Senior Manager, Global Real Estate

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Job Description:

Who We Are:

Heidrick & Struggles is a premier provider of executive search, leadership assessment and development, organization and team effectiveness, and culture shaping services globally. In our more than 60 year history, we have conducted some of the most high-profile C-suite and board-level searches in the world.

Today, we are working with our clients across 29 countries to help them accelerate their performance and respond with agility to new opportunities and challenges in every industry. We continue to raise the bar in serving our clients as trusted leadership advisors, and we are also providing an expanded range of data-driven, tech-enabled tools and platforms across our executive search and consulting businesses. Managing top talent isn’t just our business. It’s our passion, and we are committed to investing in and developing the careers of our own people.

We look for people with experience from a variety of industries and diverse educational backgrounds who are passionate about partnering with innovative and influential organizations and share our commitment to our purpose – to help our clients change the world, one leadership team at a time.

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The Role:

The Senior Manager leads the day-to-day strategic management of this global portfolio and translates business needs, workplace requirements and financial objectives into practical real estate solutions. They will serve as Heidrick & Struggles’ enterprise owner for global real estate portfolio management and workplace strategy, with accountability for portfolio planning, transactions, occupancy optimization, financial analysis, strategic-provider governance and executive recommendations. The role partners closely with Finance, Accounting, Operations, HR, Technology, regional leaders, Legal, Procurement and strategic service providers, including JLL.

Responsibilities:

• Own the global office and co-working portfolio, including openings, renewals, relocations, consolidations and exits.
• Develop and maintain a rolling three- to five-year portfolio plan covering lease expirations, options, capital requirements, anticipated demand and portfolio risks.
• Lead transaction strategy for new leases, renewals, terminations and flexible-workspace agreements, using market intelligence and brokerage support from JLL and other providers.
• Maintain a complete view of lease and workspace commitments, including critical dates, rights, obligations, restoration requirements and concentration or continuity risks.
• Prepare data-supported recommendations to expand, consolidate, relocate, exit or change workspace models, and lead internal approval materials and executive decision discussions.
• Establish annual portfolio priorities and portfolio-level targets for cost, utilization, flexibility and risk reduction.
• Establish global workplace principles, space standards, workspace classifications and decision frameworks that reflect Heidrick’s brand, client experience and employee workstyles.
• Develop occupancy plans, seat and desk ratios, utilization thresholds and triggers for expansion, contraction or configuration changes.
• Analyze occupancy and utilization data to right-size the portfolio, improve collaboration and ensure space remains aligned with business demand and cost expectations.
• Partner with HR, Technology and regional leaders on hybrid-work enablement, workplace adoption, employee experience and change management.
• Sponsor workplace pilots and use employee and office-leader feedback to evaluate their impact on utilization, collaboration, experience and cost.
• Own lease abstracts, rent schedules and key commercial terms for all locations, ensuring reliable portfolio and critical-date information.
• Validate business demand and challenge regional space requests before market engagement; recommend approval, modification or rejection of proposed office investments.
• Build financial models and scenario analyses comparing locati