Senior Renewal Planner

Grade: 059 Department: Campus Planning and Facilities FLSA Status: Exempt Company Description By working at Harvard University, you join a vibrant community that advances Harvard's world-changing mission in meaningful ways, inspires innovation and collaboration, and builds skills and expertise. We are dedicated to creating a diverse and welcoming environment where everyone can thrive. Why join Harvard Medical School? Harvard Medical School's mission is to nurture a diverse, inclusive community dedicated to alleviating suffering and improving health and well-being for all through excellence in teaching and learning, discovery and scholarship, and service and leadership. You’ll be at the heart of biomedical discovery, education, and innovation, working alongside world-renowned faculty and a community dedicated to improving human health. This is more than a job - it’s an opportunity to shape the future of medicine.

As Senior Renewal Planner, you will be part of a vibrant, growing team with varied backgrounds, areas of focus, and skillsets. Our department is responsible for all planning, design, and construction activities at Harvard Medical School. As part of this team, you will independently lead both comprehensive and targeted feasibility studies, including for renewal, either done in-house or through the management of external consultants. Reporting to the Associate Director of Planning for Renewal the Senior Renewal Planner will partner with various stakeholders representing all facets of facility services, research, education and administrative departments, and consultants to propose innovative solutions. In this position, you will play a crucial role in informing project planning and long-range multi-year capital planning. You might be the right person for this role if you enjoy the puzzle of collecting potentially disparate pieces of information to organize and present innovative approaches. You relish finding creative ways to optimize resources to support the continued operation of a thriving education and research community. Your background includes engineering or demonstrated experience with building systems. You may have worked on facilities condition assessments, lifecycle, and decarbonization planning through your project work. Strong analytical skills will be critical to the success of this role. If this sounds like you, but maybe your background or experience deviates from some of the qualifications, please consider applying. We’re dedicated to finding the right person. Core Duties: Manage and lead complex strategic planning and feasibility studies for the short and long-term development of the school, including existing use, campus growth, and multi-year capital plan integration. Determine and recommend initiatives in areas of focus and contract with all necessary firms and specialty consultants required for successful completion of project. Identify and recommend scope or approach to improve effectiveness of feasibility studies. Lead strategic project planning. Establish high level scopes of work, urgency assessments, alternates, schedules, and target budgets for program and funding approval. Evaluate and identify alternative strategies, design approaches, and construction solutions on a regular frequency to ensure highest and best use of the school’s physical and financial resources. Identify opportunities to integrate University and School carbon neutrality, decarbonization, and carbon zero goals into proposed projects. Establish project program, budget, scope, timeline, or delivery of proposed project plans to address risk and maximize opportunities for a successful project. Mediate solutions for issues and facilitate consensus building amongst stakeholder groups with varying priorities and viewpoints. Manage campus renewal portfolios as assigned.