United Kingdom · Operations · Principal/Manager (12-16 years)

Director, Global Facilities Operations

Here is the whole job, in plain words. What it is, a real day, what you decide, how you're judged, how people get here and where they go next. Then the part no course gives you: twelve AI tutors who learn your work.

Experience bandPrincipal/Manager (12-16 years)
Direct reports5-8 reports
Reports toVP, Global Facilities & Real Estate (L6)
UK framework levelUsually someone running a function, or a director

Also advertised as Head of Global Workplace · VP of Corporate Real Estate & Facilities · Global Facilities & Property Director

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1What this role really is

This role is all about making sure our global offices and operational sites run like clockwork, setting the standard for how we manage our physical footprint across continents. You'll be the one building the global playbook for everything from maintenance to workplace design, making sure our regional teams have what they need to deliver. It's a big job, with a lot of moving parts and plenty of challenges, but the impact on our people and our bottom line is huge.

2What you'd actually use

The tools this job runs on, and how well you'd need to know each one.

IWMS/CMMS (e.g., Archibus, iOFFICE, Planon)Strategic

Leading global platform selection, implementation, and integration with ERP/HRIS. Defining enterprise-wide KPIs and ensuring data integrity across all regional instances. You're the architect of how we manage our assets digitally.

BMS/BAS (e.g., Johnson Controls Metasys, Siemens Desigo)Architect

Developing the enterprise strategy for smart building technology, approving capital for system upgrades, and setting global energy management policies. You'll understand the data these systems generate and how to use it strategically.

Lease Administration Software (e.g., CoStar, Tango)Strategic

Modelling the financial impact of complex global lease scenarios (renew vs. relocate, buy vs. lease). Directing global lease negotiation strategy and making final decisions on portfolio changes based on comprehensive financial and operational data.

CAD & Space Planning Software (e.g., AutoCAD, Revit, Bluebeam Revu)Strategic

Developing and implementing global workplace design standards. Approving major capital construction projects and using aggregated space utilisation data from these tools to drive portfolio strategy and efficiency.

Financial Planning Software (e.g., Anaplan, Oracle EPM, SAP RE-FX)Strategic

Owning the multi-year global real estate & facilities capital plan. Presenting and defending the budget to the CFO/Board, and modelling Total Cost of Occupancy (TCO) for the entire portfolio to inform strategic investment decisions.

Executive Dashboards (e.g., Tableau, Power BI)Expert

Designing and presenting interactive dashboards to the C-Suite and Board. You'll integrate data from all underlying systems to tell a clear, strategic story about global portfolio performance, risks, and opportunities.

3What you get to decide, and how that grows

Power in a job isn't your title. It's what you're allowed to decide. Here's how it grows as you move up.

The choice	Coming in	Where you are now	The step above
Global Facilities OpEx Budget Allocation	N/A (manages site-level budget)	Proposes regional OpEx budget to Director	Approves allocation of global OpEx budget up to £500K; recommends larger allocations to VP
Global Capital Project Approval	N/A (submits requisitions)	Develops business cases for regional projects up to £50K	Approves capital projects up to £500K; presents and defends projects over £500K to VP/Capital Committee
Global Vendor Selection & Contract Negotiation	N/A (uses approved vendors)	Selects local vendors within approved list; negotiates small contracts up to £20K	Selects and approves global facilities vendors up to £100K; leads negotiation strategy for major global contracts (e.g., FM providers, IWMS platforms) with Legal support
Global Workplace Policy & Design Standards	N/A (follows policy)	Provides input on regional policy implementation	Defines and implements global workplace policies and design standards; gains buy-in from HR and regional leadership
Team Hiring & Performance Management	N/A	Provides input on junior hires; informal mentoring	Full authority for hiring, performance reviews, and promotions for direct reports (regional/functional Facilities Managers)

4How you'll be judged

The scoreboard, honestly: the hard targets, how often each one is actually looked at, and the quiet human signals that never make it onto a dashboard.

Global OpEx & CapEx Budget Adherence

How well you manage and control the operational and capital expenditure budgets for the entire global facilities portfolio.

Target · Achieve +/- 3% variance to approved annual global budget.

If the global OpEx budget is £20M, staying within £19.4M to £20.6M for the year. This means you've got a tight grip on spending and can justify any deviations.

Total Cost of Occupancy (TCO) Reduction

Driving down the overall cost of owning or leasing our spaces, looking beyond just rent to include all associated expenses.

Target · Reduce global TCO by 5% year-on-year through strategic initiatives.

Identifying and implementing a new global energy management system that saves £1M across the portfolio, contributing to a 5% TCO reduction.

Critical Systems Uptime

Ensuring our essential infrastructure (power, cooling, network) at critical sites (like data centres or major offices) is always running.

Target · Maintain 99.999% (five nines) uptime for designated critical operational sites.

Zero unplanned outages exceeding 5 minutes at any critical data centre in a given quarter. This is about preventing business-stopping failures.

Global Health & Safety Incident Rate

The frequency of workplace accidents or safety breaches across all our global facilities.

Target · Reduce reportable incidents by 10% year-on-year.

Implementing a new global safety training programme that results in a measurable decrease in minor injuries reported across all sites.

Workplace Experience & Employee Satisfaction

How happy our employees are with their physical work environment, including comfort, functionality, and amenities.

Improvements in relevant sections of the annual employee engagement survey (e.g., 'I have the resources and environment to do my best work'). You'll know you're doing well when HR leaders proactively ask for your input on employee retention strategies, and you see positive comments in internal comms channels about office improvements.

Strategic Alignment & Partnership

How effectively you partner with other departments (like HR, IT, and regional Ops) to ensure facilities strategy supports their goals.

You're regularly invited to strategic planning meetings outside of your direct function. Regional Ops leaders proactively seek your advice on site expansions or changes. You're seen as a trusted advisor, not just 'the facilities person'. Feedback from executive peers will highlight your collaborative approach and ability to translate facilities needs into broader business impact.

Global Standardisation & Process Maturity

Developing and embedding consistent, effective facilities management processes and standards across all global regions.

Regional teams are consistently following global playbooks for maintenance, vendor management, and space planning. Audit results show high compliance with global standards. New initiatives (e.g., a new IWMS system) are adopted smoothly because you've built a clear, logical process for implementation and training. You'll see fewer 'that's not how we do it here' arguments.

Sustainability & ESG Programme Impact

Driving our environmental, social, and governance goals within the built environment, reducing our carbon footprint and improving resource efficiency.

Achieving recognised green building certifications (e.g., LEED, BREEAM) for new or renovated sites. Measurable reductions in energy and water consumption across the portfolio, reported in our annual ESG report. Positive feedback from the Board or external auditors on our sustainability initiatives within facilities. You'll be able to point to concrete examples of environmental improvements.

5Would you like it

The honest version. What people enjoy, and what grinds them down.

What people enjoy

Solving Complex Global Puzzles

You thrive on figuring out how to implement a consistent security protocol across a site in Tokyo, a factory in Mexico, and an office in London, navigating different cultures and regulations. You love the challenge of optimising a multi-million pound global budget to get the most impact.

Successfully rolling out a new global IWMS system that actually gets adopted by every regional team, despite initial resistance, and seeing the data flow in consistently.

Building & Leading High-Performing Teams

You get a real buzz from mentoring your regional Facilities Managers, helping them grow, and seeing them solve big problems independently. You enjoy creating a clear vision and empowering your team to deliver on it globally.

Developing a regional manager into a global functional lead, or seeing your team consistently exceed performance targets because of the frameworks you've put in place.

Tangible Impact on the Business & People

You're motivated by seeing your strategic decisions directly improve employee comfort, reduce operational risk, or save the company millions. You like knowing that your work genuinely enables others to do theirs, even if it's behind the scenes.

Implementing a new global workplace strategy that demonstrably increases employee collaboration scores and reduces our real estate footprint by 15%.

What frustrates people

The constant battle for capital expenditure against 'sexier' projects.
Dealing with the legacy of deferred maintenance from previous regimes.
Implementing global standards that clash with deeply ingrained local practices.
The 'always on' nature of critical facilities management, leading to unexpected out-of-hours calls.
The perception of Facilities as a cost centre rather than a strategic enabler.

What this role does not give you

A predictable 9-to-5 schedule with no surprises.
A role where all your projects are immediately visible and celebrated.
Complete autonomy without needing to justify decisions to multiple stakeholders.
A quiet, solitary work environment; this is a highly collaborative and often reactive role.

6Who you work with

This role directly impacts our global operational efficiency, employee experience, and financial performance through effective management of our physical assets. You'll be making decisions that affect our capital expenditure, operational costs, and our ability to attract and retain talent by providing great places to work. Essentially, you're the backbone ensuring our global footprint enables, rather than hinders, our business ambitions.

Inside the business

Regional Operations Directors
HR Leadership (Global & Regional)
Finance Business Partners (especially CapEx/OpEx teams)
IT Infrastructure & Security Teams
Legal & Compliance Departments

Outside the business

Global Property Management Firms
Key Facilities Service Providers (e.g., cleaning, security, catering)
Architects and Design Consultants
Regulatory Bodies (Health & Safety, Environmental)
Local Government & Planning Authorities

7What you need before you start

Not a wish list. The things you would be expected to already have.

Extensive experience (12+ years) in facilities management and corporate real estate, with at least 5 years in a leadership role managing multi-site or regional portfolios.
Demonstrable experience in developing and executing global facilities strategies, including budget ownership and team leadership.
Proven track record of managing significant CapEx and OpEx budgets (ideally £5M+ annually) and delivering cost savings.
Strong understanding of IWMS/CMMS platforms and how to use them to drive operational efficiency and data insights.
Experience in managing critical environments (e.g., data centres, manufacturing sites) and developing robust business continuity plans.
A degree in Facilities Management, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

8What to practise next

Where the job is going, and what to do about it starting this week.

AI-Powered Portfolio Optimisation

AI will move beyond individual tasks to provide holistic recommendations for your entire global portfolio. This means using AI to suggest optimal lease terms, identify underutilised assets for disposition, and even predict future space needs based on business growth models.

Machine Learning for Forecasting · Optimisation Algorithms · Data Integration Architectures

This month: Read up on AI applications in corporate real estate and facilities management.
Next quarter: Identify a specific portfolio challenge (e.g., reducing vacant space) and explore how AI could help solve it.
Month 3-6: Work with our data science or IT teams to explore a proof-of-concept for an AI-driven optimisation model.
Month 6-12: Champion a pilot project to use AI for a specific portfolio optimisation task in one region.

Quick win: Start identifying data sources that could be valuable for future AI analysis – the cleaner your data, the better the AI.

Cybersecurity for Operational Technology (OT)

As more of our building systems (BMS, access control, IoT sensors) become connected, they also become potential targets for cyber attacks. You'll need to understand the unique cybersecurity risks of Operational Technology (OT) and work with IT to protect our physical infrastructure.

OT vs. IT Security Differences · Threat Modelling for Building Systems · Incident Response for OT Systems

This month: Have a coffee with our IT Security lead and ask them about OT security risks.
Next quarter: Read an introductory guide or whitepaper on industrial control system (ICS) security.
Month 3-6: Review our current building system architecture with IT to identify potential vulnerabilities.
Month 6-12: Work with IT to develop a basic OT cybersecurity risk assessment and mitigation plan for a critical site.

Quick win: Ensure all your smart building devices and systems are on a segmented network, separate from the main corporate IT network. It's a simple, effective first step.

9Staying current once you are in

What people here do to keep up

Regularly attend industry conferences (e.g., IFMA World Workplace, CoreNet Global Summits) to stay current on trends and network with peers.
Participate in online forums or professional groups dedicated to global facilities and corporate real estate.
Undertake short courses or executive education programmes on topics like advanced negotiation, international business law, or data analytics for operations.
Read industry publications and thought leadership pieces from major real estate consultancies (e.g., JLL, CBRE, Cushman & Wakefield).

10How the AI economy is changing work like this

Before we ask anything of you, here's what we can already say about AI and work of this kind:

The new skill this role is being asked for: Advanced Data Storytelling for Executive Buy-in

With more data from smart buildings and IWMS systems, the challenge isn't collecting it, it's making sense of it and using it to influence senior leaders. You'll need to translate complex operational metrics into compelling narratives that justify multi-million pound investments.

We'll only ever tell you what we can actually back up. No hype, no scare tactics.

The rising capability

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What's rising in its place

This is where the work is heading, and the higher pay with it. Get fluent here and the shift stops being a threat and starts being your edge.

Advanced Data Storytelling for Executive Buy-in

With more data from smart buildings and IWMS systems, the challenge isn't collecting it, it's making sense of it and using it to influence senior leaders. You'll need to translate complex operational metrics into compelling narratives that justify multi-million pound investments.

Narrative Structure for Data
Visualisation Best Practices
Audience-Centric Communication
Scenario Modelling & Impact Assessment

Integrated Digital Twin & Metaverse for Facilities Planning

While still early, the concept of a 'digital twin' of our entire global portfolio, where you can simulate changes, run scenarios, and even conduct virtual tours, is gaining traction. This will transform how we plan space, manage assets, and respond to emergencies, moving beyond static CAD drawings.

BIM (Building Information Modelling)
IoT Sensor Integration
Virtual & Augmented Reality (VR/AR)
Simulation & Predictive Analytics

What you’ll use

Skills this role draws on

Technical

Global Portfolio Strategy
Total Cost of Occupancy (TCO) Modelling
Long-Range Capital Planning
Business Continuity & Critical Environments Management
Workplace Experience & Change Management
Sustainability (ESG) for the Built Environment

The pathway

How you actually get there, here

How you become one varies far more by country than what one does. This is the UK route. Most people take one of these ways in; the right one depends on where you're starting from.

1
Regional Manager, Facilities & Real Estate (L4)
3-5 years
Skills to master
- Managing a full regional P&L, leading a team of site managers, developing regional strategies, and successfully delivering multi-site projects. You'd be accountable for all facilities operations across a significant geographic area.
You're ready to move on when
- Consistently exceeding regional budget targets and identifying significant cost savings.
- Successfully implementing a major regional initiative (e.g., a new space planning strategy, a regional maintenance programme).
- Demonstrable ability to lead and develop a team of facilities professionals.
- Strong relationships with regional business unit leaders, seen as a trusted partner.
2
Senior Facilities Manager (L3) for a Critical Global Site
5-8 years
Skills to master
- Deep expertise in managing a very large, complex, or critical facility (e.g., a global HQ, a major data centre, a large R&D campus). This includes managing significant site budgets, critical systems, and a large operational team. You'd also be mentoring junior staff.
You're ready to move on when
- Maintaining exceptional uptime for critical systems and achieving zero major safety incidents.
- Successfully managing complex vendor relationships and large-scale site projects (e.g., major renovations, system upgrades).
- Demonstrating strong leadership and problem-solving skills during site-level crises.
- Proactively identifying and implementing site-specific operational efficiencies.
3
Head of a Facilities Specialism (e.g., Global Head of Workplace Design, Global Head of EHS)
4-6 years
Skills to master
- Developing and implementing global standards and programmes for a specific area of facilities (e.g., all workplace design, all environmental health & safety, all maintenance strategy). This role would involve influencing regional teams without direct line management, and deep subject matter expertise.
You're ready to move on when
- Successfully rolling out a new global programme or standard across multiple regions.
- Recognised as a subject matter expert within the organisation for your specialism.
- Strong ability to influence and gain buy-in from diverse stakeholders globally.
- Demonstrable impact on global metrics related to your specialism (e.g., H&S incident reduction, energy savings).

11Where this role leads

The long view:Your journey here is about more than just managing buildings; it's about becoming a strategic leader who shapes the physical foundation of our global business. We're excited to see where you take us, and where this role takes you.

Pay & demand

Pay and demand for this role will appear here, each figure traced to a named authoritative source (e.g. the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, under the Open Government Licence). We don’t show numbers we can’t attribute.

The ten Future Fluencies

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The highlighted ones are the Fluencies your role leans on hardest, from how Director, Global Facilities Operations is actually changing. In about two minutes, the free confidence check asks where you stand on each of the ten. That's the whole check, and it's what makes the plan yours rather than generic.

12The team that's yours

No two people are taught the same way. This is one-to-one, not one-to-many.

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13What it feels like

A conversation, not a course

Because your tutor knows your role, your projects and your last session, learning sounds like this. And it's different for every single person:

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Applied to your work in Director, Global Facilities Operations

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How the thinking builds

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No two people run this the same way

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Your actual work Every lesson is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
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Evidenced on your work in Director, Global Facilities Operations

You do not finish by watching something. You finish by showing it on the work you already do, against the measures this job is judged on.

Global OpEx & CapEx Budget AdherenceHow well you manage and control the operational and capital expenditure budgets for the entire global facilities portfolio.If the global OpEx budget is £20M, staying within £19.4M to £20.6M for the year. This means you've got a tight grip on spending and can justify any deviations.Achieve +/- 3% variance to approved annual global budget.
Total Cost of Occupancy (TCO) ReductionDriving down the overall cost of owning or leasing our spaces, looking beyond just rent to include all associated expenses.Identifying and implementing a new global energy management system that saves £1M across the portfolio, contributing to a 5% TCO reduction.Reduce global TCO by 5% year-on-year through strategic initiatives.
Critical Systems UptimeEnsuring our essential infrastructure (power, cooling, network) at critical sites (like data centres or major offices) is always running.Zero unplanned outages exceeding 5 minutes at any critical data centre in a given quarter. This is about preventing business-stopping failures.Maintain 99.999% (five nines) uptime for designated critical operational sites.
Global Health & Safety Incident RateThe frequency of workplace accidents or safety breaches across all our global facilities.Implementing a new global safety training programme that results in a measurable decrease in minor injuries reported across all sites.Reduce reportable incidents by 10% year-on-year.

These are this job's own measures, with its own targets. Nothing is marked evidenced, because nobody has started this yet. Yours would fill in from the work you bring.

Your passport

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Every credit you earn and every fluency you build adds up: evidence where it counts, carried with you. Zavmo keeps the map: where you are, where you're heading, and the next step, at your pace, around your life. From Director, Global Facilities Operations to VP, Global Facilities & Real Estate (L6), and whatever you decide comes after.

Level 6 · in progressAI Fluency→ VP, Global Facilities & Real Estate (L6)→ your design

Where this takes you

Your journey here is about more than just managing buildings; it's about becoming a strategic leader who shapes the physical foundation of our global business. We're excited to see where you take us, and where this role takes you.

See Your Progress GrowIllustration

Director, Global Facilities Operations

Global Portfolio Strategy
Total Cost of Occupancy (TCO) Modelling
Long-Range Capital Planning
Business Continuity & Critical Environments Management
Workplace Experience & Change Management
Sustainability (ESG) for the Built Environment

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14The detail, folded away

Everything else the record holds

The career branches in full, how AI is already showing up in the day-to-day, and the questions people ask about this job. Here when you want them, out of the way while you decide.

Where it leads next, rung by rung

Where it leads

The career path, and where it branches

Director, Global Facilities Operations is a start, not a ceiling. Each step below asks for new skills and hands back more autonomy.

VP, Global Facilities & Real Estate (L6)
3-5 years
One level up
- Full ownership of the entire global real estate portfolio strategy (acquisitions, dispositions, major lease negotiations).
- Leading significant capital allocation decisions across the entire business unit.
- Developing and defending the multi-year capital plan to the Board.
- Shaping the company's overall physical footprint and its impact on market position.

Working with AI on the job

Working with AI

Where AI is starting to help

Let's be real, running global facilities means juggling a million things. Imagine if you could cut through the noise, automate the tedious bits, and make smarter, faster decisions across your entire portfolio. Well, you can. AI isn't just for tech gurus; it's a game-changer for Operations leaders like you.

We're not talking about robots cleaning floors (yet!). We're talking about smart tools that handle the data grunt work, predict problems before they happen, and even help you write those tricky executive summaries. This isn't just about saving time; it's about shifting your focus from reactive firefighting to proactive, strategic leadership. Here's how AI can actually help you in this role:

Predictive Maintenance Automation

Imagine AI analysing real-time sensor data from HVAC units, chillers, and critical equipment across all your global sites. It spots anomalies, predicts failures *before* they happen, and automatically generates a detailed work order in your CMMS, even scheduling a technician and ordering the necessary parts. You'll move from reactive repairs to proactive prevention, saving millions in downtime.

Global Space Utilisation Intelligence

AI pulls data from badge swipes, WiFi logins, and occupancy sensors across your entire portfolio. It gives you a dynamic, real-time picture of how space is *actually* used, not just how you think it's used. It'll recommend office consolidations, identify underused zones, and model the financial impact of new hybrid work policies. This means multi-million pound portfolio optimisation decisions, backed by hard data.

AI-Powered Lease Abstraction & Risk Analysis

Forget spending weeks manually reviewing hundreds of complex global lease documents. An AI engine can scan them in minutes, extracting critical data points (renewal dates, CAM caps, co-tenancy clauses, insurance requirements) into a central database. It'll flag risks and inconsistencies, giving you a comprehensive overview of your portfolio's obligations and opportunities, fast.

Executive Narrative Generation

AI can draft your monthly and quarterly business review narratives. It converts raw operational data—energy consumption, project spend, work order volume, space utilisation—into concise, business-focused summaries for the C-suite. It highlights key trends, risks, and achievements, freeing you up to focus on strategy and what those numbers actually mean, rather than wordsmithing.

Common questions

How do you become a Director, Global Facilities Operations?

Common routes in include Regional Manager, Facilities & Real Estate (L4) (3-5 years), Senior Facilities Manager (L3) for a Critical Global Site (5-8 years) and Head of a Facilities Specialism (e.g., Global Head of Workplace Design, Global Head of EHS) (4-6 years). Times vary with prior experience.

Where can a Director, Global Facilities Operations progress to?

This role can lead on to VP, Global Facilities & Real Estate (L6) (3-5 years), depending on the skills you build.

What level is a Director, Global Facilities Operations in the UK?

This role aligns to RQF Level 6 on the UK framework, a guide to the depth of qualification it maps to, not a hard entry bar.

What new skills matter most for a Director, Global Facilities Operations?

Increasingly, Advanced Data Storytelling for Executive Buy-in and Integrated Digital Twin & Metaverse for Facilities Planning. These are the areas where the higher-paid, future-proof work is heading.

The honest bit

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What it costs

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Your path, personalised

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15Where to go from here

Other roles at Level 6

Same depth of qualification, different job. Useful if the work appeals but this particular role does not.

Other roles in Operations

Stay in the field you know and move sideways rather than up.

If you leave this industry

The skills you'll build here—global operations management, strategic capital planning, team leadership, and complex stakeholder influence—are highly transferable. You could move into other operational leadership roles (e.g., Head of Supply Chain, Head of Procurement) or even into broader business unit leadership, especially in companies with significant physical assets.

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Director, Global Facilities Operations

What's rising in its place

Advanced Data Storytelling for Executive Buy-in

Integrated Digital Twin & Metaverse for Facilities Planning

Skills this role draws on

Technical

How you actually get there, here

Regional Manager, Facilities & Real Estate (L4)

Senior Facilities Manager (L3) for a Critical Global Site

Head of a Facilities Specialism (e.g., Global Head of Workplace Design, Global Head of EHS)

The credential is what you can do today. These are what keep you valuable.

Roles this leads to

No two people are taught the same way. This is one-to-one, not one-to-many.

A conversation, not a course

No two people run this the same way

This isn't a certificate you file away. It's a passport to the life you're designing.

Your journey here is about more than just managing buildings; it's about becoming a strategic leader who shapes the physical foundation of our global business. We're excited to see where you take us, and where this role takes you.

Everything else the record holds

The career path, and where it branches

VP, Global Facilities & Real Estate (L6)

Where AI is starting to help

Predictive Maintenance Automation

Global Space Utilisation Intelligence

AI-Powered Lease Abstraction & Risk Analysis

Executive Narrative Generation

Common questions

You’ve started things before

Less than one coaching session. Every month.

You have the map. Walking it is the part we do together.