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title: 'National Market Leader - Healthcare at Cuningham'
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# National Market Leader - Healthcare at Cuningham

- **Company:** Cuningham
- **Location:** Los Angeles, CA
- **Compensation:** $190k–$250k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2024-11-13
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-13
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/cuningham/3f5f91e3-09d2-4e76-91fe-5fc875de4113

## Job description

Cuningham is seeking an experienced Healthcare Market Leader to spearhead our growth and position us as a leader in healthcare architecture, nationally. In this impactful role, you will foster and expand client relationships, drive strategic business development, and lead high-performance teams dedicated to exceptional project outcomes. By aligning client needs with Cuningham’s expertise, you will champion patient-centered and sustainable design practices that shape the future of healthcare environments. Join us to make a lasting difference in healthcare design and innovation.

What you will do:

- Collaborate with senior leadership to set annual goals for the healthcare sector, develop actionable strategies, and contribute to financial objectives. Ensure that the healthcare practice aligns with the firm’s overall goals.
- Identify, pursue, and secure new healthcare clients while expanding opportunities with existing ones. Develop targeted strategies that align with firm-wide goals, collaborating with cross-functional teams to support top-line growth in the healthcare sector.
- Lead major project pursuits, managing teams to deliver healthcare facilities that exceed client expectations. Ensure project scopes, budgets, and timelines align with client requirements and financial targets, fostering a culture of excellence and accountability.
- Act as an ambassador for the firm’s brand and thought leader by representing our firm at industry events, speaking engagements, and professional organizations. Contribute to the advancement of healthcare design knowledge by promoting best practices, research, and innovative approaches that resonate with client and community needs.
- Serve as the primary relationship leader for key healthcare clients, overseeing project-specific work to ensure long-term satisfaction, trust, and repeat business. Engage in proactive and strategic conversations with clients, addressing their goals and delivering high-quality design solutions.
- Build, mentor, and guide a diverse and high-performing team, promoting collaboration and fostering professional growth within the healthcare practice. Champion an inclusive and supportive environment, inspiring emerging leaders and facilitating knowledge-sharing across teams.

What we look for:

- 20+ years of experience working in Architecture and Interior Design firm.
- Bachelor/master’s degree in architecture or related design field.
- Active architectural registration/license in at least one U.S. state is required.
- Proven leadership and demonstrated track record of winning work, leading projects and growing market share in planning, renovation, or new construction projects for health systems, independent hospitals and/or academic medical centers.
- Healthcare sector client relationships in northern and southern California.
- Demonstrated ability to exhibit a high degree of self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management skills.
- Significant healthcare project experience (including OSHPD) that includes a range of building/program types, complexity and scale.
- Some travel required.

Why Cuningham? At Cuningham, we believe the best work happens when people are supported, challenged, and connected. Whether collaborating across teams, engaging with our communities, or shaping meaningful design solutions, we bring pragmatic creativity and disciplined execution to every project — and we support each other through it all. We nurture an equitable work environment where curiosity is celebrated, craft is valued, and growth is prioritized. Alongside a team that brings low-ego expertise and active leadership day-to-day, you’ll work on complex, high-stakes projects that demand bold thinking and disciplined delivery. _________________________________________________________________________________ Cuningham is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and values the strength diversity brings to the workplace when combined with equity and justice. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age, genetic information, national origin, disability, military, or veteran status.

## About Cuningham

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Cuningham is an architecture, interior design, urban design, and landscape architecture firm that creates enduring experiences for a healthy world.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Privately Held)
- **Headquarters**: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
- **Founded**: 1968
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Architecture and Planning (including interior design, urban design, and landscape architecture)
- **Target customers**: Organizations investing in complex, high-stakes built environments across sectors such as hospitality & gaming, themed entertainment & attractions, healthcare, workplace/corporate campuses, and mixed-use developments.
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "Design for social and ecological well-being." The firm is committed to creating architecture and design that restores natural and human systems.

## Products & Services
Cuningham offers integrated design services across multiple disciplines:
- **Architecture**: Full-service architectural design for complex projects, from vision to delivery.
- **Interior Design**: Crafting interior spaces that spark joy and build belonging.
- **Urban Design**: Shaping intentional spaces at the city and community scale.
- **Landscape Architecture**: Integrating natural systems into built environments.
- **Project Management**: Active leadership to manage complexity, reduce risk, and support grounded decision-making throughout the life of a project.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue of approximately **$66 million** (latest available, per LinkedIn data)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly available (no external funding rounds identified). The firm operates as a privately held, employee-owned culture.
- **Growth Signals**:
    - **Headcount**: 217 employees (+0.3% YoY, +1 person)
    - **LinkedIn Followers**: 13,998 (+8.0% year-over-year growth)
    - **Office Locations**: Seven offices across the U.S.: Minneapolis (HQ), Denver, Culver City (Los Angeles), Las Vegas, Orlando, Phoenix, and San Diego.
    - **Open Positions**: Actively hiring for roles across multiple sectors, including Project Managers, Architects, Interior Designers, and a National Market Leader for Healthcare.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Nearly 60 years of experience** (founded 1968) with a proven track record across diverse sectors, building types, and delivery models.
- **Integrated, multi-disciplinary approach** (architecture, interior design, urban design, landscape architecture) under one roof, allowing for seamless collaboration.
- **Commitment to ecological and social well-being** as a core design principle, differentiating them from firms focused solely on aesthetics or cost.
- **Emphasis on disciplined execution** — "real-world constraints become creative momentum" — appealing to clients with complex, high-stakes projects.
- **Distributed workforce model** with seven offices, enabling national reach and local presence.

## Strategic Focus
- **Current priorities**: Expanding into high-demand sectors such as **Healthcare** (hiring a National Market Leader) and **Themed Entertainment & Attraction Design** (multiple open roles). Actively recruiting for market leadership positions to drive growth.
- **Direction for growth**: Deepening expertise in complex, high-stakes sectors while maintaining a distributed office model to attract top talent across the U.S. Focus on delivering "bold in vision, precise in execution" projects.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Emphasizes empathy, collaboration, and collective success. The firm states: "Brilliant design is not an act of ego. It's an act of empathy." Values include equity, diversity, and inclusion, with a commitment to giving every team member a voice.
- **Work Model**: **Hybrid and on-site** options available. Offices in Minneapolis, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Phoenix, and others. The firm promotes a "distributed work force model" and "flexible schedules" to support a healthy life-work flow.
- **Notable Perks**:
    - Competitive, flexible healthcare and benefit packages.
    - 401k with traditional and Roth options with competitive employer matching.
    - Paid parental leave with support upon reentry.
    - Pre-tax dependent care benefits.
    - Long- and short-term disability insurance.
    - Support for professional development, including licensure and certification support and growth curriculums.
    - Volunteer opportunities to support local communities.
- **Engineering/Creative Culture**: Encourages cross-team collaboration — "You are not limited to your initial team but encouraged to find and cultivate the right place for you within the firm."
- **Employer Rating**: 3.4/5.0 on LinkedIn (62 reviews), with Work-Life rated 3.6, Compensation 3.3, Culture 3.3, Career 3.3.

## Sources
1. [cuningham.com - About Us](https://cuningham.com/about-us)
2. [careers.cuningham.com - Careers Page](https://careers.cuningham.com/)
3. [linkedin.com - Cuningham Company Profile](https://linkedin.com/company/cuningham-creates)
4. [jobs.lever.co - Cuningham Open Positions](https://jobs.lever.co/cuningham)

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