Director Workplace Design, PM, Systems & Analytics

Cox Enterprises • Atlanta, GA

3d • $134,900 - $224,900 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Director, Workplace Strategy, Delivery & Systems is the enterprise leader responsible for shaping, planning, delivering, and optimizing physical environments across Cox Enterprises’ portfolio companies. The role leads workplace strategy, interior design and construction project management, workplace technology, and related data analytics, ensuring spaces support business growth, employee productivity, and efficient operations while enabling effective space utilization and sound investment decisions.

As a trusted advisor to senior leadership and portfolio company stakeholders, the Director partners across business functions to understand organizational goals and recommend scalable, right-sized solutions. The role balances enterprise standards with the distinct needs, capabilities, and scale of each portfolio company to improve operational and financial outcomes. The Director leads internal and cross-functional teams and external partners, and serves as the business owner and strategic leader for real estate technology platforms and portfolio analytics.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline and 10 years of experience in a related field; alternatively, a master’s degree and 8 years of experience, a Ph.D. and 5 years of experience in a related field, or 14 years of experience in a related field.
• At least 5 years of experience in a management or leadership role.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft tools, CAD, and Bluebeam.
• Excellent interpersonal, leadership, presentation, and collaboration skills, with strategic thinking, executive presence, business acumen, and influence to work effectively across the organization.
• Exceptional communication, presentation, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience managing complex capital projects, workplace portfolios, and enterprise workplace programs.
• Strong financial acumen and experience developing capital plans, budgets, business cases, and investment recommendations.
• Ability to translate business requirements into measurable business outcomes.
• Expertise leading initiatives in office, industrial, warehouse, retail, or similar commercial environments.
• Strong understanding of workplace strategy, project delivery, construction management, portfolio analytics, occupancy planning, and operational requirements.
• Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship; OPT, CPT, STEM/OPT, and visa sponsorship are not available now or in the future.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting multiple business units, operating companies, or complex multi-brand organizations.
• Proven ability to influence executive leaders and build alignment across highly matrixed organizations.
• Experience leading workplace technology, facilities management, occupancy management, IWMS, CAFM, or related enterprise platforms.
• Professional certifications such as PMP.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the organization’s subject matter expert on workplace strategy, space planning, design, interiors construction, workplace technology, and occupancy management analytics.
• Establish enterprise service standards, performance metrics, governance, reporting frameworks, project management processes, design guidelines, and best practices.
• Drive continuous improvement through process optimization, standardization, technology adoption, and performance measurement.
• Partner with business leaders to understand growth plans, operational requirements, workforce strategies, customer experience objectives, and organizational priorities, and translate them into practical, scalable solutions tailored to each operating company.
• Develop strategic recommendations aligning real estate investments, workplace initiatives, and technology capabilities with enterprise objectives.
• Lead planning, design, and execution of complex projects across office, industrial, warehouse, retail, mixed-use, and other commercial environments, including requirements discovery, stakeholder interviews, concept development, furniture solutions, test fits, and project execution where appropriate.
• Develop capital plans, business cases, and investment recommendations; present recommendations, business cases, project updates, risks, portfolio analyses, and strategic opportunities to senior leadership.
• Develop an understanding of business objectives, operational needs, workforce requirements, and customer-facing priorities across portfolio companies and investments.
• Build cross-functional partnerships and lead through influence across Real Estate, Facilities, Finance, Legal, Procurement, Technology, Human Resources, Security, Communications, and other stakeholder groups.
• Direct architects, engineers, contractors, consultants, furniture vendors, and external partners through all phases of project delivery; develop and maintain strategic industry relationships.
• Support acquisitions, divestitures, relocations, consolidations, and transformation initiatives through strategic project leadership and execution.
• Ensure projects are delivered safely, on schedule, within budget, and aligned with operational and business objectives.
• Serve as business owner and strategic leader for real estate technology platforms, including system strategy, governance, administration, standards, data quality, reporting consistency, floor plan and occupancy data management, portfolio analytics, and continuous optimization.
• Partner with the technology organization to develop dashboards, reporting tools, and workplace analytics that support data-driven decision-making, portfolio optimization, utilization and space planning, and investment recommendations.
• Build, develop, and lead high-performing internal and cross-functional teams and external partners across workplace strategy, project management, design, workplace systems, and portfolio analytics.
• Foster a culture of accountability, innovation, collaboration, customer service, and continuous improvement.

Benefits

• Flexible paid vacation, subject to duties, company needs, and obligations.
• Seven paid holidays annually.
• Up to 160 hours of paid wellness time annually for the employee’s or family members’ wellness.
• Additional paid time off for bereavement, voting, jury duty, volunteering, military leave, and parental leave.
• Potential health care insurance, including medical, dental, and vision.
• Retirement planning, including a 401(k).
• Potential paid sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director