Sr. Manager – Global Integrated Facilities Management

Vertiv Group•Westerville, OH

23d

About The Position

The posting describes a senior regional Real Estate and Facilities executive responsible for Vertiv’s real estate portfolio and facilities operations across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). The role partners with regional business and operations leadership to translate business strategy into integrated real estate, workplace, facilities, and portfolio plans, supporting growth, manufacturing, engineering, employees, and customers while optimizing cost, operational resilience, risk, and portfolio performance. The position provides leadership across real estate strategy and transactions, facilities management, portfolio planning, workplace and occupancy, lifecycle planning, operating cost management, capital prioritization, and regional governance. It leads through direct reports, matrixed resources, and third-party service providers, exercising significant independent judgment across a geographically diverse and operationally complex portfolio. The role also participates in the Global Real Estate leadership team and supports global standards, policies, tools, and governance. Success is measured by portfolio alignment with business strategy, facility reliability, cost and optimization performance, sound transaction and investment decisions, provider accountability, risk management, standards adoption, stakeholder satisfaction, and development of the EMEA team.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Real Estate, Business, Finance, Engineering, Architecture, Facilities Management, or a related field.
Approximately 10–12+ years of progressive corporate real estate, facilities, portfolio, or related leadership experience.
Significant experience leading complex, multi-country Real Estate and/or Facilities portfolios.
Demonstrated leadership in a manufacturing, industrial, engineering, technology, or other operationally intensive environment.
Strong understanding of commercial real estate transactions, portfolio strategy, facilities operations, lifecycle planning, and capital investment.
Demonstrated experience leading and developing professional teams.
Experience managing significant outsourced or co-sourced Real Estate and Facilities service providers.
Strong financial and analytical capability, including operating budgets, capital planning, business cases, NPV/financial evaluation, and cost optimization.
Demonstrated ability to advise senior executives and influence decisions across business and functional organizations.
Strong commercial judgment and negotiation skills.
Ability to work effectively across multiple countries, cultures, business units, and time zones.
Excellent executive-level written and verbal communication skills.
Fluency in English.

Nice To Haves

Experience leading Real Estate & Facilities for a large multinational corporate occupier.
Extensive experience supporting manufacturing, engineering, laboratory, warehouse, and office environments.
Broad experience across European markets and additional exposure to the Middle East and Africa.
Experience with significant greenfield, expansion, consolidation, and portfolio-transformation programs.
Experience with integrated facilities management and outsourced service-delivery models.
Experience establishing portfolio governance, facility standards, lifecycle programs, or regional operating models.
Additional European language capability.
Professional qualification such as MRICS, IFMA CFM, MCR, CCIM, SIOR, or equivalent.

Responsibilities

Develop and lead the EMEA Real Estate & Facilities strategy in alignment with Vertiv’s global business objectives and Global Real Estate strategy.
Advise EMEA business and operations leaders on real estate, facilities, workplace, capacity, and location decisions; translate business plans and forecasts into portfolio strategies.
Identify portfolio risks, capacity constraints, lease events, operational vulnerabilities, and optimization opportunities, balancing cost, flexibility, operational needs, employee needs, and risk.
Build partnerships with EMEA Operations, Finance, HR, Engineering, Supply Chain, EHS, Legal, Security, IT, and other functional leaders; serve as the primary escalation point for significant regional matters.
Provide data-driven recommendations to regional and global executives, facilitate decisions involving competing priorities or significant investment and risk, and represent EMEA in leadership discussions and investment reviews.
Oversee regional real estate portfolio strategy and major transactions, including lease renewals, relocations, expansions, consolidations, acquisitions, dispositions, and build-to-suit opportunities.
Direct and govern the EMEA Real Estate Transaction Manager and brokerage partners; review transaction analyses, negotiation strategies, and business cases; support site selection and market evaluation.
Lead Facilities Management across manufacturing, warehouse, engineering, office, and other operational facilities, establishing expectations for reliability, maintenance, workplace services, compliance, cost management, and customer service.
Support country and sub-regional Facilities leaders and ensure critical building systems are maintained, lifecycle risks are addressed, and outsourced or co-sourced providers are governed effectively.
Promote preventive and predictive maintenance, asset management, condition assessments, and long-range lifecycle planning; address facility risks affecting safety, production, continuity, customers, or employees.
Partner with Operations on manufacturing, engineering, laboratory, warehouse, and supply-chain real estate and facility requirements, including capacity, utilities, infrastructure, adjacency, logistics, and expansion.
Support greenfield, brownfield, build-to-suit, expansion, and consolidation evaluations, and ensure Facilities participation in development, design, commissioning, turnover, and operational readiness.
Maintain a comprehensive EMEA portfolio view and lead periodic reviews to identify consolidation, expansion, relocation, disposition, renegotiation, and utilization opportunities; maintain multi-year plans aligned with business forecasts.
Partner with Workplace and Occupancy resources to assess capacity and utilization, reduce trapped capacity, improve flexibility, and optimize occupancy costs while meeting business requirements.
Partner with Global Capital Projects leadership on EMEA capital priorities; participate in business cases, scope development, design reviews, and project stage gates; ensure maintainability, lifecycle costs, operational readiness, and turnover needs are addressed.
Lead regional Real Estate & Facilities financial planning and performance, including operating and capital forecasts with Finance; drive cost reduction, cost avoidance, productivity, and portfolio optimization.
Review significant supplier costs, proposals, change requests, and investment recommendations, considering total occupancy cost and lifecycle economics while maintaining appropriate risk controls.
Govern significant Real Estate & Facilities service providers through clear scopes, service levels, performance measures, commercial expectations, performance reviews, corrective actions, and sourcing decisions.
Support major sourcing, RFP, mobilization, and supplier-transition activities and determine when local versus regional sourcing models provide the greatest value.
Identify, quantify, prioritize, and mitigate Real Estate & Facilities risks; partner with EHS, Security, Legal, Insurance/Risk, and Operations on compliance and resilience matters.
Ensure country-specific regulatory and statutory requirements are incorporated into facilities programs; support business continuity planning and establish escalation and response mechanisms for significant incidents.
Maintain regional visibility of deferred maintenance, infrastructure vulnerabilities, environmental conditions, and other material portfolio risks.
Lead, coach, and develop EMEA Real Estate & Facilities professionals; establish accountability across regional, sub-regional, country, and site roles; develop succession plans and strengthen organizational capabilities.
Promote collaboration across Real Estate, Facilities, Capital Projects, Workplace, Lease Administration, and global sub-functions, leading through influence across matrix teams, business partners, and providers.
Participate in the Global Real Estate leadership team; support global standards, policies, tools, governance, facility requirements, and initiatives; share regional practices and maintain consistent reporting, scorecards, and executive visibility.