Director, Headquarters & U.S. Workplace Operations

Sandisk; Milpitas (CA); In loco; USD 180.000 - 260.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Sandisk seeks a Director of Headquarters & U.S. Workplace Operations to lead the on-site facilities, workplace services, and capital projects across the U.S. portfolio.

You will serve as the campus general manager, driving integration of operations, space planning, and employee experience. This senior role oversees refurbishment programs, governance with partners, and performance across sites, balancing immediate needs with long-term campus strategy.

Competenze

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience in facilities, engineering, construction, real estate, operations, business, or a related field.
• 12+ years of progressive leadership experience spanning large-campus operations, capital projects, workplace or corporate services, facilities, real estate, or a comparable integrated environment.
• Demonstrated accountability for managing a large corporate headquarters, campus, mixed-use property, or similarly complex occupied environment across multiple service areas.
• Proven experience leading significant refurbishment, modernization, construction, or infrastructure programs with responsibility for business outcomes, budgets, schedules, risks, and executive communication.
• Experience governing outsourced facilities or workplace service partners across multiple sites, including performance management, escalations, contracts, and service improvement.
• Demonstrated executive presence and experience presenting recommendations, risks, investment needs, and project updates to C-suite or senior leadership audiences.

Mansioni

• Headquarters Campus General Management: lead facilities, projects, workplace services, corporate services, building infrastructure, space, amenities, and campus readiness.
• Lead the integrated campus operating rhythm, establish priorities, resolve cross-functional issues, and ensure teams and service partners operate with clear ownership and urgency.
• Maintain visible leadership across the campus and build trusted relationships with employees, business leaders, executives, customers, and visitors.
• Ensure operational readiness for executive meetings, customer visits, leadership events, and other high-profile campus needs.
• Major Projects, Refurbishment & Campus Transformation: oversee refurbishment, modernization programs from planning through stabilization, with governance and budget control.

Conoscenze

Leadership

Executive presence

Financial acumen

Vendor management

Strategic thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Formazione

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience in facilities, engineering, construction, real estate, operations, business, or a related field

Professional credential such as CFM, FMP, PMP, PE

Descrizione del lavoro

Sandisk understands how people and businesses consume data and we relentlessly innovate to deliver solutions that enable today’s needs and tomorrow’s next big ideas. With a rich history of groundbreaking innovations in Flash and advanced memory technologies, our solutions have become the beating heart of the digital world we’re living in and that we have the power to shape.

Sandisk meets people and businesses at the intersection of their aspirations and the moment, enabling them to keep moving and pushing possibility forward. We do this through the balance of our powerhouse manufacturing capabilities and our industry-leading portfolio of products that are recognized globally for innovation, performance and quality.

Sandisk has two facilities recognized by the World Economic Forum as part of the Global Lighthouse Network for advanced 4IR innovations. These facilities were also recognized as Sustainability Lighthouses for breakthroughs in efficient operations. With our global reach, we ensure the global supply chain has access to the Flash memory it needs to keep our world moving forward.

Description

The Director, Headquarters & U.S. Workplace Operations is the senior on-site leader accountable for the performance, experience, readiness, and continued evolution of the company’s headquarters campus. Serving as the campus general manager, this role provides integrated leadership across facilities operations, workplace and corporate services, capital projects, infrastructure, space, amenities, and employee-facing services.

The Director also oversees workplace and facilities delivery across the broader U.S. portfolio, establishing expectations and driving performance through internal teams, outsourced facilities partners, and local service providers.

This highly visible role partners closely with C-suite executives, senior site leaders, and business stakeholders to navigate complex campus priorities, translate business needs into practical solutions, and lead major headquarters improvement and modernization projects.

What Success Looks Like

• Headquarters operates as a well-run, welcoming, resilient campus with clear ownership and strong day-to-day execution.
• Major campus projects are delivered with disciplined scope, schedule, budget, risk, change, and stakeholder management.
• Service partners are held accountable for measurable results across U.S. sites.
• Executives and business leaders receive clear recommendations, options, risks, and decisions at the right time.
• Workplace operations, projects, services, and employee experience are managed as one connected system rather than separate activities.

Key Responsibilities

Headquarters Campus General Management

• Serve as the senior CREW leader and single point of accountability for the headquarters campus across facilities, projects, workplace services, corporate services, building infrastructure, space, amenities, and campus readiness.
• Lead the integrated campus operating rhythm, establish priorities, resolve cross-functional issues, and ensure teams and service partners operate with clear ownership and urgency.
• Maintain visible leadership across the campus and build trusted relationships with employees, business leaders, executives, customers, and visitors.
• Ensure operational readiness for executive meetings, customer visits, leadership events, company-wide activities, and other high-profile campus needs.

Major Projects, Refurbishment & Campus Transformation

• Coordinate major headquarters refurbishment, renovation, infrastructure, and workplace modernization programs from planning through implementation and stabilization.
• Own project governance, business requirements, scope, budget, schedule, risk, change control, decision-making, and executive communications.
• Coordinate Design and Construction, Facilities, IT, Security, EHS, Finance, Procurement, business teams, and external partners to deliver integrated outcomes.
• Balance immediate operational needs with long-term campus strategy, employee experience, technical requirements, and business continuity.

U.S. Portfolio & Service Partner Governance

• Oversee facilities and workplace service delivery across the U.S. portfolio through outsourced facilities partners and local service providers.
• Set service expectations, governance routines, escalation paths, performance measures, and site accountability across the portfolio.
• Hold service partners accountable for contractual commitments, service quality, safety, compliance, cost, customer experience, and continuous improvement.
• Provide consistent portfolio oversight while adapting delivery to site-specific business and operational needs.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience in facilities, engineering, construction, real estate, operations, business, or a related field.
• 12+ years of progressive leadership experience spanning large-campus operations, capital projects, workplace or corporate services, facilities, real estate, or a comparable integrated environment.
• Demonstrated accountability for managing a large corporate headquarters, campus, mixed-use property, or similarly complex occupied environment across multiple service areas.
• Proven experience leading significant refurbishment, modernization, construction, or infrastructure programs with responsibility for business outcomes, budgets, schedules, risks, and executive communication.
• Experience governing outsourced facilities or workplace service partners across multiple sites, including performance management, escalations, contracts, and service improvement.
• Demonstrated executive presence and experience presenting recommendations, risks, investment needs, and project updates to C-suite or senior leadership audiences.
• Strong financial and commercial acumen, including operating and capital planning, forecasting, vendor management, and business-case development.
• Ability to work on site at headquarters with the flexibility required to support major incidents, executive needs, project milestones, and critical campus activities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a technology, semiconductor, R&D, engineering, laboratory, manufacturing, or mission-critical environment.
• Experience integrating facilities, capital projects, workplace services, hospitality, amenities, space planning, and employee experience at a major campus.
• Working knowledge of building infrastructure, lifecycle planning, regulatory compliance, resilience, sustainability, and business continuity sufficient to lead experts and make risk-informed decisions.
• Professional credential such as CFM, FMP, PMP, PE, or a comparable qualification.

Additional Information

Sandisk is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate based on their race, color, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming standards), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender (including a person’s gender identity, gender expression, and gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person’s assigned sex at birth), age, national origin, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status (including domestic partnership status), physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected medical and family care leave, Civil Air Patrol status, military and veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. We also prohibit harassment of any individual on any of the characteristics listed above. Our non-discrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment. We comply with the laws and regulations set forth in the Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law poster.

Sandisk thrives on the power and potential of diversity. As a global company, we believe the most effective way to embrace the diversity of our customers and communities is to mirror it from within. We believe the fusion of various perspectives results in the best outcomes for our employees, our company, our customers, and the world around us. We are committed to an inclusive environment where every individual can thrive through a sense of belonging, respect and contribution.

Sandisk is committed to offering opportunities to applicants with disabilities and ensuring all candidates can successfully navigate our careers website and our hiring process. Please contact us at [e-mail] to advise us of your accommodation request. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.