Strategic Space Planner

Apple • San Jose, CA

16h

About The Position

In Places, we don’t sit back and let things happen, we make things happen, and we do this in service to all Apple employees and customers. Our team is a diverse and nimble group that manages Apple’s corporate and retail workplaces and workplace services. We develop and manage Apple’s global real estate portfolio, lead all related capital construction projects, provide outstanding facilities and site services, develop and lead sustainability initiatives to reduce the environmental impact of all Apple facilities, including commute and renewable energy programs, and do everything we can to ensure the health and safety of all Apple personnel, facilities, and customers in our facilities around the world. The Space Planning team is responsible for establishing and driving efficient real estate strategies that support Apple's corporate space needs. We're hiring a Strategic Space Planner: an individual contributor who will be dedicated to Americas (AMR) geographic markets to lead strategic planning and migration across the portfolio.

You'll drive occupancy strategy and implementation across the AMR portfolio, ensuring space supply proactively aligns with business demand. As an action-oriented workplace strategist, you'll lead end-to-end space planning initiatives and collaborate closely with business units to translate their location strategies into scalable workplace solutions. You're comfortable navigating ambiguity, proactively seeking clarification, weighing competing priorities against business impact, and adapting plans as business requirements evolve. You bring a data analytics background to evaluate utilization metrics, analyze capacity forecasts, and translate quantitative insights into actionable recommendations that optimize the portfolio.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in workplace strategy, strategic space planning, or corporate occupancy planning, preferably within a technology company or corporate campus.
• Experience managing multiple space planning projects from conception through implementation.
• Experience applying occupancy metrics, space utilization analysis, and scenario modeling to inform stakeholder decisions.
• Experience synthesizing spatial data into visual presentations and business cases for executive audiences.
• Working knowledge of Computer-Aided Facility Management (CAFM) and Integrated Workplace Management System (IWMS) platforms such as (Serraview, Archibus, Tririga, or FM:Systems).

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in Real Estate (MRED), Urban Planning, Architecture, or Business Administration (MBA), and/or PMP certification.
• Proficiency in Keynote and business intelligence or data visualization platforms, such as Tableau, Power BI, or advanced Excel modeling.
• Familiarity with project management platforms, such as Wrike.
• Understanding of architectural drawings, test-fits, building code implications, and core-and-shell conditions.
• Experience leveraging AI-driven tools to accelerate scenario planning, optimize multi-floor stacking diagrams, and analyze space data.
• Skilled at influencing stakeholders and communicating complex trade-offs clearly to drive alignment.

Responsibilities

• Drive occupancy strategy and implementation across the AMR portfolio, ensuring space supply proactively aligns with business demand.
• Lead end-to-end space planning initiatives and collaborate closely with business units to translate their location strategies into scalable workplace solutions.
• Evaluate utilization metrics, analyze capacity forecasts, and translate quantitative insights into actionable recommendations that optimize the portfolio.
• Negotiate space allocations and resolve competing stakeholder priorities.

What This Job Offers

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