Behavioral Health Design Leader
DLR Group · Denver, Colorado, United States; Los Angeles, California, United States; Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States; New York, New York, United States; Riverside, California, United States; Sacramento, California, United States; San Diego, California, United States; San Francisco, California, United States; Seattle, Washington, United States; Sonoma, California, United States; Washington, D.C.
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 planning and designing 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 and evidence-based design principles to create therapeutic spaces. The position also includes mentoring colleagues and contributing to research and business development in the field of behavioral health design.
- benefits
- 5/5
- 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
- medical
- dental
- vision
- disability
- wellness programs
- flex spending
Worth weighing
- no salary listed in the posting, but a suggested pay range is provided
- the role requires significant experience in a specialized field
- the position involves mentoring and business development responsibilities, which may indicate a senior-level role
Summarised from DLR Group's posting. Read the full original.
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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