Global Office & Experience Lead

Runway; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Runway is seeking a Workplace Lead to own and optimize Runway offices across New York, San Francisco, Seattle, London, Paris and Tel Aviv. You will manage real estate, buildouts, budgets and vendor performance while partnering with People, Finance, IT and Security.

You’ll drive space strategy, oversee programs and events, and guide openings from site shortlist to signed leases. This role emphasizes hands-on execution and scalability.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in corporate real estate, facilities or workplace operations
• Deep project management experience across construction schedules, permitting and short-notice logistics
• Hands‑on lease and vendor contract experience, and a budget you personally signed off on
• Cross‑functional experience with teams such as Finance, People, IT and Security
• At least one office you took from first site visit through opening day
• International real estate, employment or compliance experience is a plus
• Comfort writing the process docs, service standards and vendor scorecards a workplace function depends on
• Accountability for offices you don't sit in every day

Responsibilities

• Handle the daily operation of each office: cleaning, repairs, food, supplies, access control, and health and safety
• Own the workplace budget and the reporting behind it, from rent and capex through daily operating spend
• Run Runway's onsite programming, including all-hands, offsites, team events, screenings and visits from partners and press
• Decide how much space Runway needs in each city and by when, working from hiring forecasts with People and Finance
• Take new offices from shortlist to signed lease, working with brokers, Legal and Finance on terms
• Manage design, construction and furniture projects to move-in dates that hold
• Work with IT and Security on network, AV and physical access ahead of each opening
• Set up local vendors, services and compliance in markets where Runway hasn't operated before
• Travel occasionally to Runway's other offices, usually around an opening or a large onsite event
• Decide what good looks like for a Runway office, then keep checking each one against it, from the perspective of both the people working there and the people visiting

Job description

Runway is seeking a Workplace Lead to own and optimize Runway offices across New York, San Francisco, Seattle, London, Paris and Tel Aviv. You will manage real estate, buildouts, budgets and vendor performance while partnering with People, Finance, IT and Security.

You’ll drive space strategy, oversee programs and events, and guide openings from site shortlist to signed leases. This role emphasizes hands-on execution and scalability.