Regional Facilities Operations & Projects Lead

Fortinet, Inc.; Florida; Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life & disability insurance

401(k)

11 paid holidays

Vacation time

Sick time

Leave program

Job summary

Fortinet, Inc. is seeking a senior facilities leader to oversee regional operations across multiple offices in the Eastern United States and Latin America.

The role requires guiding cross-functional teams, coordinating with vendors and contractors, and maintaining high standards for safety and reliability. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in corporate facilities, project oversight, and budget management, with a proven ability to manage distributed sites and drive scalable processes

Qualifications

• 12–15+ years of progressive experience in Corporate Facilities or related functions.
• 5+ years of experience leading multi-site or regional Facilities operations.
• Demonstrated experience managing geographically distributed facilities without relying on dedicated onsite Facilities personnel.
• Strong experience managing vendors, contractors, landlords, property managers, and third-party Facilities service providers.
• Significant experience overseeing office renovations, tenant improvements, infrastructure projects, and capital projects.
• Experience working with project managers and managing multiple concurrent projects.
• Data Center, critical facility, laboratory, manufacturing, or other technically complex facility experience strongly preferred.
• Strong knowledge of Facilities operations, building systems, preventive maintenance, budgeting, procurement, contracts, and vendor management.
• Proven ability to operate independently, make decisions, resolve issues, and manage competing priorities across multiple locations.
• Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability and willingness to travel frequently.

Responsibilities

• Lead facilities operations across multiple offices and sites in the Eastern United States and Latin America.
• Ensure facilities are safe, reliable, well maintained, professional, and operating according to company standards.
• Oversee preventive and corrective maintenance programs for HVAC, electrical, plumbing, building systems.
• Establish consistent facilities standards, processes, service levels, and operating procedures across all assigned locations.
• Serve as the senior escalation point for significant facility issues and emergencies.
• Manage and hold accountable third-party facilities service providers, contractors, landlords, property managers, and vendors.
• Lead office renovations, tenant improvements, expansions, relocations, infrastructure upgrades, and other facilities projects.
• Provide leadership oversight for projects with internal/external PMs; ensure scope, budget, schedule, and quality; executive-level oversight.
• Support data center and critical infrastructure projects; coordinate with IT, security, engineering.
• Develop and manage regional operating and capital budgets; forecast expenses.
• Travel frequently; report to Silicon Valley HQ; build scalable regional processes.

Skills

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Vendor management

Project management

Leadership

Travel readiness

Facilities operations

Budgeting

Job description

Fortinet, Inc. is seeking a senior facilities leader to oversee regional operations across multiple offices in the Eastern United States and Latin America.

The role requires guiding cross-functional teams, coordinating with vendors and contractors, and maintaining high standards for safety and reliability. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in corporate facilities, project oversight, and budget management, with a proven ability to manage distributed sites and drive scalable processes