West Regional Facilities Manager

Corient • Newport Beach, CA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The West Regional Facilities Manager leads facilities operations across all offices in the assigned region. This role is the senior regional escalation point for HVAC failures, life-safety issues, and significant facilities incidents, and ensures consistent preventative maintenance and facilities standards. The manager partners with Global and Corporate Real Estate teams to implement enterprise initiatives regionally and drives operational improvement, service quality, and resilience.

The position provides facilities-related leadership to Office Managers and Receptionists, allocates regional resources, and supports hiring, onboarding, coaching, and development of facilities staff. It oversees regional vendors, service models, service-level agreements, certificates of insurance, compliance, major repairs, contracts, and expenditures, while partnering with Real Estate leadership on budgeting, cost forecasting, and vendor strategy.

The manager maintains oversight of building systems, emergency preparedness, and life-safety compliance; coordinates with Workplace, Security, and IT on access control, infrastructure, and incident response; and escalates regional risks to senior leadership. The role also supports office expansions, consolidations, relocations, renovations, acquisitions, integrations, and new office launches, ensuring facilities readiness aligns with growth schedules and client experience expectations.

The position is exempt and pays $140,000–$150,000 USD per year. It requires working onsite four days per week. Physical requirements may include prolonged sitting and computer work and the ability to lift up to 15 pounds. Candidates must be at least 18, have unrestricted U.S. work authorization, and be willing to execute the company's Employee Agreement or Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Facilities Management, Engineering, Architecture, Real Estate, Business, or a related field.
• 8–12+ years of progressive experience in facilities management or corporate real estate.
• Demonstrated experience managing multi-site, multi-market facilities operations.
• Strong working knowledge of HVAC systems, building operations, and compliance requirements.
• Proven people-management experience with geographically dispersed teams.
• Financial acumen to evaluate cost-benefit, manage budgets, and support business cases.
• Excellent judgment, discretion, and communication skills in a client-focused environment.
• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States; Corient hires U.S. citizens or permanent residents for U.S. employment opportunities, subject to stated exceptions.
• Must be willing to execute Corient’s Employee Agreement or Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement.

Nice To Haves

• Strategic yet highly operational leadership approach.
• Calm, decisive, and accountable conduct during incidents.
• Ability to partner effectively with Real Estate, Workplace, and executive leadership.
• Detail orientation and ability to identify regional patterns and risks.
• Alignment with Corient’s premium service and UHNW client expectations.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee facilities operations across all offices in the assigned region.
• Serve as the senior regional escalation point for HVAC failures, life-safety issues, and high-impact facilities incidents.
• Ensure consistent execution of preventative maintenance programs and facilities operating standards.
• Partner with Global and Corporate Real Estate teams to implement enterprise initiatives at the regional level.
• Evaluate facilities management effectiveness and identify operational improvements.
• Implement approved building operations, safety, and workplace infrastructure standards, policies, and procedures.
• Promote consistent facilities execution while accounting for market-specific needs.
• Improve response times, service quality, and operational resilience.
• Directly manage and provide facilities-related functional leadership to Office Managers and Receptionists.
• Define roles and accountability, allocate regional resources, and support hiring, onboarding, coaching, and development of regional facilities talent.
• Oversee regional vendor relationships, service models, service expectations, SLAs, COIs, and compliance requirements.
• Review, approve, and monitor major repairs, service contracts, and facilities expenditures.
• Partner with Real Estate leadership on cost forecasting, budgeting, and vendor strategy.
• Maintain regional oversight of critical building systems, emergency preparedness, and life-safety compliance.
• Ensure facilities readiness for emergencies, severe weather, and business continuity scenarios.
• Partner with Workplace, Security, and IT on access control, infrastructure coordination, and incident response.
• Escalate systemic risks and trends to senior leadership with recommendations.
• Support regional office expansions, consolidations, relocations, and renovations.
• Provide facilities leadership during acquisitions, integrations, and new office launches.
• Ensure facilities readiness aligns with growth timelines and client experience expectations.
• Contribute regional insights to enterprise real estate and workplace planning.

Benefits

• 401(k) plan with employer matching.
• Four medical plan options subsidized by Corient.
• Employer-paid dental, vision, life, and AD&D insurance.
• Employer-paid short-term and long-term disability.
• Paid maternity and parental leave.
• Flexible Spending Accounts and Health Savings Accounts.
• Dependent Care FSA.
• Commuter and Transit FSA.
• Corporate discount program (Perkspot).
• Training reimbursement.
• Paid professional designations.
• Volunteer days.

What This Job Offers

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