Senior Manager, Real Estate & Facilities Management

Responsibilities

• Drive the engagement process for appointing general contractors and architects
• Management of office construction process, ensuring the scope of work is accurate, costs are within market standards, management of budget, projects are delivered on time, and all issues are mitigated in accordance with the company’s best interests
• Work with the external project manager/architect team on design and collaborate with the internal Core IT Infrastructure team
• Ensure all internal business units deliver upon their remit of work throughout a fit-out/refurbishment/dilapidation; identify any roadblocks/issues with RE Director and key stakeholders to ensure solutions are implemented
• Work with relevant office management, office admin and Core IT teams to ensure move management is organized and delivered
• Monitor and report on office utilization
• Space planning: including moves, expansions, reductions and M&A support
• Negotiate new and renew existing leases, including site searches
• Advises management & accounting of rent escalations, variations, monitors expiration dates, tracks ongoing operational costs, and reviews and approves rent and property related expenditure to ensure alignment with lease terms
• Build and maintain relationships with landlords and building services
• Address landlord and building services related issues raised by our office management team
• Vendor and Budget Management
• Real Estate brokers
• Co-Working providers (WeWork/Regus/Industrious etc)
• General contractors
• Architects / designers
• Furniture / relocation / installation vendors
• Project management teams

Qualifications

• 7-10 years of Real Estate Portfolio and Facilities Management experience
• Ability to manage multiple projects and address conflicting priorities
• Working knowledge of the full life cycle of the lease process and terminology
• M&A experience relative to real estate
• Management / team leader experience
• Change management experience