and the timing of key decisions.
• Ensure appropriate client and internal communication including written project documentation.
• Play a lead role in key meetings and presentations.
• Participate in Business Development activity and partner with Marketing and Office Leadership as needed to help grow top line.
• Understand our contractual obligations to the client and the project to ensure that the team delivers on expectations for our scope of work and required services. Work proactively with the client to identify and obtain approvals for additions to scope of work or services prior to undertaking the work. Proactively communicate with and influence clients to approve and process payables for our services.
• Lead project teams, in conjunction with the client leadership, to develop project goals and work plans, and achieve quality, budget, schedule, innovation and profitability objectives.
• Facilitate the development, evolution and management of the work plan, budget, and schedule. Preferred tools include MS Project and Deltek Project Planning.
• Manage design and documentation process and implementation of the design during the construction process.
• Accountable to maintain the project record, includes but not limited to capture and documenting key decisions and records within the CannonDesign standard file structure.
• Accountable for Risk mitigation and Compliance.
• Accountable for developing a risk management plan and managing project Risks.
• Collaborate effectively with all team members. Generate and support a positive team environment: participation, empowerment, and accomplishment.
• Implement CannonDesign Method using process expectations, best practices, reference standards, tools, templates, and technology to achieve competitive advantage, superior service delivery and quality, and enhanced team productivity and profitability.
• Manage and coordinate workload of team and provide leadership of team activities. Communicate client objectives to team members in a clear and compelling way. Provide constructive feedback and mentoring to team members. Identify and share lessons learned with teams.
• Be a proactive resource to project teams in their decision-making processes and in the development of technically sound and innovative planning and design solutions.
• Meet with project team members on a regular basis to monitor work in progress and to assure that the firm's best practice standards and procedures are being implemented.
• Responsible for ensuring that all statutory requirements for the project are achieved.
• Accountable for the QA/QC process. Monitor the technical quality of the projects. Enforce the application of QA/QC process standards and requirements. Additionally, be an active participant in the QAQC process.
• Coordinate with the Project Architect and the Quality leader in planning the work.
• Participate in negotiating the contract with other project leadership, the Business Practice Leader and Legal Team.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL NEED

• Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction or related degree required.
• Minimum of 10 years related experience in project management roles required.
• Must have 5 years of experience working on healthcare projects.
• Strong knowledge of healthcare industry processes and terms.
• Capability of performing in a project management role for single or multiple projects.
• Licensure or registration in the United States preferred.
• LEED accreditation preferred.
• Must have advanced knowledge in discipline.
• Must possess business acumen.
• Must have strong client leadership skills.
• Strong project team management skills, capable of managing single or multiple projects.
• Must be capable of leading and mentoring less experienced staff.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Familiarity with Revit, Microsoft Office, MS Project, Deltek Vision, Bluebeam as well as other data management software is required.
• Professional business attire is required for client meetings. Examples of professional business attire include suits, ties, collared dress shirts, dresses, and skirts.
• Weekly onsite presence required.

The salary range for this position is $106,300 to $132,900 annually. This salary range is the range we believe is the anticipated range of possible base compensation at the timing of the posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the anticipated salary range for the position. Employees may be eligible for discretionary bonuses. We offer a full benefit package including medical, dental and vision coverage and flexible spending account options and voluntary insurances. We have paid time off, flex-time schedules, remote work options and a 401k plan and employee perk programs. Actual compensation may vary from posting based on geographic location, work experience, education and/or skill level.

ABOUT OUR FIRM

CannonDesign is a design practice where strategy, experience, architecture, engineering, and social impact converge. We don't just dream up solutions — we create and bring them to life in ways to solve some of the biggest challenges facing our clients and the society. At the heart of everything we do is Living-Centered Design, a bold commitment to using our talents to not just improve the world but to truly reshape it for the better. It's more than a philosophy — it's who we are, and it drives us to make a meaningful, lasting difference every day.

ABOUT WORKING HERE

• We are relentless in our pursuit of client adoration (not simply satisfaction). Consistent delivery of the best service is what we are about.
• We are committed to ensuring our practice provides equal opportunities for all employees, as we strive to connect with communities around us and focus on the future of design. We support equity, diversity, and inclusion efforts that benefit all employees through the leadership of our DEI Council, our Employee Resource Groups which are open to everyone, and other community initiatives.
• We're about communication and transparency here. If you want to talk to someone about an idea you have, or a challenge that needs addressing, we're ready for you.

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As a condition of employment, all employees are expected to complete mandatory training, including compliance training, within required timeframes and adhere to our internal policies and our Code of Conduct.

CannonDesign is an Equal Opportunity Employer. CannonDesign is committed to maintaining a work environment that is free from any and all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment. It is therefore the firm's policy to prohibit discrimination and harassment against any applicant, CannonDesign employee, vendor, contractor, or client on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. It is also CannonDesign's policy to prohibit any and all forms of retaliation against any individual who has complained of harassing or discriminatory conduct, or participated in a firm or agency investigation into such complaints.