Director Workplace Design, PM, Systems & Analytics

The Director, Workplace Strategy, Delivery & Systems serves as the enterprise leader responsible for shaping, planning, delivering, and optimizing physical environments across our portfolio companies.  Leveraging their deep expertise, the Director leads the workplace strategy, interior design and construction project management, workplace technology, and related data analytics across the portfolio.  They will ensure the company’s spaces support business growth, employee productivity, and efficient operations while promoting effective space utilization, avoiding unnecessary costs, and guiding sound investments in the company’s physical environment.

The ideal candidate is an industry-recognized leader with exceptional influence skills, executive presence, and the ability to build strong partnerships across diverse stakeholders.

As a trusted advisor to senior leadership and portfolio company stakeholders, the Director partners across business functions to understand organizational goals and recommend scalable, right-sized solutions. The role balances enterprise standards with the distinct needs, capabilities, and scale of each portfolio company to improve operational and financial outcomes

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• →Serve as the organization's subject matter expert on workplace strategy, space planning, design, interiors construction, workplace technology, and occupancy management analytics.

• →Establish and promote enterprise service standards, performance metrics, governance, reporting frameworks, and project management processes.

• →Drive continuous improvement through process optimization, standardization, technology adoption, and performance measurement.

• →Partner with business leaders to understand growth plans, operational requirements, workforce strategies, customer experience objectives, and organizational priorities; translate them into practical, scalable solutions tailored to each operating company’s size, maturity, complexity, and business needs to optimize operational and financial results.
• →Establish enterprise standards, design guidelines, governance frameworks, and best practices informed by industry trends, emerging workplace concepts, technology innovations, and optimized project delivery practices.

• →Develop strategic recommendations that align real estate investments, workplace initiatives, and technology capabilities with enterprise objectives.

• →Lead the planning, design, and execution of complex projects across office, industrial, warehouse, retail, mixed-use, and other commercial environments. This includes leading requirements discovery, stakeholder interviews, concept development, furniture solutions, test fits, and project execution, where appropriate.

• →Develop capital plans, business cases, and investment recommendations that support strategic and optimized real estate decisions. Present recommendations, business cases, project updates, risks, portfolio analyses, and strategic opportunities to senior leadership.

• →Develop a deep understanding of individual business objectives, operational needs, workforce requirements, and customer-facing priorities across a variety of portfolio companies and investments

• →Build strong cross-functional partnerships and lead through influence across Real Estate, Facilities, Finance, Legal, Procurement, Technology, Human Resources, Security, Communications and other stakeholder groups.

• →Direct architects, engineers, contractors, consultants, furniture vendors, and external partners through all phases of project delivery. Develop and maintain strategic relationships with consultants, design firms, contractors, and other industry partners.

• →Support acquisitions, divestitures, relocations, consolidations, and transformation initiatives through strategic project leadership and execution.

• →Ensure projects are delivered safely, on schedule, within budget, and aligned with operational and business objectives.
• →Serve as the business owner and strategic leader for real estate technology platforms, leading system strategy, governance, administration, standards, data quality, reporting consistency, floor plan and occupancy data management, portfolio analytics, and continuous optimization.
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• →Partner with the technology organization to develop dashboards, reporting tools, and workplace analytics that support data-driven decision-making, portfolio optimization, utilization and space planning, and investment recommendations.
• →Build, develop, and lead high-performing internal and cross-functional teams and external partners across workplace strategy, project management, design, workplace systems, and portfolio analytics to deliver business results.

• →Foster a culture of accountability, innovation, collaboration, customer service, and continuous improvement.

• Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline and 10 years’ experience in a related field. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master’s degree and 8 years’ experience; a Ph.D. and 5 years’ experience in a related field; or 14 years’ experience in a related field
• 5+ years’ experience in a management or leadership role
• Requires strong knowledge of Microsoft tools, CAD, Bluebeam
• Excellent interpersonal, leadership, presentation, and collaboration skills, with strategic thinking, executive presence, business acumen, and influence needed to work effectively across the organization
• Exceptional communication, presentation, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience managing complex capital projects, workplace portfolios, and enterprise workplace programs.
• Strong financial acumen and experience developing capital plans, budgets, business cases, and investment recommendations.
• Demonstrated ability to translate business requirements into measurable business outcomes.
• Demonstrated expertise leading office, industrial, warehouse, retail, or similar commercial environment initiatives.
• Strong understanding of workplace strategy, project delivery, construction management, portfolio analytics, occupancy planning, and operational requirements.

• Experience supporting multiple business units, operating companies, or complex multi-brand organizations.
• Proven ability to influence executive leaders and build alignment across highly matrixed organizations.
• Experience leading workplace technology, facilities management, occupancy management, IWMS, CAFM, or related enterprise platforms.
• Professional certifications such as PMP