Vice President, Real Estate and Workplace

The Team

The Operations team is a key partner in enabling Biohub’s pioneering work to combine frontier AI with frontier biology to solve disease and Learning Commons’ mission to build AI infrastructure that aligns how students learn with the tools that shape their learning experiences.

Operations includes our Central Tech, Finance, Marketing & Communications, People, and Real Estate / Workplace / Events / Facilities / Security (REWFS) teams. Together, these teams create the systems, programs, and experiences that empower our partners and colleagues across Biohub and Learning Commons to drive impact.

The Opportunity

CZI's Central Operations team is seeking a Vice President, Real Estate and Workplace, to lead the strategy, operations, and evolution of our laboratory environments and workplace ecosystem. This executive leader will be responsible for shaping how employees, guests, and partners experience our physical environments while ensuring our real estate portfolio, facilities operations, and workplace services effectively support our mission and long-term growth.

What You'll Do

• Partner with executive leadership across Biohub and Learning Commons to align workplace and real estate strategies with workforce planning, evolving business needs, and future growth.
• Lead real estate, workspace operations, and regional facilities management strategy for all sites across the organization.
• Partner with Biohub scientific leadership to plan, build out, and operationalize laboratory and lab automation spaces, ensuring facilities meet the specialized infrastructure, equipment, and safety requirements of cutting-edge biological research.
• Oversee the corporate real estate portfolio, including lease negotiations, site selection, acquisitions, dispositions, and space utilization optimization.
• Drive workplace experiences and design that foster collaboration, community, inclusion, and productivity across all locations.
• Manage corporate construction, capital improvement projects, and buildouts from inception through delivery, ensuring alignment with timeline, quality, and budget.
• Direct workspace operations, facilities management, physical security, food services, events support, and environment, health, and safety (EHS) programs.
• Develop and manage the annual operational and capital budget for the real estate and workplace function, prioritizing resource allocation and fiscal responsibility.
• Implement progressive sustainability practices, corporate social responsibility initiatives, and innovative technologies within our operations and physical infrastructure.
• Evaluate and support data center and on-premises compute infrastructure needs as CZI's technical footprint evolves alongside its scientific mission.

What You'll Bring

• 15+ years of progressive leadership experience in corporate real estate, workplace operations, and facilities management, with demonstrated experience in laboratory environments, life sciences facilities, or research organizations strongly preferred,
• Strong understanding of real estate financial analysis, commercial leasing, transaction management, corporate construction, and building codes/regulations.
• Deep expertise across workplace functions, including amenities management, asset protection/security, employee health & safety, and high-touch hospitality services; knowledge of lab-specific EH&S requirements and scientific facility operations.
• Demonstrated ability to operate as a strategic business partner and cross-functional integrator, effectively aligning functional resources with broad organizational priorities.
• Proven track record of building, scaling, and leading highly service-oriented teams within complex environments.
• Strong operational mindset with a history of improving organizational agility, simplifying processes, and reducing operational friction.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence executive leadership and build consensus among diverse operational groups.

Compensation

The Redwood City, CA base pay range for a new hire in this role is $297,000 - $424,600. New hires are typically hired into the lower portion of the range, enabling employee growth in the range over time. Actual placement in range is based on job-related skills and experience, as evaluated throughout the interview process.

Better Together

We’re excited to strengthen in-person connections and cultivate a collaborative, team-oriented environment. This role is a hybrid position requiring you to be onsite for at least 60% of the working month, approximately 3 days a week, with specific in-office days determined by the team’s manager. The exact schedule will be at the hiring manager's discretion and communicated during the interview process.