Director, North America Real Estate & Facilities Management

Thomas Reuters; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Director of Real Estate & Facilities Management to lead strategic initiatives and operational oversight of their real estate portfolio. This role involves mentoring teams, managing budgets, and collaborating with various partners to optimize space and align strategies with business objectives. The successful candidate will possess a strong background in real estate or facilities management, exceptional financial acumen, and proven leadership skills. Join a forward-thinking organization that values innovation and inclusivity, and contribute to shaping a sustainable future in the workplace.

Benefits

Flexible vacation

Mental Health Days off

Tuition reimbursement

Employee incentive programs

Work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks

Paid volunteer days

Qualifications

• Direct experience in managing real estate or facilities for large offices.
• Strong financial background with vendor management experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic direction and operational management of real estate portfolio.
• Manage budgets and optimize space in alignment with business goals.

Skills

Real Estate Management

Facilities Management

Financial Analysis

Vendor Management

Analytical Skills

Leadership Skills

Change Management

Cultural Awareness

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business or Real Estate

Tools

Microsoft 365

Archibus

Job description

About the Role

As Director of Real Estate & Facilities Management, you'll lead the strategic direction and operational management of the company's real estate portfolio. This involves overseeing outsourced teams, managing budgets, optimizing space, and aligning real estate strategies with business goals. The position requires a background in real estate or facilities management, strong financial and analytical skills, vendor management experience, and proficiency in property management systems.

Strategic Leadership:

• Mentor junior team members (including vendor / partner) with opportunities for professional and personal skill development.

• Oversees an outsourced organization of several business partners. High influencing and partnering skills are critical for successful implementation of business and financial plans.

• Manage the delivery and performance of the real estate portfolio, Integrated Facilities Management (IFM) provider and other external partners/providers.

• Coordinate planning and implementation with the other respective Regional Leads (FM) and partner organizations (Technology/Security/D&C/EH&S) within their matrixed responsibilities in the region.

• Develop and manage all aspects of the annual operating expense and capital budgets.

• Provide coordination of all REFM services within markets. Promote and expand the remit of GREFM services.

Project Oversight:

• Assess space demands for businesses within the region and proactively anticipate changes – communicate requirements to other members of the regional and partner teams.

• Support space optimization and workplace strategies in alignment with Thomson Reuters standards through close interaction and collaboration with the Design & Construction team.

• Understand and align the business, organizational and strategic directions to drive real estate strategy for each location. This role will also help translate our value to our internal customers.

Stakeholder Management:

• Develop and present business cases to support real estate transactions, capital investments and operational changes.

• Align policies, processes, and best practices with business line strategies, thereby maximizing the value that REFM delivers to customers.

About You

• Direct Real Estate or Facilities Management experience is required, including experience of managing FM services at large commercial offices of 1,000-2,000 employees.

• Vendor management skills with specific experience partnering with relevant vendors in the region.

• Comprehensive understanding of real estate and facility management associated with a multi-location, international organization.

• Strong finance background and ability to operate with a high degree of autonomy in making decisions that are financially prudent and support the business.

• Collaborative leadership skills, exceptional business and finance acumen, and well-developed interpersonal skills required to build a successful and cohesive team.

• Strong analytical, organizational and management competence.

• Proficiency with the Microsoft 365 suite, Archibus or a comparable property management system is required.

• Ability to travel 15-20% of the time to other Thomson Reuters sites to oversee operations, projects and conduct customer reviews.

• Change management and process improvement experience essential.

• Fluency in English with strong cultural awareness of national diversity across regions. Fluency in Spanish or Portuguese a plus.

What’s in it For You?

Join us to inform the way forward with the latest AI solutions and address real-world challenges in legal, tax, compliance, and news. Backed by our commitment to continuous learning and market-leading benefits, you’ll be prepared to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future. This includes:

• Industry-Leading Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.

• Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, and hybrid model, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.

• Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow’s challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.

• Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for inclusion, innovation, and customer-focus. Our eleven business resource groups nurture our culture of belonging across the diverse backgrounds and experiences represented across our global footprint.

• Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.

• Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.

Do you want to be part of a team helping re-invent the way knowledge professionals work? How about a team that works every day to create a more transparent, just and inclusive future? At Thomson Reuters, we’ve been doing just that for almost 160 years. Our industry-leading products and services include highly specialized information-enabled software and tools for legal, tax, accounting and compliance professionals combined with the world’s most global news services – Reuters. We help these professionals do their jobs better, creating more time for them to focus on the things that matter most: advising, advocating, negotiating, governing and informing.

We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments that celebrate diversity and inclusion. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.

Accessibility

As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.

We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.