Senior Manager, ANZ Workplace Operations (Hybrid)

Stryker; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Stryker is seeking a Senior Manager, Workplace Operations to lead its regional workplace portfolio across Australia and New Zealand. The role blends facilities leadership with strategic planning to ensure safe, compliant and scalable operations across sites in the ANZ region.

You will manage a regional team, partner with leaders to align workspace strategy with business goals, govern vendors, and oversee operating and capital budgets with a focus on employee experience and cost efficiency.

Qualifications

• 10+ years’ progressive experience in Workplace or Facilities Operations within a complex or regulated environment.
• Experience leading geographically dispersed cross-functional teams and operating effectively with senior stakeholders.
• Demonstrated commercial acumen, including ownership of budgets and the ability to build business cases and drive change.
• Experience delivering complex workplace or operational initiatives with strong communication, planning and organisational skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop a regional Workplace Operations team covering facilities, infrastructure, maintenance, space utilisation, workplace services and FM project delivery.
• Partner with regional leaders to understand business needs and translate these into effective workplace, space and services strategies.
• Lead and govern third-party service providers across facilities, building services, moves, hospitality, cleaning, security and related services.
• Represent the business on regional RE&F projects including renovations, expansions and consolidations, including move planning and occupancy tracking.
• Own regional operating and capital budgets, including forecasting, variance reporting and quarterly reviews.
• Ensure safe, compliant and sustainable workplace operations in line with company standards, RE&F strategy and local regulations.
• Identify and deliver opportunities to improve space utilisation, service delivery, employee experience and cost efficiency.
• Collaborate closely with HR, IT, Security, Finance, Legal, EHS and global RE&F partners to deliver integrated solutions.
• Travel Percentage: 30%

Skills

Facilities Operations

Vendor Management

Budget Management

Stakeholder Management

Leadership

Cross-functional Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Facilities Management or related

IFMA/CoreNet/BOMA/LEED certification

Job description

Stryker is seeking a Senior Manager, Workplace Operations to lead its regional workplace portfolio across Australia and New Zealand. The role blends facilities leadership with strategic planning to ensure safe, compliant and scalable operations across sites in the ANZ region.

You will manage a regional team, partner with leaders to align workspace strategy with business goals, govern vendors, and oversee operating and capital budgets with a focus on employee experience and cost efficiency.