Real Estate and Workplace Initiatives Manager

Black & Veatch Family of Companies • Olathe, KS

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About The Position

The Real Estate & Workplace Initiatives Manager supports the Global Real Estate & Workplace Leader in implementing strategic initiatives across the global real estate and workplace portfolio. This role provides coordination, execution, and operational support, tracks progress and risks, supports stakeholder alignment, and helps drive consistent, measurable outcomes.

Requirements

• Execution support — planning, tracking, follow-through, and issue management.
• Stakeholder coordination — ability to influence without authority and support cross-functional alignment.
• Communication — concise writing, clear documentation, and effective status reporting.
• Operational mindset — practical, scalable approach to implementation.
• Continuous improvement — commitment to standardization, playbooks, and repeatable processes.
• Discretion and professionalism — trusted support for leadership priorities and sensitive initiatives.
• Bachelor’s degree in real estate, architecture, project management, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience supporting or coordinating cross-functional programs or projects in real estate, workplace, or similar environments.
• 2+ years supporting organizational change initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate multiple workstreams, manage competing priorities, and deliver outcomes in ambiguous or fast-paced settings.
• Strong analytical and communication skills, including the ability to prepare executive-ready summaries and reporting.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with workplace analytics and portfolio metrics.
• Experience supporting workplace and real estate tools such as IWMS, space reservation tools, and ServiceNow workflows.
• Exposure to change management practices; Prosci/ADKAR familiarity is helpful but not required.
• Experience with workplace, real estate, or corporate transformations.

Responsibilities

• Support execution of global real estate and workplace initiatives through coordinated workstreams, milestones, deliverables, and integrated schedules.
• Coordinate with cross-functional stakeholders to support aligned execution.
• Maintain governance tools, including project plans, RACI matrices, dependency maps, action registers, and decision logs.
• Support consistent reporting cadences and templates across workstreams to improve visibility and accountability.
• Support development of business cases, including scenario comparisons, cost-benefit framing, timeline impacts, and key assumptions.
• Demonstrate flexibility to step in and support miscellaneous tasks, emerging priorities, and special projects across Real Estate, Workplace, and Facilities as business needs evolve.
• Support execution of change management activities, including stakeholder coordination, rollout planning, and adoption tracking.
• Support change impact and readiness assessments by identifying affected groups, operational implications, training needs, and implementation timing.
• Coordinate development and distribution of change materials, including FAQs, toolkits, guides, and leader-ready messaging.
• Partner with internal teams and vendors to support consistent implementation and measurement of workplace experience initiatives.
• Develop and maintain scalable playbooks, templates, and standard operating toolkits for repeatable programs such as moves, office readiness, openings, closures, and workplace rollouts.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision insurances
• disability
• wellness program
• flexible work schedules
• paid vacation
• holiday time
• sick time
• dependent sick time
• company-matched 401k plan
• adoption reimbursement
• tuition reimbursement
• vendor discounts
• employment referral program
• AD&D insurance
• pre-taxed accounts
• voluntary legal plan
• B&V Credit Union
• performance-based bonus program
• stock ownership

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree