National Healthcare Sector Leader

Purpose of Job
The National Healthcare Sector Leader is responsible for developing and driving Stantec Australia's national healthcare strategy, market position, client engagement and growth across the Buildings business. The role provides leadership across Business Centres and disciplines to create a coordinated national approach to work winning, client management, delivery excellence and capability development within the healthcare sector. Operating through influence rather than direct line authority, the National Healthcare Sector Leader will align health planning, design, engineering, advisory, project delivery and business development capability to strengthen Stantec's position as a leading consultant within the Australian healthcare market. The role acts as the visible market leader for Stantec's healthcare sector in Australia, building executive client relationships, strengthening Stantec's industry profile and helping position the business to win nationally significant healthcare projects and programs. Success in the role will be demonstrated through stronger pipeline and revenue, improved win rates, deeper client relationships, enhanced project performance and more effective national and international collaboration. The role will work closely with Business Centre Leaders, Technical Directors, Project Management Leaders, Client Account Managers and Growth Leaders.

Essential Functions

National Sector Strategy
•    Develop and maintain a national healthcare growth strategy aligned with Buildings business objectives.
•    Identify market trends, client drivers and future growth opportunities.
•    Define and communicate Stantec's national value proposition for the healthcare sector.
•    Lead the development of national market strategy, service offerings and investment priorities for the healthcare sector.

Market Leadership and Brand Positioning
•    Act as the national ambassador for Stantec's healthcare sector.
•    Build recognition of Stantec as a leading advisor in the Australian healthcare market.
•    Work with Marketing and Growth teams to develop market-facing campaigns, case studies, conference presentations and thought leadership.
•    Promote Stantec's capability with clients, industry bodies and strategic partners.
•    Identify opportunities to showcase flagship healthcare projects, evidence-based design, innovation and technical excellence.

Client Leadership
•    Develop and maintain executive relationships with key decision-makers across government health departments, health infrastructure agencies, hospital and health services, private healthcare operators, universities, research institutions and strategic delivery partners.
•    Serve as a senior point of engagement for priority clients and nationally significant opportunities.
•    Support strategic account planning across priority public and private healthcare clients, health infrastructure agencies and delivery partners.
•    Coordinate client engagement across offices and disciplines to present a consistent national, client-focused approach.
•    Increase repeat business through proactive relationship management and client feedback.

Work Winning and Growth
•    Lead capture planning and pursuit strategies for strategically important opportunities.
•    Coordinate multidisciplinary pursuit teams and improve proposal quality.
•    Support Go/No-Go decisions, fee strategy and commercial positioning.
•    Drive pipeline growth, conversion and win rate improvement across the sector.

Delivery Excellence
•    Promote consistent healthcare planning, design and delivery standards, effective clinical stakeholder engagement and robust project governance across Business Centres.
•    Facilitate lessons learned, peer review and knowledge sharing across healthcare projects and programs.
•    Support project teams in addressing healthcare-specific risks and requirements, including models of care, clinical workflows, infection prevention and control, operational continuity, staging, commissioning and stakeholder engagement.
•    Help improve project profitability, scope control, delivery certainty and client satisfaction.

Capability and Resourcing
•    Identify national capability gaps across health planning, healthcare architecture, engineering, digital health, sustainability, commissioning and advisory services, and support recruitment planning aligned with sector growth.
•    Develop pathways for emerging healthcare specialists and future leaders.
•    Promote mentoring, training and knowledge sharing across healthcare planning, design, engineering, digital health, advisory and project delivery disciplines.
•    Improve visibility, coordination and utilisation of national healthcare resources and subject matter experts.

Education
•    Relevant tertiary qualification in engineering, design, project management, construction, advisory or a related field.
•    Chartered, licensed or equivalent professional status with a relevant industry body, or working toward equivalent status, is highly regarded.