Director, Operations, Real Estate, & Facilities

ADP is hiring a Director, Operations, Real Estate, and Facilities.

 

• Are you a corporate real estate leader, adept at translating strategic direction into operational execution while removing barriers to decision-making?
• Are you highly skilled at influencing cross-functional stakeholders and driving alignment?

 

Well, this may be the role for you.

As Director, Operations, Real Estate, and Facilities, you will support the Vice President of Real Estate & Facilities in creating and executing the strategic direction of ADP's global real estate & facilities portfolio, driving execution and operational excellence.  You’ll work closely with Business Units and Functions across the organization to prioritize the operating plan, drive process improvements, and accelerate the adoption of industry best practices.  

 

In this role, you will employ data-driven decision-making to eliminate operational bottlenecks and translate strategy into measurable outcomes.  Employing strong business acumen, you will also serve as lead on several cross-functional initiatives executing against strict deadlines and plans. 

 

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Learn more about ADP at jobs.adp.com

 

 

What you’ll do:

Here’s what you can expect on a typical day:

• Strategic Planning & Portfolio Management: Assist with the creation of the annual strategic planning cycle for the Real Estate and Facilities organization at ADP, including ongoing portfolio analysis to help maximize investments as well as strategic initiative prioritization and tradeoffs.
• Execution and Communications: Drive planning, creation, and overall execution on departmental transformation initiatives, clearly communicating timelines and successful outcomes to Procurement senior leadership, including early identification of potential roadblocks to success.
• Strategic Program Management: Act as the single point of contact in the prioritization of strategic initiatives and oversee execution across Real Estate, Facilities, Design, Engineering, and Environmental, Social, and Governance, "ESG". Build centralized dashboards/scorecards and other reporting as needed, focusing on quality KPIs. Identify opportunities to reduce friction in RE/Facilities processes and improve associate productivity and effectiveness.
• Continuous Improvement:Develop, implement, and continuously refine best practices to improve productivity, efficiency, and effectiveness. 
• Financial Acumen: Work closely with our Finance partners to ensure strategic initiatives meet our finance targets. Identify areas of cost savings, revenue generation, and value creation within the Real Estate portfolio.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with internal stakeholders, including executives, business units/functions, and cross-functional teams, to support their real estate and facilities needs. Cultivate relationships with external partners, including landlords, vendors, contractors, and regulatory agencies, to ensure alignment and compliance with contractual obligations and industry standards.

Experience.  You have 10+ of experience in relevant skills gained and developed in the same or similar role, including two or more years of people leader experience.

 

TO SUCCEED IN THIS ROLE:

• At least seven years of progressive, global experience in corporate real estate, including management consulting, strategy, facilities management, and operations.
• Experience leading multiple, concurrent, complex, global initiatives with competing priorities, in a Fortune 500 or similar corporate environment, including creating and implementing processes and systems that ensure operational excellence across the organization.
• Strong experience and deep knowledge of end-to-end real estate lifecycle activities, with an understanding of how real estate and facilities decisions impact broader business performance.