Senior Manager, Workplace

Overview

We're looking for a Senior Manager, Workplace to lead and shape the environments where our people and business perform at their best.

This is a senior leadership opportunity with end to end ownership of Corporate Real Estate and Workplace Operations across a regional, multi site portfolio.

You'll balance strategy with hands on delivery, leading how our workplaces operate, evolve, and support the business.

Are you a dynamic, commercially minded leader comfortable driving performance, managing risk, and delivering real workplace impact?

If so, we'd love to hear from you!

This role is open to candidates based in the UK (London or Waltham Abbey) or Germany (Eppingen).

Responsibilities

• Own and deliver the regional real estate and workplace strategy, governance, and service standards.
• Lead leasing and transactions (site selection, relocations, expansions, renewals), managing landlords, vendors, contracts, and critical dates with a commercial, risk based approach.
• Hold end to end ownership of the regional real estate and workplace portfolio, ensuring consistent commercial and operational performance.
• Sponsor and deliver capital and workplace projects, controlling scope, design, cost, and timelines across multiple programmes.
• Operate effectively at both strategic and operational levels within a complex, global organisation.
• Own operating and capital budgets, forecasting and reporting, driving savings, supplier performance, safety, and compliance.
• Partner with Finance, Legal, HR, IT, and Security to align workplace decisions with business, global, and local requirements.
• Own health & safety, risk management, and business continuity, supported by accurate lease, occupancy, and portfolio data.
• Use data and benchmarking to improve footprint efficiency, utilisation, cost performance, and employee experience.

Qualifications

• 8+ years' progressive experience leading regional or multi site corporate real estate and workplace portfolios within a complex organisation.
• Bachelor's degree in Facilities Management, Architecture, Engineering, Project Management, or Business, or equivalent experience
• Demonstrated experience of end to end responsibility for corporate real estate and workplace operations, balancing strategic leadership with hands on delivery.
• Proven success leading leasing and transaction activity, including site selection, renewals, relocations, and expansions.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen, with experience managing operating and capital budgets, forecasting, variance analysis, and cost optimisation.
• Demonstrated project leadership overseeing multiple capital and workplace projects concurrently.
• Ability to operate effectively at both strategic and operational levels within a complex, global organisation.
• Confident communicator able to influence senior stakeholders and build trusted relationships with internal and external partners.