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Behavioral Health Design Leader

DLR Group · Austin, Texas, United States; Dallas, Texas, United States; Lincoln, Nebraska, United States; Nashville, Tennessee, United States; Omaha, Nebraska, United States; Orlando, Florida, United States; Phoenix, Arizona, United States; Portland, Oregon, United States

Posted about 2 months ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
55 days
DLR Group's roles stay open a median of 55 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
0% of DLR Group's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at DLR Group
high
126 stale, 1 reposted of 161 open
Hiring momentum
199 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-09-27

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from DLR Group's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for DLR Group.

About this role

The National Behavioral Health Design Leader at DLR Group will focus on advancing the planning and design of environments that enhance care, safety, dignity, and recovery in behavioral health settings. This role involves leading design conversations, collaborating with clients and multidisciplinary teams, and applying trauma-informed principles to create effective therapeutic environments. The position requires significant experience in behavioral health design and offers opportunities for mentorship and thought leadership within the firm.

Our read on this posting2.2out of 5
benefits
1/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
0/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of DLR Group as an employer.

What you need

  • Bachelor’s degree in architecture, interior design, or a related design field.
  • Significant experience planning or designing behavioral health environments.
  • Experience leading design work and collaborating with clients and multidisciplinary project teams.
  • Understanding of behavioral health care settings, clinical workflows, and the relationship between therapeutic design and safety.
  • Knowledge of trauma-informed and evidence-based design principles.
  • Ability to communicate design ideas clearly through presentations, drawings, and written materials.

Nice to have

  • Professional architecture license or NCIDQ certification.
  • Experience across more than one behavioral health setting, such as crisis care, inpatient treatment, outpatient care, residential treatment, or secure treatment.
  • Experience with healthcare facility design, including coordination of applicable codes and design requirements.
  • Experience developing design guidelines, conducting facility assessments, or contributing to post-occupancy evaluations.
  • Experience mentoring designers or contributing to design research and thought leadership.

What you get

  • 100% employee-owned structure.
  • Four-day in-office work model with flexibility to work remotely on Fridays.

Worth weighing

  • No salary listed in the posting.
  • The role requires deep expertise in a specialized field which may limit broader design experience.
  • The position involves significant collaboration and leadership responsibilities, which may not suit all candidates.
  • The focus on trauma-informed and evidence-based design may require ongoing education and adaptation to new methodologies.

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Listed by DLR Group on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-27. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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