Sr. Manager of Corporate Real Estate

Overview

As a senior leader, leads the Corporate Real Estate (CRE) portfolio, responsible for IDA’s leased and owned facilities in Virginia and provides advisory oversight of IDA-owned facilities in New Jersey, Maryland and California. Ensures that IDA buildings and their services meet the needs of an evolving workforce. Plays an integral role in planning for the acquisition of new facilities, whether owned or leased.

Within areas of responsibilities, proposes and enforces policies and practices, develops and drives the execution of the CRE indirect budget and the IDA facilities capital budget; and is responsible for hiring, developing and performance management of CRE staff.

The Sr. Manager of Corporate Real Estate serves as the primary position responsible for overseeing the following corporate functions:

• Corporate Real Estate Management
  • Responsible for long range real estate portfolio planning & strategy to meet current and future facilities requirements for all of IDA’s business units and locations – HQ, Systems & Analyses Center, Science & Technology Policy Institute, and the Center for Communication and Computing.
  • Responsible for direction and administration of leased facilities and associated lease agreements.
  • Responsible for active vendor management, oversight and performance monitoring of all subcontracted services in support of IDA facilities to include –Engineering & Maintenance, Janitorial, Grounds;
    Food Services;
    Production/Reproduction Services;
    Transportation Services;
    Facilities Management;
    Design Planning and Construction.
  • Assesses management practices against industry benchmarks to incorporate relevant modifications to IDA’s practices.
  • Provides direction and execution for improvements or changes as may be required for compliance, cost, or improved service.
  • Coordinates with other units within IDA, formulates or reviews policies and practices for CRE services; ensures prompt and efficient implementation, recommending use of in-house or contractor resources as appropriate.
  • Works with brokers, developers, and other representatives as IDA’s primary POC to advance CRE objectives.
  • Serves as the primary POC and relationship manager with local authorities and code enforcement officials to promote IDA in the local community.
  • Provides updates, recommendations, and endorsements to IDA senior leadership and board of trustees on all areas related to real property management and capital projects.
  • Directs the formulation and execution of all non-IT capital budgets.
• Space Management
  • Provides space management policies, procedures and protocols to enable effective and efficient space management primarily at the HQ/ SAC locations. Works with other locations to provide guidance and advice on space management best practices.
  • Partners effectively with other members of IDA leadership to actively manage the assignment of space, both office and non-office, to provide transparent and near real time usage data.
  • Maintains master list of office/space assignments for SAC, STPI and HQ facilities.
  • Ensures that efficient and effective utilization of leased and owned building space is achieved through forecasting demand, monitoring usage and, in coordination with affected leadership, planning and initiating facility modifications as needed to adapt to changing needs of IDA’s evolving workforce.
  • Directs the allocation of resources in space planning to meet business needs to include feasibility studies, space usage practices, and design against designated program for new construction and renovation.
• Building Engineering, Operations and Maintenance Management
  • Provides leadership and direction over the company’s building engineering and maintenance program as executed by both in house and outsourced vendors at the company’s 4 properties through sponsorship of a high performance and continuous process improvement culture driven by metrics, benchmarking and advocating best practices.
  • Provides governance and the technical interface with integrated facilities management (IFM) providers ures company interests and requirements are met through both frequent and periodic meetings, audits, and reviews of the IFM provider’s…