AVP, Workplace Solution Manager

Job Descriptions

1. Serves as primary interface with Business Divisions to understand business operations and workplace needs. Applies workplace and occupancy planning to forecast space requirements and develops space needs locally and regionally.
2. Oversees capacity and space planning competencies to establish clear business needs.
3. Oversees the creation of occupancy plans and align with corporate strategy.
4. Responsible for coordinating and overseeing asset and occupant additions, changes, and moves to/from units. Develops move plans, sequences group level moves and relocations, creates project objectives and schedules, work scope, and financial estimates, and obtains management approval.
5. Works with vendors, staff, and relevant stakeholders, solving problems and delegating tasks as needed.
6. Assists in the development of strategic space-planning scenarios and space plan options of varying scale and complexity in accordance with workspace guidelines. Provides recommendations for space changes and ensures task and project compliance with any pertinent space and building specific guidelines and policies.
7. Collaborates with management to establish and draft space-planning process improvements. Assists with space-utilization surveys and selection of building standard furniture, fixtures, and equipment (FFE).
8. Develops and produces presentations to management.
9. Coordinates requests from Business Units. Maintains record of work orders and requests to ensure successful project executions and works with department/unit finance departments with processing invoices.
10. Collaborates with design and construction professionals from various disciplines to ensure successful integration of development, design, and construction of drawings and specifications, ensuring successful delivery of projects on-time and within budget.
11. Good understanding of move and change management.
12. Performs other related duties as assigned or requested.

Qualifications

1. Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 6 to 10 years of experience in space planning and project management.
2. Well versed in Microsoft Excel and Power BI for data analysis and presentation.
3. Proven understanding and management experience in a large financial institution.
4. Strong people skills, with proven ability to build rapport with internal/external stakeholders to educate and guide them through CRE standards and initiatives.
5. Good verbal, written, and presentation skills.
6. Ability to work independently and with cross-functional teams.