Senior Manager, Workplace Experience

AVEVA; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 81,000 - 126,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Gratuity

Medical insurance

Leave entitlement

Childcare support

Education assistance

Home office setup support

Well-being program

Job summary

AVEVA in Bangalore or Kuala Lumpur is seeking a Senior Manager, Workplace Experience to lead regional workplace strategies, services, and real estate initiatives across APAC, shaping a productive and safe office environment.

You will supervise the regional Workplace Experience team and external providers, influence executives, and drive a hybrid-working model while ensuring cost governance and alignment with the global People strategy.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of corporate workplace experience including facilities management and real estate.
• Bachelor’s degree in business/admin or corporate real estate, or equivalent.
• Ability to manage multi-site operations across APAC with regional leadership.

Responsibilities

• Oversee APAC office environments with responsibility for workplace experience, facilities management, health and safety, sustainability, and lease management.
• Lead regional Workplace Experience team and external providers, ensuring cost governance and strategic alignment.
• Progress strategy, design, and implementation of workplace experience and supporting real estate strategy.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Budgeting and cost control

Communication skills

Change management

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in business administration or corporate real estate

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Teams

Job description

AVEVA is creating software trusted by over 90% of leading industrial companies.

Job Title: Senior Manager, Workplace Experience

Location: Bangalore IND, or Kuala Lumpur (MAL) (Office)

Employment Type: Full-Time

The job

Like customer experience, the experience of AVEVA colleagues is an integral focus of our global People strategy. The People Experience team operating model focuses on elevating our employees’ experience in the workplace. In addition, AVEVA seeks to develop physical and digital workplace strategies that future-proof our talent and enhance the ability of our colleagues to do their best work.

As the regional leader of our APAC Workplace Experience team of professionals in 9 countries with 16 offices, you’ll be responsible for all areas of the workplace, including workplace experience, services, facilities management, real estate lease management and fit-out and refurbishment projects, workplace health and safety, and workplace sustainability. In addition, AVEVA is reimagining how we work to support a hybrid work environment, and we are looking for an experienced leader to help take AVEVA’s workplace experience to the next level in the Americas.

You will report to the Global Director of Workplace Experience. As a regional leader, you will advise AVEVA’s executives and senior leaders in the region and key functional partners (People, Internal Communications, Finance, IT, Legal, Sustainability, Risk Management, Office Location Leads) to create an engaging and productive office experience for our employees.

You are an inspirational leader capable of building strong relationship networks, comfortable with outsourced service providers, and who can maneuver through competing priorities by applying rigorous attention to detail and follow-through without losing sight of overarching objectives.

Primary responsibilities

Oversee AVEVA’s office environments in APAC with specific responsibility for workplace experience and facilities management, workplace health and safety, workplace sustainability, and office lease management. Manage and inspire the regional Workplace Experience team and external service providers, ensuring best practices, cost governance, and strategic alignment. Collaboratively progress the strategy, design, and implementation of the workplace experience and supporting real estate strategy to deliver a great workplace experience for AVEVA colleagues.

Deliver the mission of the function to “magnetize the workplace by delivering an amazing workplace experience that creates a space where people want to connect, reenergize, collaborate, and socialize.”

• Strategic management of offices and workplace experience activities in the APAC region– including workplace management, hybrid working strategy enablement), facilities management and workplace health and safety
• Member of the global Workplace Experience and Real Estate Leadership team providing strategic advice on issues, risks, and opportunities related to the function and overall People Experience
• Overseeing global workplace health and safety and Emergency Response Planning
• Lead on large projects and initiatives, with limited guidance from manager, and provide leadership and guidance to regional Workplace Experience team member
• Accountable for local and regional OpEx and CapEx budget preparation and managing to the approved budget. Excellent understanding of effective cost management, ensuring service delivery without impacting service levels – the ability to balance spend and service.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ successful years of progressive corporate experience and leadership roles managing workplaces (office facilities), experience programming and space design, corporate real estate lease management, workplace sustainability, health and safety, project/change management, and managing large projects of workplace design, construction, service delivery, and related technology in a multinational footprint
• Bachelor’s degree in business administration or corporate real estate or equivalent experience
• Currently reside within a commutable distance (50 miles) of either Bangalore or KL as it's required to be in the office 3-4 days a week.

Preferred Qualifications

• Excellent knowledge of facilities and project management with demonstrated experience running multi-site office operations
• Strong relationship builder and consensus driver at all levels within a global organization; ability to engage and influence executive leadership and stakeholders to drive decision making
• Ability to lead and manage a large geographically dispersed team, often remotely
• Strong people management skills, with the ability to mentor and build talent within an organization
• Passion for creating inclusive environments and a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Results-driven, with effective execution
• Financial management skills, including budgeting, forecasting, expense control, and financial analysis to enable data-driven recommendations
• Data analytics skills to measure occupancy, utilization, and effectiveness of workplace programs
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience in developing and managing communications and change management within projects
• Agile thinker able to consider business problems in new ways and clarify issues in complex situations
• Experience supporting projects to evaluate office locations, “stay vs. go” decisions, and delivering solutions across new leases, workplace design, procurement, project management, and fit out
• Skilled in commercial negotiations with workplace-related service providers, landlords and brokers
• Experience in merger and acquisition-related due diligence, and integration planning and delivery
• Vendor management
• Sound knowledge of built environment legal compliance
• Emergency and disaster planning and management skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, especially Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Teams
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to lead discussion and interactions successfully
• Bilingual/multi-lingual desirable

People at AVEVA

We’re focused on the single most important part of AVEVA’s business: our employees. From recruitment and reward to experience and engagement, our partnerships across the business create and enable the conditions for every individual to thrive.

Doing the best we can for our great people requires quick thinking – and big thinking. Our team is as involved in the day-to-day activities affecting the employee experience as we are in the global transformation projects shaping AVEVA’s future. Join us and become part of a diverse and vibrant group that’s striving to make every day at AVEVA even better than the last.

Find out more: https://www.aveva.com/en/about/careers/

India Benefits include:

Gratuity, Medical and accidental insurance, very attractive leave entitlement, emergency leave days, childcare support, maternity, paternity and adoption leaves, education assistance program, home office set up support (for hybrid roles), well-being support. It’s possible we’re hiring for this position in multiple countries, in which case the above benefits apply to the primary location. Specific benefits vary by country, but our packages are similarly comprehensive.

Find out more: aveva.com/en/about/careers/benefits/

Hybrid working

We work in a hybrid way at AVEVA. Most roles are based at a local AVEVA office, with an expectation of being on-site 50% of your working hours to support collaboration and connection. Some positions are fully office-based depending on the nature of the work, and certain roles that support specific customers or markets may be remote. The working arrangement for this position will be confirmed during the hiring process.

Hiring process

Interested? Great! Get started by submitting your cover letter and CV through our application portal. AVEVA is committed to recruiting and retaining people with disabilities. Please let us know in advance if you need reasonable support during your application process.

Find out more: aveva.com/en/about/careers/hiring-process

About AVEVA

AVEVA is a global leader in industrial software with more than 6,500 employees in over 40 countries. Our cutting-edge solutions are used by thousands of enterprises to deliver the essentials of life – such as energy, infrastructure, chemicals, and minerals – safely, efficiently, and more sustainably.

We are committed to embedding sustainability and inclusion into our operations, our culture, and our core business strategy. Learn more about how we are progressing against our ambitious 2030 targets: sustainability-report.aveva.com/

Find out more: aveva.com/en/about/careers/

Background checks and accommodations

AVEVA requires all successful applicants to undergo and pass a drug screening and comprehensive background check before they start employment. Background checks will be conducted in accordance with local laws and may, subject to those laws, include proof of educational attainment, employment history verification, proof of work authorization, criminal records, identity verification, credit check. Certain positions dealing with sensitive and/or third-party personal data may involve additional background check criteria.

AVEVA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to being an exemplary employer with an inclusive culture, developing a workplace environment where all our employees are treated with dignity and respect. We value diversity and the expertise that people from different backgrounds bring to our business. AVEVA provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities where appropriate. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify your recruiter. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case‑by‑case basis.