Global Facilities Director
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Reading, UK
HybridHybrid role involving regular international travel and presence at key sites; work across time zones, with possible out-of-hours availability for significant incidents.
Facilities OperationsFacilities Management
About the job
Requirements
- A track record of leading a multi-site Facilities or workplace function in complex operational environments, with the adaptability to respond as a business grows.
- Facilities experience across multiple countries or jurisdictions, or experience establishing international offices and serviced-office locations.
- Experience leading through managers, internal teams and external suppliers, with strong coaching, resource planning and performance management skills.
- Ownership of substantial operational and capital budgets, backed by sound commercial judgement and experience managing complex contracts, supplier and landlord relationships.
- Experience shaping estate or workplace strategy and delivering major cross-functional projects, including leases, relocations, site openings or significant workplace change.
- Experience leading or overseeing health, safety and environmental governance and working closely with specialist health, safety and environmental professionals.
- Strong strategic planning, stakeholder influence and communication skills, with the judgement to balance competing priorities, manage risk and make timely decisions.
- Relevant Facilities, property or equivalent professional expertise gained through qualifications or practical experience.
- Experience building or scaling a Facilities function through rapid organisational growth.
Responsibilities
- Define the global Facilities strategy, operating model, standards and performance measures, giving senior leadership clear visibility of delivery, spend and risk.
- Translate growth plans into property decisions, including new locations and serviced offices, lease renewals, relocations, exits and major investments.
- Lead facilities planning, fit-outs and operational readiness for expansion and workplace programmes, integrating cross-functional requirements and ensuring a clear handover into day-to-day operations.
- Build and lead the function; coach regional managers, strengthen local accountability, and plan recruitment, development and succession to support future growth.
- Lead operational and capital forecasting, prioritise investment, and hold suppliers and landlords accountable for value and service delivery.
- Set global minimum standards for health, safety and environmental governance; oversee assurance and risk escalation; and ensure business continuity and emergency plans are established and tested, with regional leaders accountable for local implementation.
- Embed sustainability considerations into estate decisions, energy use, waste, supplier choices and building operations, identifying specialist support where needed.
- Own OQC’s global office and manufacturing facilities and estate strategy across the UK and Spain, plus satellite locations including Japan, Singapore and the US.
- Oversee smaller international sites through local partners and build the team capability needed as OQC scales.
- Establish consistent global standards in partnership with Security, IT and Engineering while empowering regional leaders to deliver locally.
- Undertake regular international travel, maintain presence at key sites and major projects, and work across time zones; significant facilities incidents or site emergencies may require availability outside standard hours.
Desired Qualifications
- A background in technology, engineering, research and development, or a similarly complex environment.
- Contributions to environmental or sustainability programmes through property and facilities operations.
- A recognised Facilities Management qualification, or an Institution of Occupational Safety and Health, National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health or equivalent health, safety and environmental qualification.
About the company
Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC) is a UK quantum computing company that builds superconducting quantum systems using its Coaxmon architecture and offers Quantum Computing as a Service through cloud access and colocated data centers. Its products work by using superconducting qubits implemented with the Coaxmon design, allowing users to run quantum programs remotely via a cloud interface or at partner data centers, with plans for larger TITAN systems aimed at fault-tolerant computing. What sets OQC apart from competitors is its specific Coaxmon architecture and its focus on scaling up infrastructure across international locations, backed by a large Series C funding round and strategic investors, to push toward practical, fault-tolerant quantum computing. The company’s goal is to expand its global infrastructure and develop next-generation TITAN quantum systems to achieve fault-tolerant quantum computing at scale.
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
Series C
Total Funding
$503.8M
Headquarters
Reading, United Kingdom
Founded
2017
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Bullhound Capital, British Business Bank, and Chevron funded OQC's £260 million June 2026 Series C.
- Barcelona's €92 million manufacturing centre adds 210 jobs, expanding capacity and talent access.
- OQC's June 2026 partnership with JPMorganChase and AMD validates demand from regulated buyers.
What critics are saying
- Toshiko remains 32 physical qubits; enterprise value stalls until GENESIS proves usable by 2027.
- JPMorganChase becomes first dedicated London user within twelve months, creating concentration and deadline pressure.
- TITAN's 2028 fault-tolerant claims face brutal physics; failure would crush OQC's commercial narrative.
What makes Oxford Quantum Circuits unique
- Coaxmon packaging puts wiring behind the chip, enabling denser superconducting systems.
- OQC deploys quantum computers inside commercial data centres across the UK, Japan, Spain, New York.
- GENESIS targets secure hybrid quantum-AI workflows with JPMorganChase and AMD in London.
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Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Disability Insurance
- Parental Leave