Director Facilities Portfolio Management

Optimum; New York (NY); On-site; USD 141,000 - 202,000; Full time

Job summary

Optimum seeks a Director of Facilities Portfolio Management to unify procurement, real estate, and facilities in a cohesive operating model. You will report to the VP of Finance Strategy and Integration and manage a portfolio driving cost savings with governance, metrics, and risk mitigation.

You will partner with Operations, HR, and IT to ensure a people-centric approach, oversee site moves and build-outs, and deliver executive-level updates on roadmap progress and benefits realization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or related field.
• 8+ years in large-scale cost-savings programs or enterprise transformation.
• Strong PM skills with playbooks, RACIs, and exec reporting.
• Engages credibly with senior executives while hands-on in execution.
• Executive-level communication translating data into narratives of status, risk, and benefits.
• Portfolio and program management across large, cross-functional portfolios.
• Comfortable in cross-functional environments spanning facilities, supply chain, tech, finance, and HR.
• Analytical mindset to interpret data, model scenarios, and quantify savings.

Responsibilities

• Oversee integration of facilities, real estate, and procurement into a unified operating model.
• Lead executive-ready reporting on portfolio status, spend, risks, and decisions.
• Coordinate cross-functional planning with senior leaders and stakeholders.
• Establish governance cadences and track progress with timely decisions.
• Support people-focused workplace transitions with clear communications.
• Drive continuous improvement with playbooks, timelines, and RACI templates.

Skills

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Portfolio governance

Project management

Cross-functional leadership

Analytical mindset

Financial modeling

Change management

Education

Bachelor's in Business Administration

MBA or Master's degree

Job description

Requisition ID12812-Posted11/04/2026-Corp Finance & IR-Corporate-USA.NY.Long Island City-Corp

Are you looking to Optimize your life? Start your exciting path to a rewarding career today!

We are Optimum, a leader in the fast-paced world of connectivity, and we're seeking driven and enthusiastic professionals to join our team, empower lives, fuel businesses, and drive innovation. Connectivity is no longer a luxury, but a necessity. A career at Optimum means you'll be enabling progress and enhancing lives by providing reliable, high-speed connectivity solutions that keep the world connected. Our successes, now and in the future, are powered by our amazing product, a commitment to our people and culture, and the connections we make in our communities.

If you are resourceful, collaborative, and passionate about delivering consistent excellence, Optimum is for you!

Job Summary

The Director of Facilities Portfolio Management is a strategic operational leadership role responsible for unifying the execution of procurement, real estate, and facilities functions under a cohesive, repeatable operating model. This role will serve as part of our enterprise-wide strategic planning and program lifecycle team at Optimum reporting directly to the VP of Finance Strategy and Integration.

This role will be responsible for management of our facilities portfolio including overseeing prioritization, execution, and measurement of key initiatives driving measurable cost savings and bringing enhanced governance to a high-priority area of our business. This role is also a champion for the employee experience throughout every initiative, ensuring that people — not just logistics — remain at the center of every decision.

Responsibilities

Workplace Strategy and Portfolio Governance

• Develop and maintain an integrated operational strategy that aligns procurement, real estate, and facilities into a unified, forward-looking plan and supports alignment with broader company initiatives including network infrastructure investment.
• Oversee facilities planning and prioritization in partnership with Finance, HR, and Business leaders spanning corporate offices, headend locations, and other properties.
• Track and report on expected vs. realized benefits and savings against defined targets, including property dispositions and ongoing cost optimization goals.
• Lead the cross-functional planning and execution of all facilities-related projects across workstreams including site moves, build outs, closures, and procurement transformations.
• Manage the end-to-end execution of initiatives, including scope, timeline, resourcing, budget, and risk management.
• Establish governance cadences, including steering committees and working team status reviews, to track progress, surface risks, and drive timely decisions.
• Partner with Operations, Communications, and HR teams to ensure impacted employees are supported through facility transitions including communication and feedback loops.
• Champion a people-first approach to all workplace operations, ensuring that employee impact is assessed and addressed as a primary input in every project plan including timely, clear communication of plans, priorities, and changes to stakeholders and impacted teams

Cross-Functional Alignment & Executive Reporting

• Serve as the central coordination point across Facilities, Operations, Supply Chain, HR, Communications, and IT other relevant workstreams to ensure timelines are met and risks are managed.
• Develop and maintain executive-ready reporting on portfolio status, including roadmap progress, spend versus budget, risks, and key decisions required.
• Facilitate senior leadership discussions on prioritization, trade-offs, and resourcing across the portfolio as-needed.

Governance & Continuous Improvement

• Conduct post-move and post-closure retrospectives to capture lessons learned and continuously improve the playbook.
• Support the optimization of portfolio tracking from spreadsheets to a centralized, scalable source of truth — aligned with broader PMO tooling over time.
• Partner with the team to continue to standardize and optimize governance practices including project playbooks, timelines, RACI structures, and communication templates to ensure consistent and repeatable execution across projects.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience in large-scale cost-savings programs or enterprise transformation initiatives.
• Strong project management skills with experience developing playbooks, RACI frameworks, and executive reporting.
• Proven ability to engage credibly with senior executives and cross-functional leaders while remaining hands-on in execution.
• Executive-level communication skills — able to translate complex operational and financial data into clear narratives around status, risk, and benefit realization.
• Strong portfolio and program management skills including management of large, complex, cross-functional portfolios in matrixed organizations.
• Comfortable operating in highly cross-functional environments spanning facilities, supply chain, technology/network, finance, and HR.
• Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret financial and operational data, model scenarios, and quantify savings.

Preferred

• Master's degree or MBA.
• PMP or equivalent professional certification.
• Experience operating within a CFO-led corporate services or shared services organization.
• Background in change management or organizational effectiveness.

At Optimum, every action and interaction we take part in, is driven by our three Guiding Principles: Do What’s Right, Drive One Optimum, and Make It Happen. These aren’t just words, they help us build trust, create real community, and embrace new ways of thinking. Our employees are empowered to do the right thing for our customers and co-workers and to recognize and reward these behaviors when we see them. It’s all part of the bigger picture of “Be The Difference” where each employee knows they have the power to enact real change, share new ideas, and understand that learning never stops.

All job descriptions and required skills, qualifications and responsibilities for a particular position are subject to modification by the Company from time to time, in the Company’s discretion based on business necessity.

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Pay is competitive and based on a number of job-related factors, including skills and experience. The starting pay rate/range at time of hire for this position in the posted location is $141,372.00-$201,960.00/ year. The rate/range provided herein is the anticipated pay at the time of hire, and does not reflect future job opportunity.

We appreciate your interest in this opportunity. Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. Please note that at this time, we do not provide visa sponsorship for employment.