Head of Real Estate & Workplace

About the role

Profound is looking for a high-ownership operator to lead real estate, workplace, and office operations across a growing global portfolio, including New York, San Francisco, Buenos Aires, London, and future offices.

This person will own the physical operating system of the company: office strategy, leases, buildouts, workplace experience, vendors, budgets, services, and the daily details that help a high-intensity team move fast.

This is a hands-on role for someone who can operate strategically and execute relentlessly. The right candidate brings real estate judgment, hospitality instincts, operational discipline, and the urgency required in a founder-led, high-performance environment.

What you’ll do

• Real Estate & Portfolio Management Support office searches, lease renewals, expansions, relocations, headcount planning, space utilization, and portfolio budgeting across all markets.
• Buildouts & Office Launches Manage new offices and expansions from planning through opening, coordinating brokers, landlords, architects, project managers, contractors, IT, security, furniture, AV, and vendors.
• Workplace Operations Run day-to-day office operations across all locations, including office standards, supplies, access, maintenance, seating, meeting rooms, food and beverage, and employee experience.
• Hospitality & Culture Create offices people want to work from every day. Own the details that make the workplace feel productive, polished, energetic, and distinctly Profound.
• Vendor & Budget Management Source, negotiate, and manage vendors across cleaning, security, pantry, maintenance, furniture, events, and workplace services. Maintain high standards while keeping costs disciplined.
• Cross-Functional Partnership Work closely with founders, People, Finance, Legal, IT, and team leads to ensure the workplace supports company growth, speed, and execution.

Who you are

• 5+ years of experience in real estate operations, workplace, facilities, office operations, hospitality, or a related role.
• Experience managing multiple offices or distributed workplace operations.
• Strong execution skills across office launches, moves, expansions, renewals, or buildouts.
• Comfort in a fast-paced, high-intensity startup environment.
• Strong vendor, budget, and project management skills.
• High attention to detail and strong service instincts.
• Low ego, high urgency, and willingness to own both strategy and execution.
• Ability to work across time zones and support a global team.

Location

This is a full-time, in-office role based in New York City. Travel will be required as we expand into new locations.

Note

All official communication from Profound will come from a @tryprofound.com email address. If you're contacted by anyone using a different domain, please disregard and report it as spam.