Director, Real Estate and ESG

Requirements

• Develop and execute a global real-estate strategy that supports business growth, cost optimization and flexible workplace models.
• Maintain and update a multi-year real-estate roadmap (leasing, renewals, consolidations, acquisitions, dispositions).
• Establish governance, policy and approval frameworks for real-estate decisions and capital projects.
• Oversee facilities management (onsite teams and outsourced vendors) to ensure safe, efficient, and employee-friendly workplaces across all locations.
• Define and monitor SLAs for maintenance, security, workplace services, office moves and vendor performance.
• Lead workplace experience initiatives (space planning, occupancy management, desk hoteling, meeting spaces, and employee health & safety programs).
• Lead site selection, lease negotiation, renewals, expansions and terminations, manage broker relationships and RFPs for MSPs and major vendors.
• Maintain lease administration processes, ensure accurate accounting/timing for lease obligations (ASC 842 / IFRS 16 coordination with Finance).
• Drive cost-effective negotiation of landlord concessions, tenant improvements and operating expense reconciliations.
• Develop and implement the company’s ESG strategy with measurable targets across energy, emissions, waste, supplier sustainability, and workplace wellbeing.
• Build reporting processes to support ESG disclosure (internal dashboards and external reporting frameworks).
• Collaborate with Procurement and Legal to incorporate sustainability criteria into vendor selection and contracts.
• Own budgeting, forecasting and financial performance for real-estate, facilities and ESG programs, identify and realize cost savings.
• Work with Treasury and Tax to assess financial impact of leases, tax implications and insurance.
• Ensure compliance with local regulatory requirements, workplace safety standards and insurance requirements.
• Lead and develop the internal real-estate & facilities team, recruit, mentor and set performance objectives.
• Manage strategic vendor partnerships (property managers, facilities service providers, security, cleaning, movers, MSPs) and run vendor performance/SLAs.
• Foster strong cross-functional relationships with HR, IT, Security, Procurement, and Business Unit leaders to align workplace and real-estate initiatives with talent and operational needs.
• Implement and maintain real-estate and facilities systems (lease administration, JLL, workplace analytics) to enable data-driven decisions.
• Deliver regular executive reporting for occupancy, cost per employee, utilization, ESG metrics, and project status to Finance and ELT.

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Paid Life/AD&D Insurance
• Voluntary Life Insurance
• Short- & Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• 401K
• Generous Vacation and Sick Program
• 10 Paid Holidays
• Education Assistance Program
• Business Casual Attire
• Generous Referral Program
• Employee Discounts and Rewards