Manager, Corporate Real Estate Occupancy Management

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Summary

The Manager, Corporate Real Estate Occupancy Management will be responsible for overseeing space utilization, workplace analytics, and occupancy planning across the enterprise. This role ensures the optimization of our real estate portfolio to support business needs, enhance the employee experience, and drive cost efficiency.

This role will manage the deployment and oversight of HubStar and Tango workplace management systems, partnering with third-party providers to ensure data accuracy, reporting integrity, and effective utilization insights. The role will also act as a liaison between Corporate Real Estate, HR, IT, and Business Units to ensure our workplaces align with evolving workforce strategies.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead the analysis, tracking, and reporting of space usage across the enterprise real estate portfolio.
• Translate business requirements into strategic occupancy solutions, ensuring alignment with workplace strategy.
• Develop and provide occupancy scenarios and recommendations for expansions, contractions, consolidations, and redesigns supported by business and financial impact analysis.
• Act as the system owner and in-house subject matter expert for HubStar and Tango platforms.
• Manage vendor relationships, contract deliverables, and system performance.
• Oversee integration of occupancy data with other corporate systems (HR, IT, Finance).
• Ensure high-quality data input, establish governance processes, and deliver accurate analytics and dashboards.
• Produce executive-level reporting on occupancy trends, space utilization, and forecasting.
• Deliver insights to support real estate strategy, lease negotiations, and workplace design decisions.
• Partner with Finance to align occupancy data with cost allocations and budget planning.
• Collaborate with HR and Business Leaders to anticipate headcount changes and adjust occupancy plans accordingly.
• Partner with IT to implement workplace technology and support digital workplace initiatives.
• Support change management and communication efforts related to occupancy shifts and workplace moves.
• Recommend cross-functional and cross-regional process alignment and standardizations within functional accountability
• Plan and develop multiple short to medium term projects and contribute to long term initiatives planning. Lead moderate to complex projects as required by the business.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Real Estate, Business, Architecture, Engineering, or related field
• 5+ years of experience in corporate real estate, occupancy planning, workplace strategy, or facilities management
• Strong experience with workplace management platforms. Direct experience administering HubStar and/or Tango platforms is preferred
• Demonstrated ability to analyze large data sets, build dashboards, and present executive-ready insights
• Proven track record of cross-functional collaboration across HR, IT, and Finance
• Excellent communication, organizational, and vendor management skills
• Familiarity with workplace sensors, IWMS/CAFM systems, and digital workplace tools is preferred
• Proficiency with data visualization platforms (Power BI) is an advantage
• Understanding of corporate real estate financials, lease management, and workplace KPIs is preferred

ATTRIBUTES:

Ability to translate strategies and goals into actionable plans and measurable results. (Strategic Decision Making)

Ability to drive to create experiences and opportunities that will lead to innovation. Ability to guide and influence other to navigate change. (Leading Change)

Ability to oversee day-to-day operational requirements and varied projects that are aligned with the functional goals and objectives. (Operational Management)

Ability to clearly define objectives and set medium to long-term targets for the team that are consistent with and compliant to service delivery agreements, key performance indicators, and polices. (planning and organizing)

Ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with various internal and external customers globally. Ability to promote a culture of honest, open, and transparent communication. (Communication)

Ability to maintain a high level of collaboration among multiple internal and external stakeholders to effectively arrive at solutions and develop initiatives. (Collaboration)

Ability to identify and resolve varied and complex issues by applying best practices and technical expertise and has the ability to derive, develop, and recommend solutions for recurring and unique scenarios. (Problem Solving)

Ability to gather, integrate, validate, and analyze wide range of relevant data to develop and communicate resolutions, findings, and recommendations. (Analytical Thinking)

Ability to monitor and measure progress and effectively drive individual and team results that supports the overall goal of the team. Ability to provide regular feedback, guidance, and support to direct reports to achieve desired performance and output. (Results Oriented)

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