Real Estate Director

**Who are we?**

Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company®, operating over 260 data centers across the globe. Digital leaders harness Equinix's trusted platform to bring together and interconnect foundational infrastructure at software speed. Equinix enables organizations to access all the right places, partners and possibilities to scale with agility, speed the launch of digital services, deliver world-class experiences and multiply their value, while supporting their sustainability goals.

A career at Equinix means you will collaborate on work that impacts the world and be surrounded by endless opportunities to learn new skills and grow in varied directions. We embrace diversity in thought and contribution and are committed to providing an equitable work environment that is foundational to our core values as a company and is vital to our success.

The Director, Corporate Real Estate is responsible for the strategic planning of the company's corporate real estate, overseeing the design, planning, construction and maintenance of equipment, buildings and other corporate real estate. Represents the Corporate Real Estate department and are involved in global planning to ensure alignment with broader company objectives. Specializes in four or more areas of expertise related to corporate real estate operations i.e, Sustainability, Contract Management, Compliance, etc. Overall control of planning, staffing, budgeting, priorities, recommending & implementing changes to methods.

**Responsibilities**

**Planning**
- Directs the planning efforts with senior business leaders, acting as representative for the corporate real estate organization
- Advises on strategic space planning to efficiently manage Real Estate portfolio and align corporate real estate goals with broader business objectives
- Maintains a strong awareness of the evolution of the business to ensure a close connection between broader business objectives and CRE activities
- Oversees the portfolio planning efforts in the region, as initiated or led by the Global Department Head

**Operations**
- Ensures the regional CRE Ops organization remain in compliance with company processes and policies (in particular: finance, legal, compliance, and risk), while appropriately flagging opportunities for refinement or improvement
- Drives procurement and vendor management initiatives in conjunction with the Procurement and Legal departments
- Actively monitors market trends for current and new tools/products that improve the smooth and efficient running of the department

**Business Continuity**
- Champions safety and emergency preparedness policies and procedures with staff
- Maintains the CRE components of the Business Continuity plan
- Leads the relationship with the Business Continuity/ Risk group
- Attends Crisis Management Team training and events

**Repairs and Maintenance**
- Informs on best practices for maintenance and vendor management
- Oversees teams delivery of maintenance of HVAC system needed to ensure Network service stability, and protect the company’s hard-earned credibility

**Property Management Coordination**
- Oversees headquarters, regional and sales office expansion through the region, traveling to remote sites as needed
- Oversees maintenance of departmental compliance with OSHA/EH&S regulations regarding state and campus policies and procedures
- Maintains an open dialogue with landlord's managing agents

**Resource Management**
- Is responsible for resource planning (people, finances etc.) across the team
- Ensures resource allocations are based on broader organization priorities
- Identifies potential budget shortfalls and escalates proactively
- Provides input to the annual budget planning process
- Accountable for appropriately managing the overall corporate real estate budget as well as project funding utilized by the team
- Ensures there are sufficient resources to meet business needs
- Controls the CRE opex budget

**People Management**
- Accountable for the overall quality of the corporate real estate team’s work
- Reviews subordinates’ work, discusses job performance problems with subordinates, and provides action-oriented feedback, mentoring, and training to improve performance and correct deficiencies
- Evaluates subordinates' performance against established guidelines, objectives and performance standards
- Ensures that subordinates adhere to proper procedures and quality standards, meet deadlines and correct errors or problems
- Provides team members with guidance in handling difficult or complex problems and in resolving escalated complaints or disputes
- Supports individual and team contributions to corporate real estate and Corp Dev team initiatives
- Ensures appropriate workflow and distribution of work assignments based on workload, work priorities and worker competencies
- Identifies employee training needs based on business activities and evaluation of employee job skills
- Intervenes to resolve disagreem