Senior Workplace Manager

Payoneer; New York (NY); On-site; USD 124,000 - 206,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Disability insurance

Life insurance

401k plan

Paid time off

Discretionary year-end bonus

Job summary

Payoneer is seeking a Senior Manager, Workplace Operations in New York City to lead Americas and Europe teams onsite five days a week, balancing operational excellence with employee experience.

The role requires 6+ years in Workplace Operations or Facilities Management in global tech, with 3+ years in senior leadership. Strong Excel, data analysis, and financial modeling are essential. A Bachelor's in a related field is required.

Qualifications

• Advanced Excel capabilities including data analysis, financial modeling, and executive-level reporting.
• Experience leading workplace/ facilities operations in a global tech environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in Facilities Management, Business Administration, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Lead Office Operations team and set high standards for facilities and services.
• Drive space utilization using data reflecting hybrid work realities.
• Oversee vendor contracts and ensure cost discipline across facilities management, cleaning, and security.
• Enhance employee experience with events and hospitality at scale.
• Manage the workplace budget (Opex/Capex) including forecasting and variance analysis.
• Analyze occupancy and badge data to inform space-utilization strategies.
• Lead strategic vendor management from RFP to SLAs across services.
• Partner with senior leadership to align workplace ops with company goals.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Data analysis

Financial modeling

Executive reporting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Facilities Management or Business Administration

Tools

Excel

Job description

Founded in 2005, Payoneer is the global financial platform that removes friction from doing business across borders, with a mission to connect the world’s underserved businesses to a rising global economy. We’re a community with over 2,500 colleagues all over the world, working to serve customers, and partners in over 190 countries and territories.

By taking the complexity out of the financial workflows–including everything from global payments and compliance to multi-currency and workforce management, to providing working capital and business intelligence–we give businesses the tools they need to work efficiently worldwide and grow with confidence.

Job Title

Senior Manager, Workplace Operations

Location

New York City

Reports To

Head of Global Workplace and Experiences

Role overview

We build workplaces that are efficient, seamless, and genuinely worth coming into. This role goes beyond keeping the lights on and the coffee stocked. It’s about creating an office experience that supports productivity, collaboration, and the way people work today.

We’re looking for a result-driven Senior Workplace Operations Manager to lead our Americas and Europe teams, based out of our New York City office. This position is onsite five days a week, ensuring a high standard of workplace operations, employee engagement, and safety. We are looking for someone who can balance operational excellence with employee experience, who sees the big picture while mastering the details. In this role, you’ll optimize office operations, drive smart space utilization, and manage vendor partnerships to deliver a high-quality, cost-effective workplace. If you enjoy making complex operations run smoothly and want to shape an office people, choose to come to, we’d love to meet you.

What you’ll Do

You will oversee daily workplace operations and employee experience, managing a team to ensure our offices run efficiently and support the needs of a modern workforce.

• Operational Leadership: Lead the Office Operations team, setting high standards for facilities, hospitality, and employee services.
• Optimize space: Use data to drive smart decisions on space utilization that reflect hybrid work realities.
• Oversee facilities vendors: Manage third-party partners to deliver high-quality services while maintaining cost discipline across facilities management, cleaning, maintenance, and supplies.
• Lead employee experience: Foster a positive workplace environment by creating spaces and experiences that support employee engagement and well-being.
• Operational Leadership: Lead the Office Operations team, setting high standards for facilities, hospitality, and employee services.
• Data-Driven Strategy: Use advanced Excel (pivot tables, modeling, and data visualization) to analyze occupancy and badge data, translating insights into space-utilization strategies.
• Financial Stewardship: Own the workplace budget (Opex/Capex), including forecasting, variance analysis, and cost optimization.
• Employee Experience: Deliver meaningful, customer-centric event and hospitality experiences at scale across Payoneer’s sites in a cost-efficient and operationally sound manner.
• Strategic Vendor Management: Manage the full vendor lifecycle, from RFP and contract negotiation to SLA enforcement, across services such as cleaning, catering, and security.

Who You Are

• Experience: 6+ years in Workplace Operations or Facilities Management within a global high-tech environment, with at least 3 years in a senior leadership capacity overseeing multiple sites or regions
• People Management: Proven experience leading and developing high-performing administrative or operational teams.
• Technical Skills: Advanced Excel capabilities, including complex data analysis, financial modeling, and executive-level reporting.
• Problem-Solving: Strong execution mindset with the ability to operate in fast-paced, high-pressure environments.
• Communication: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across levels and cultures
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Facilities Management, Business Administration, or a related field.

In accordance with New York City Law, below is the annual base salary range for this position. Actual annual base salary is based on, but not limited to: experience, education, professional licenses, location and business needs. The position is eligible for health insurance, disability insurance, life insurance, 401k plan, paid-time off, and sick (and where applicable safe) leave. This position is also eligible for a discretionary year-end bonus.

$124,000 — $206,000 USD

The Payoneer Ways of Working

Act as our customer’s partner on the inside

Learning what they need and creating what will help them go further.

Do it. Own it.

Being fearlessly accountable in everything we do.

Continuously improve

Always striving for a higher standard than our last.

Build each other up

Helping each other grow, as professionals and people.

We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace. Payoneer is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment no matter your race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you require reasonable accommodation at any stage of the hiring process, please speak to the recruiter managing the role for any adjustments. Decisions about requests for reasonable accommodation are made on a case-by-case basis.