BGIS

BGIS

Global facilities management provider

Customer Experience Director

Full-Time
$110.8k - $138.5k/yr
Expert
Toronto, ON, Canada+2 more

More locations: Markham, ON, Canada | Ottawa, ON, Canada

Hybrid

About the job

Requirements
  • Strong expertise in Customer Experience, service design, or customer experience programs
  • Advanced project and program management capabilities
  • Experience with data analytics, KPI development, and performance dashboards
  • Strong knowledge of outsource service provider and/or integrated facilities management service delivery models
  • Experience working with government clients
  • Proven ability to translate customer insights into operational improvements
  • Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
  • Experience with change management and service transformation initiatives
  • Project Management accreditation (PMP or equivalent)
Responsibilities
  • Champion a customer-first culture across all service lines.
  • Define and implement Customer Experience strategies, frameworks, and service standards aligned to client expectations and contractual KPIs.
  • Lead Voice of Customer programs, including surveys, feedback loops, and service performance insights.
  • Translate client and end-user feedback into actionable service improvements and program enhancements.
  • Partner with account and operations teams to implement experience-driven service design, journey mapping, and service optimization initiatives.
  • Establish and track CX KPIs and ensure accountability across delivery teams.
  • Full involvement with recruiting talent.
  • Provides mentoring, coaching and guidance to all team members.
  • Objectively recommends compensation adjustments.
  • Manages all aspects of performance.
  • Utilizing and maximizing team skills with a focus on professional development.
  • Lead, coach, and develop a team focused on service excellence and customer experience delivery.
  • Build team capability in CX methodologies, data-driven decision-making, and service design principles.
  • Drive performance management aligned to both operational KPIs and customer experience outcomes.
  • Foster a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, and client-centric behaviour.
  • Oversee the delivery of customer service principles in the delivery of integrated facilities management.
  • Integrate CX principles into end-to-end service delivery, including service design, mobilization, steady-state operations, and continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Embed CX considerations into program and service governance, including planning, execution, performance monitoring, and post-implementation review.
  • Leverage change management frameworks to support service transitions, operational changes, and technology adoption, ensuring consistent and positive end-user experiences across all IFM services.
  • Drive innovation in customer experience delivery, including digital experience enhancements, data-driven service optimization, process improvements across IO service lines, identify operational efficiencies that improve both client experience and cost performance, share best practices and lessons learned across accounts and teams.
  • Effective and proactive communication with all relevant concerned parties including account team members, clients, contractors, and industry bodies to ensure client satisfaction and BGIS’s success.
  • Actively seeks additional services work to be performed by BGIS to mutually benefit the client and BGIS.
  • Develop and maintain CX dashboards and reporting frameworks, integrating service performance metrics, customer satisfaction data, operational KPIs.
  • Analyze trends across customer feedback, service delivery, and occupancy data to inform decision-making.
  • Ensure reporting supports both client governance requirements and continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Oversee program resourcing, ensuring alignment with service demand and experience outcomes.
Desired Qualifications
  • Change Management certification (e.g., Prosci) preferred
  • Customer Experience certification (e.g., CXPA, service design) considered an asset

About the company

BGIS provides facilities management and real estate services for buildings and real estate portfolios around the world. Its services cover the day-to-day operations, maintenance, and support needed to run workplaces and built environments, often bundled as integrated facilities management for clients.

Company Size

5,001-10,000

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Markham, Canada

Founded

1992

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What believers are saying

  • BGIS won Sydney Airport general FM services in April 2026.
  • BGIS won Victorian Government facilities management in January 2026 across 291 properties.
  • BGIS won Australian War Memorial maintenance in January 2026, reinforcing public-sector credibility.

What critics are saying

  • Veritas closes Q4 2026 and can force harsher margin discipline immediately.
  • Indeed reviews in July 2026 describe toxic management, unpaid hours, and poor progression.
  • A major customer loss in government or aviation would crush retention and valuation quickly.

What makes BGIS unique

  • BGIS combines technical IFM with proprietary digital facility management across mission-critical environments.
  • Its scale spans 65,000 facilities and 620 million square feet globally.
  • BGIS’s portfolio includes data centers, government sites, healthcare, and aviation assets.

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