Project Architect / Project Manager - Healthcare (HCAi)

Project Architect / Project Manager – Healthcare (HCAI)

Locations: Los Angeles or San Diego

Schedule: Full-Time | Hybrid – 3 Days In-Office / 2 Days WFH

Sector: Healthcare / HCAI (OSHPD)

About Us 

• BSP is leading a confidential search partnered with an established, employee-owned Architecture and Design Practice delivering meaningful, technically complex projects throughout California.
• Our work is centered around environments that positively impact communities, with a strong presence in healthcare, education, civic, and institutional design.
• Our employee-ownership culture, collaborative studios, flexible hybrid environment, commitment to professional development, and comprehensive benefits package allow architects and project leaders to build their careers and long-term financial ownership in the firm.

The Position

• We are seeking an experienced Project Architect or Project Manager to join our growing Healthcare practice in either Los Angeles or San Diego.
• This opportunity is designed for an architectural professional with strong healthcare experience who can contribute across HCAI-regulated projects, technical delivery, project management, consultant coordination, client relationships, and construction-phase execution.
• Depending on experience, licensing, and career focus, candidates may align more closely with either the Project Architect or Project Manager track.
• The Project Architect will have a stronger emphasis on technical leadership, documentation, code compliance, HCAI coordination, quality control, and architectural delivery.
• The Project Manager will have a stronger emphasis on overall project leadership, client management, scope, schedule, budget, staffing, consultant management, and successful delivery from planning through construction.
• Both positions provide meaningful project ownership, direct exposure to complex California healthcare environments, and opportunities for continued advancement within an established healthcare practice.

What You'll Do

• Lead and support medium- to large-scale healthcare (HCAi) projects from planning and design through construction and closeout.
• Manage architectural deliverables across design development, construction documentation, permitting, agency review, and construction administration.
• Coordinate complex HCAI / OSHPD healthcare requirements, applicable building codes, agency approvals, and plan-check processes.
• Lead coordination between architects, designers, engineers, consultants, contractors, clients, agencies, and other project stakeholders.
• Review drawings, specifications, details, and project documentation for quality, technical accuracy, constructability, coordination, and code compliance.
• Resolve architectural, technical, regulatory, and interdisciplinary coordination challenges throughout the project lifecycle.
• Develop and manage project work plans, schedules, staffing requirements, budgets, fees, and deliverables as appropriate to the position.
• Monitor project performance against established scope, schedule, budget, contractual obligations, and client expectations.
• Serve as a key client contact and participate in client, consultant, agency, and Owner/Architect/Contractor (OAC) meetings.
• Coordinate agency submissions, respond to plan-check comments, and support projects through required approvals.
• Review and coordinate RFIs, change orders, specifications, meeting documentation, and construction-phase correspondence.
• Support cost estimating, value analysis, design changes, and construction administration.
• Lead, mentor, and develop architectural staff while delegating assignments and providing technical and professional guidance.
• Participate in proposals, interviews, business development, and client relationship initiatives as needed.

Job Qualifications

• Professional degree in Architecture or a closely related discipline.
• 7+ years min. of architectural experience, ideally including substantial healthcare project exposure.
• Previous experience delivering California healthcare projects strongly preferred.
• Working knowledge of HCAI / OSHPD requirements, healthcare codes, agency processes, and plan-check procedures highly preferred.
• Strong experience across design development, construction documentation, consultant coordination, permitting, and construction administration.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate technically complex architectural projects and multidisciplinary consultant teams.
• Strong knowledge of building codes, construction methods, documentation standards, and quality-control procedures.
• Experience supervising, mentoring, and delegating work to architectural project teams.
• Strong organizational, communication, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to successfully manage multiple priorities and deadlines within a collaborative project environment.
• Ability to develop and maintain strong client, consultant, contractor, and agency relationships.

*California Registered Architectural License (CA RA) is mandatory for the Project Architect & is strongly preferred for the Project Manager position. 

What's Offered

• Project Architect: $100,000–$135,000+ / Year (DOE)
• Project Manager: $110,000–$150,000+ / Year (DOE)
• Compensation flexibility may be available for candidates with particularly strong HCAI healthcare experience, leadership capabilities, and California licensure.
• Performance-based bonus opportunities
• ESOP - Employee ownership/equity participation
• Competitive 401(k) retirement benefits
• Comprehensive Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Generous PTO, holidays, and paid time off
• Hybrid Schedule: 3 Days In-Office / 2 Days WFH
• Flexible working environment and hours where project demands allow
• Professional development and continuing education resources
• Mentorship and leadership-development opportunities
• Support for architectural licensure, including applicable ARE study resources, examination support, and licensure incentives
• Wellness programs and additional employee resources
• Student loan repayment assistance and other eligible employee programs
• Long-term advancement opportunities within an established California healthcare practice

Apply Today - Apply directly to this job ad with your updated resume and work/project portfolio, then email your materials to the recruiter listed below for prompt review and consideration.

• Email your CV + work to Ian Kerr @ ian.Kerr@BancroftSP.com 

*Qualified candidates with HCAI / OSHPD healthcare experience are encouraged to apply whether their background is more heavily focused on technical Project Architecture or Project Management/client leadership.

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