Sr. Interior Designer

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Day - 08 Hour (United States of America)

This is a Stanford Health Care job.

Design the spaces that shape how care is experienced. As Sr. Interior Designer, you’ll translate vision into environments that elevate healing, support clinical excellence, and bring Stanford Health Care’s brand to life—one space at a time.

This role leads interior design projects for clinical, research, and administrative projects—developing finish palettes, end-to-end FF&E delivery, and interior documentation that elevate safety, durability, and our SHC brand standards. You’ll collaborate closely with architects, engineers, contractors, and clinical stakeholders to translate complex needs into functional, inspiring spaces that align with healthcare codes, ADA standards, and sustainability. You’ll manage multiple projects simultaneously, balancing creativity with rigor to keep schedules aligned, budgets on track, and details resolved in a fast-paced healthcare environment.

• Collaborate cross-functionally with Facilities Planning & Design, clinical stakeholders, consultants, and contractors
• Apply interior design standards for finishes, furniture, and branding to ensure consistency and quality
• Bring strengths in project management, design literacy, stakeholder communication, and experience in healthcare, institutional, or corporate environments
• Serve as an individual contributor in a primarily hybrid role based in Palo Alto, CA

The Facilities Services division enhances health through leadership, collaboration, and innovation. Our team offers essential non-clinical support 24/7, ensuring safe operations and planning for future needs. We represent the intersection of planning, construction, general services, and facilities operations. Learn
more about Facilities Services at: Facilities Services | Stanford Health Care.
The Interior Design team creates inviting, functional spaces that reflect Stanford Health Care’s cohesive brand identity through thoughtfully curated finishes and furniture standards. Supporting projects of all sizes, the team provides expertise in specifications, repairs, and pre-planning to ensure design
consistency and quality. Every space is crafted to enhance comfort, functionality, and a unified experience for patients, visitors, and staff.

If you are interested in joining Stanford Health Care, please read the job description below and apply online.

This is a Stanford Health Care job.

A Brief Overview
The Senior Interior Designer leads interior design direction and standards for complex, high‑risk, or high‑visibility healthcare projects. This role provides technical and strategic leadership for finishes and furnishings, fixtures, and equipment (FF&E), integrating clinical workflows, infection‑prevention considerations, sustainability goals, wayfinding strategies, and Stanford Health Care (SHC) brand standards. The Senior Interior Designer is accountable for end‑to‑end delivery of interior finishes and FF&E scopes—including design development, procurement coordination, installation oversight, and quality verification—for major renovation and construction projects. The role applies expert judgment, anticipates risks, mentors designers, and drives continuous improvement of interior standards, methodologies, and materials.

Locations
Stanford Health Care

What you will do

• Lead and direct interior finishes and FF&E scopes for complex, mission‑critical, or multi‑phase healthcare projects.
• Serve as the primary interiors representative to project leadership, clinical operations, and governance stakeholders.
• Resolve competing priorities among infection prevention, patient experience, clinical workflows, constructability constraints, and long‑term maintenance.
• Develop, interpret, and evolve SHC finishes and FF&E standards; evaluate and approve deviations based on project needs, regulatory criteria, or operational impacts.
• Assess and pilot new materials, products, and furniture systems for healthcare applicability, durability, safety, and sustainability.
• Own FF&E budgets; lead procurement approaches, long‑lead tracking, and installation sequencing for active clinical environments.
• Lead value‑engineering efforts that preserve clinical performance and safety; proactively mitigate project risks and reduce change orders through early coordination and expert evaluation.
• Provide mentorship and technical guidance to Designers; reinforce quality, consistency, and adherence to healthcare standards.
• Support onboarding and capability development within the interior design team.
• Lead resolution of complex requests for information (RFIs), substitutions, conflicts, and field conditions.
• Coordinate closely with vendors, furniture suppliers, general contractors, architects, and procurement on product submittals, fabrication, installation, commissioning, and closeout.
• Authorized to make final decisions on finishes and FF&E within SHC’s approved standards and strategic design framework.
• Independently evaluate and balance infection prevention, patient experience, safety, cost, durability, and operational performance. (P4 requirement: major improvements and high‑discretion decisions).

Education Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in Interior Design/Interior Architecture or related field required.
• Master’s in Interior Design/Interior Architecture or related field preferred.

Experience Qualifications

• 7-10+ years of experience in healthcare interiors, finishes, or FF&E for complex construction projects, including procurement and installation.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Advanced knowledge of specifications, FF&E design, infection‑control materials, sustainability, and healthcare durability requirements.
• Deep understanding of Facility Guidelines Institute (FGI) requirements, California Building Code (CBC)/Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance, and Department of Healthcare Access and Information (HCAI) processes relevant to finishes and interior systems.
• Strong leadership in stakeholder facilitation, issue resolution, and cross‑functional communication.
• Proficiency in Autodesk Revit, AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Cloud (Adobe CC), Bluebeam, and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Ability to lead quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) processes, interpret complex design issues, and mentor Designers.
• Ability to innovate interior design methodologies, improve functional processes, and evaluate emerging products for enterprise use.

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 Stanford’s 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 family’s 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 in all of its 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.

Base Pay Scale: Generally starting at $45.94 - $59.73 per hour

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.