Key responsibilities:- Liaise, influence, and build relationships with local/regional business partners, Director’s and VP’s, to ensure their business’ allocation, adjacency, and spatial needs are met, validating yearly headcount projections and short-term spatial programming/technical requirements.
- Subject matter expert on space and occupancy strategy and planning; lead for co-developing space planning methodologies at a macro level and bridging those strategies to the micro level to support individual sites and teams.
- Monitors tracks and reports space and occupancy trends based on local headcount forecasting, business org changes, and space requirements.
- Proactively analyze and report on space and headcount trends; partner with the global S&O team to strategize long-term occupancy and spatial solutions.
- Partner closely with the cross-functional regional team in defining short and long-term needs for new and existing sites.
- In partnership with the regional workplace teams, lead monthly efforts to ensure data accuracy within the CAFM system for all UCAN/LG space and occupancy data.
- Utilize space and occupancy metrics and best practices to inform real estate decisions.
- Perform spatial analysis to develop scenarios on the most strategic use of space; including implementing seating strategies that maximize space utilization.
- Be a champion of change management for end users - creating, contributing, and maintaining employee resources to navigate workplace strategies (assigned seating, flex seating, hybrid work, etc).
- Partner with the Workplace and MAC teams in the execution of move and migration plans with space allocations and occupancy data.
- Closely partner with the global Space & Occupancy team on developing workplace strategy pilots specific to the region to support the hybrid workplace.
- Contribute to presentations for highly visible projects for a wide range audience (ie: senior leadership) containing but not limited to workplace standards, agile work environments, and complex phasing.
- Provide conceptual space occupancy plans and recommendations to stakeholders subsequently preparing block plans or stacking diagrams.
- Keep up to date with emerging trends and insights with regard to workplace strategy, design, and best practices.
- Other duties may be assigned.
- Travel up to 25% of the time.
Requirements/Qualifications:- BA/BS degree or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience in Architecture, Interior Architecture or Space Planning.
- 5+ years of experience in workplace strategy, occupancy, and space planning.
- Expertise in space planning, user research, occupancy planning and strategy, and space programming.
- Comfortable in a fast-paced, open, collaborative environment.
- High degree of flexibility and the ability to collaborate, problem solve, and multi-task.
- Proficiency in AutoCAD, GSuite (specifically Google Sheets), and CAFM systems.
- Knowledge of ADA requirements and building codes.
- Ability to read and interpret floor plans and construction documents.
Preferred Requirements:- Excellent interpersonal communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced, team-based, deadline-oriented environment.
- Ability to effectively manage complex tasks and prioritize multiple projects and competing priorities.
- Ability to develop business cases and service requirements while creating and managing strategic alliances.
- Ability to build internal networks and work cross-functional.
- Excellent organizational and project management skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Demonstrated ability to produce reports/documents.
- Strong presentation and facilitation skills.
Our compensation structure consists solely of an annual salary; we do not have bonuses. You choose each year how much of your compensation you want in salary versus stock options. To determine your personal top of market compensation, we rely on market indicators and consider your specific job family, background, skills, and experience to determine your compensation in the market range. The range for this role is $160,000 - $390,000.