Sr Director of Real Estate Strategy Planning, Design Business Alignment

Company Description

At Intuitive, we are united behind our mission: we believe that minimally invasive care is life-enhancing care. Through ingenuity and intelligent technology, we expand the potential of physicians to heal without constraints.

As a pioneer and market leader in robotic-assisted surgery, we strive to foster an inclusive and diverse team, committed to making a difference. For more than 25 years, we have worked with hospitals and care teams around the world to help solve some of healthcare's hardest challenges and advance what is possible.

Intuitive has been built by the efforts of great people from diverse backgrounds. We believe great ideas can come from anywhere. We strive to foster an inclusive culture built around diversity of thought and mutual respect. We lead with inclusion and empower our team members to do their best work as their most authentic selves.

Passionate people who want to make a difference drive our culture. Our team members are grounded in integrity, have a strong capacity to learn, the energy to get things done, and bring diverse, real world experiences to help us think in new ways. We actively invest in our team members to support their long-term growth so they can continue to advance our mission and achieve their highest potential.

Join a team committed to taking big leaps forward for a global community of healthcare professionals and their patients. Together, let's advance the world of minimally invasive care.

Job Description

Primary Function of Position:

Reporting to the Vice President of Corporate Real Estate; The Sr. Director of Global Real Estate Strategy, Planning, Design and Business Alignment is responsible for six key areas which include: Strategic Real Estate Portfolio Planning, Workplace Strategy, Project intake, and programming, Workplace Design, Departmental Technology, Global departmental financial planning process and compliance. Departmental data and benchmarking, and Project Management Office (PMO) for the REWS Organization. This position requires extensive knowledge and experience managing a global real estate portfolio of 2-5 million square feet of office and R&D & Manufacturing space, with an operating budget of at least $120 M. The position requires a strong background and experience in strategic space planning and architectural design supporting a global real estate and workplace portfolio. In addition. this position will require a strong financial background with a deep working knowledge of the financial requirements to manage a large corporate real estate portfolio. This includes annual, quarterly, and monthly financial planning and budget forecasting, and reporting with cross functional financial groups such as technical accounting, general ledger, and accounts payable. This position also serves as the primary client liaison to all user groups to promote and maintain strong customer relationships through the accurate definition of occupancy requirements, needs assessment, and design solutions, with consistent timely communication of the department strategy, tactics, MBO’s, and execution priorities. 

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Annual planning process for the global real estate portfolio including all employee workspaces, technical R&D environments, and labs and manufacturing space.
• Annual financial planning, tracking, and forecasting, and reporting for the global real estate portfolio with a budget of at least ($120M) & 2 M SqFt of Real estate.
• Oversight and delivery of timely and successful workplace planning and design solutions to the business for all real estate needs. 
• The development and management of global architectural design standards to be applied on all projects worldwide.  
• Complete understanding of business unit strategic directions to assist and support the development of real estate solutions.
• Primary liaison between the Real Estate Department and client organizations to understand organizational structure and functional needs and development of space planning and/or design options that address those needs.
• Identification of opportunities to enhance real estate efficiency while achieving project goals by way of alternative office strategies, value engineering architectural designs, consolidation of locations, etc.
• Development and coordination of real estate solutions to include the acquisitions, dispositions, relocations, or expansion of real estate locations.
• Development and maintenance of accurate and current floor plans and occupancy data on all facilities.
• Responsible for the management of vacant space and capacity planning
• Validation of existing headcount requirements and future headcount growth projections.
• Occupancy and space planning activities that direct design development options and optimize wo