Global Real Estate & FM Strategy Director

Schneider Electric Corp; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Schneider Electric is seeking a Global Real Estate Director to lead the sustainability-aligned real estate strategy across a multi-site, international footprint. The role drives governance, analytics, and cross-functional collaboration with Corporate Functions, Regions, and SERE to ensure operational excellence and resilient portfolio performance.

The position requires expertise in IFM, real estate transactions, and climate risk frameworks, with a focus on long-term productivity and footprint

Qualifications

• Experience in global Real Estate, Facility Management, or related fields across a multi site, international environment.
• Knowledge of integrated facility management (IFM), service delivery models, and vendor governance.
• Strong understanding of real estate transactions (acquisitions, renewals, disposals) and portfolio optimisation.
• Experience in climate and nature capital risk frameworks (TCFD, TNFD, scenario analysis), corporate decarbonisation pathways, and sustainability disclosure (CSRD, GHG Protocol, SBTi).
• Proficiency in FM/RE systems, workplace management tools, financial modelling, and CapEx/Opex planning.
• Professional certifications such as IFMA (CFM), LEED AP, and GARP SCR preferred.
• Degree in Real Estate, Facility Management, Engineering, Architecture, Business or related discipline preferred.

Responsibilities

• Co define the global Real Estate strategy with Corporate RE, Industrialization, and GSC partners to support footprint optimisation and business growth.
• Drive harmonisation and transparency of the end-to-end property portfolio (offices, plants, warehouses, labs), including data quality, contracts, KPIs, and governance.
• Oversee and support Real Estate decisions across GSC property portfolio, ensuring alignment with strategic, financial, and operational priorities.
• Deliver analytics and insights (scenario planning, location strategy, make vs lease, consolidations, climate and nature scenario) to enable informed decisions on productivity and footprint evolution.
• Strengthen governance frameworks to ensure alignment between Corporate, Regional, and SERE teams.

Skills

Global Real Estate

Facility Management

Real estate transactions

Climate risk frameworks

FM systems

Education

Real Estate / FM / Eng / Arch / Business degree

Tools

IFM systems

Job description

Schneider Electric is seeking a Global Real Estate Director to lead the sustainability-aligned real estate strategy across a multi-site, international footprint. The role drives governance, analytics, and cross-functional collaboration with Corporate Functions, Regions, and SERE to ensure operational excellence and resilient portfolio performance.

The position requires expertise in IFM, real estate transactions, and climate risk frameworks, with a focus on long-term productivity and footprint