Associate Director, Real Estate & Workplace Strategy (...

* Analyze and develop integrated real estate campus planning strategies for facility needs, capital improvement, long-range growth, and new development, ensuring alignment with Our Company’s strategic goals.* Develop liaisons with internal departments and community organizations to gather input and facilitate campus planning initiatives.* Manage development of feasibility, programming studies, and site selections for capital projects with external consultants and Our Company stakeholders.* Lead selection, onboarding, and coordination of outside design and planning consultants.* Perform design and planning reviews from programming through construction documentation.* Provide planning and design expertise on campus projects ranging from minor renovations, repositioning, and new building construction to site development. This includes guidance on campus and building design standards, open space and site planning guidelines, and regulatory compliance such as ADA, environmental, and building codes.* Ensure quality control over planning of a legible and safe environment of high-quality spaces that are connected, equitable, and accessible, establishing a clear overall identity with distinct public and private realms.* Leverage data in conducting analyses and studies on space utilization, efficiency, and needs to optimize the allocation and use of existing and future facilities with adaptability to future changes.* Research and analyze design trends in campus planning, urban development, and corporate facilities to inform strategic decision-making and identify future needs.* Liaise with local and regional site business leads to understand how our colleagues' workspaces are used to critically leverage occupancy data like headcount, attendance, and utilization to ensure alignment with workspace design requirements and real estate allocation needs.* Manage third party occupancy planning consultant deliverables for accuracy and timeliness.* Deliver workspace innovation projects, organize resources, and meet with internal team leadership and business representatives to conduct interviews, workshops, and surveys to inform workplace planning and design strategy.* Gather, vet, analyze, and summarize data in easy-to-understand presentations for leadership of local teams.* Critically assess spatial advantages and constraints of a floor plan to oversee optimization of test fits that ensure well designed, utilized, and inspiring workspaces supportive of activity-based workstyles and hybrid schedules.* Bachelor's Degree in Architecture or Architectural Design required. Masters Degree preferred.* Minimum of 12 years of design and management experience in commercial and institutional architecture and interiors including development and implementation of site or campus planning and workspaces.* Working knowledge of technical architectural details to workspace FF&E.* Excellent research and analysis capabilities to select pertinent emerging trends and critical space planning data to strategically and creatively develop solutions to complex planning and space challenges.* Proactive influence and engagement of stakeholders, along with the ability to clearly communicate and articulate design and space opportunities to non-technical individuals* Experience in test fit planning, space management, including forecasting and planning future demand.* Excellent organizational skills with the ability to balance multiple projects and performing priorities.* Experience in rationalizing design and planning decisions with agility to move with recognition of risks and opportunities of decisions.* Proficiency in software packages like CAD (AutoCAD), Excel, and data analysis/visualization tools such as Power Bi.* Excellent report-writing, storytelling and graphic presentation skills using programs like In-Design, PowerPoint, and Photoshop.* Ability to be proactive and effective while working independently and within a team environment.**Los Angeles Residents Only:** We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance #J-18808-Ljbffr

Created: 2025-09-18