Global Workplace & Real Estate Lead

Madrona Venture Labs; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Runway, a leading AI company, seeks a Workplace Lead to own Runway's offices in New York and beyond. You will manage real estate, buildouts, budgets, and onsite programming, partnering with People and Finance, IT, and Security to ensure spaces are welcoming and compliant.

You'll drive site selections, lease processes, vendor relationships, and move planning, with occasional travel to other offices and a strong focus on creating productive experiences for teams and visitors alike.

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

Skills

Corporate real estate

Project management

Lease negotiation

Vendor management

Cross‑functional collaboration

Office openings

Budget management

Job description

Runway, a leading AI company, seeks a Workplace Lead to own Runway's offices in New York and beyond. You will manage real estate, buildouts, budgets, and onsite programming, partnering with People and Finance, IT, and Security to ensure spaces are welcoming and compliant.

You'll drive site selections, lease processes, vendor relationships, and move planning, with occasional travel to other offices and a strong focus on creating productive experiences for teams and visitors alike.