Global Workplace & Real Estate Lead

Runway; New York (NY); On-site; 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’ll manage the real estate strategy, budgets, buildouts, events, and vendor relationships, partnering with People, Finance, IT and Security to plan space needs and timely openings.

You will oversee design, construction, and move-in milestones, ensuring environments that support teams and visitors alike while keeping costs in check.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in corporate real estate, facilities or workplace operations.
• Hands-on lease and vendor contracts experience, and a budget you personally signed off on.
• Experience coordinating with Finance, People and IT across multiple offices."
• International real estate experience is a plus.

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

Real estate management

Budget management

Vendor management

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Negotiation

Education

Bachelor's degree in real estate, facilities, or related field

Tools

MS Office

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’ll manage the real estate strategy, budgets, buildouts, events, and vendor relationships, partnering with People, Finance, IT and Security to plan space needs and timely openings.

You will oversee design, construction, and move-in milestones, ensuring environments that support teams and visitors alike while keeping costs in check.