Director – Regional Workplace Management

Requisition ID # 162661 

Job Category: Real Estate / Facilities 

Job Level: Director/Chief

Business Unit: Engineering, Planning & Strategy

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

Position Summary

The Director, Regional Workplace Management role establishes the vision and strategy, provides leadership, governance, and policy guidance to PG&E for all activities related to the delivery and performance of an 8 million square feet portfolio, approximately750 buildings, budget of $130+ million in operating expenses and $300+ million in capital spend annually. The Director, Regional Workplace Management provides guidance to senior management in matters of strategic interest and value to the corporation pertaining to real estate strategies and facilities policies, practices and standards and aligning department plans with company strategies. They partner with officers throughout the Company to ensure current and future business requirements are accounted for in formulating the enabling real estate strategy and delivery of services that are consistent with corporate direction.

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned work headquarters in Oakland.

Reporting Relationship

The Director, Regional Workplace Management, will report to the Senior Director, Corporate Real Estate.

Job Responsibilities

• Establishes a high standard of customer service excellence throughout the entire Corporate Real Estate Strategy & Services (CRESS) Facilities Services (FS) organization.
• Partners with cross-functional senior leaders to ensure successful execution of facilities operations strategies which will translate into measurable year-over-year improvements in business client engagement, satisfaction, efficiency, and effectiveness.
• Partners with officers in the various lines of business throughout the Company to ensure that all current and future business requirements and common goals are taken into account in CRESS business and operations planning to successfully execute corporate real estate services.
• Implements the continuous improvement process to drive cost savings initiatives and overall quality improvement. Champions proactive maintenance and continuous improvement.
• Leads the development of policies, programs, processes and procedures to ensure precise operations planning, responsiveness to Company’s ongoing facilities’ needs, and mitigation of risks.
• Leads with coworker and public safety in all decision making, embracing company stands, frameworks and operating models.
• Leads, trains and mentors, a diverse workforce of managers, union-represented employees and service providers exceeding 750 people to provide best-in-class facilities services targeted to enable operations and continually enhance coworker experience.

Background Qualifications

Minimum

• Bachelors' degree in job-related field (engineering, operations management, real estate, etc.), or equivalent experience.
• 10 years of experience in managing assets and/or work execution.
• 7 years in a leadership capacity.

Desired

• MBA or other advanced degree.
• Industry certifications preferred.
• Experience in managing assets and/or work execution within a large, distributed portfolio of mixed office and light industrials uses.
• Demonstrated experiences in leading and influencing at a large corporate facilities planning, development and visioning at the senior level.
• Previous hands-on technical expertise.
• Experience interacting with and managing a Union-represented, diverse, and varied workforce.
• Demonstrated ability to influence diverse teams at all levels of the organization – especially at the C suite level.
• Demonstrated ability and motivation to lead others, promote a team environment, and coach and mentor staff.
• Demonstrated ability to set vision and strategy, create an engaging team environment, and lead and develop others.
• Exceptional leadership, collaboration, negotiation, conflict resolution and influencing skills.
• Excellent collaborator with the ability to solve complex and sensitive issues and the unique ability to balance strategic and tactical needs.
• Strong client engagement emphasis, change management focus, business acumen, and financial skills.
• Ability to interact effectively at levels in influencing the proper strategy and portfolio planning for real estate at PG&E.
• Excellent ability to understand and solve diverse and complex issues through clarity of thought and critical thinking.
• Ability to develop and communicate clear goals, track and manage progress, and deliver consistent results.
• Exceptional verbal, written and presentation communication skills - demonstrating flexibility, and ability to understand and navigate the organization.
• Ability to manage in a multi-site environment with multiple workstreams.

Leadership Qualities

PG&E expects its leaders to conduct themselves with the highest ethics and integrity and to embody specific leadership qualities.

Strategic Mindset

• Sees ahead to future possibilities and translates them into breakthrough strategies.
• Operates effectively, even when things are not certain, or the way forward is not clear.

A Leader in the Community and Industry

• Effectively builds formal and informal relationship networks inside and outside the organization.
• Anticipates and balances the needs of multiple stakeholders.

Demonstrates Safety Leadership

• A safety champion in words and deeds with respect to both employee and public safety.
• Creating and maintaining a speak up culture free of retaliation.

Influences and Inspires

• Using various- communications that convey a clear understanding of the needs of different audiences.
• Maneuvering comfortably through complex policy, process, and people-related dynamics.

Optimizes Team Performance

• Building teams with a strong identity that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals.
• Creating a climate where people are developed and motivated to do their best to help the organization.

Values Inclusion and Respects Individual Differences

• Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.

Fiscally Responsible

• Interpreting and applying understanding of key financial indicators to make better business decisions.
• Planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.

Leads Ethically and in a Compliant Manner

• Sponsoring and sustaining a high integrity speak-up corporate culture which prioritizes safety, compliance, and ethics.
• Building on necessary level of industry, company, and subject-matter expertise, including laws and regulations.

Provides a High Level of Customer Service

• Building strong customer relationships and delivering hometown, customer-centric solutions.

Compensation

PG&E is providing the salary range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the job posting. This compensation range is specific to the locality of the job. The actual salary paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, and internal equity. 

Although we estimate the successful candidate hired into this role will be placed towards the middle ($200,000 - $215,000) of the range of this role, the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to these factors. This leadership role is also eligible for an annual Short Term Incentive Plan (STIP) and Long-Term Incentive Plan (LTIP).

Reasonable Salary Range (Bay Area):    $159,000 – $237,000