Director, Real Estate Category Management

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Iron Mountain is seeking a highly strategic Director of the Real Estate Category to join our Global Procurement team. In this highly visible role, you will be responsible for defining and executing a global real estate procurement category strategy to drive significant cost optimization, operational efficiency, and enhanced supplier performance for our real estate footprint.

The Global Procurement group is pivoting from region-only support to a category-focused structure, leveraging Iron Mountain’s full scale against its global supply base.

• Lead global Real Estate & Facilities procurement strategy, owning end‑to‑end category development for leases, facilities services, construction, and infrastructure across a global portfolio.

• Drive measurable cost optimization and value creation across OPEX and CAPEX, including lease negotiations, site rationalization, portfolio strategy, construction sourcing, and facilities services while balancing service quality and risk.

• Serve as the primary procurement interface to a highly mature managed service provider, establishing governance, RACI models, SLAs, KPIs, and performance management frameworks.

• Partner closely with Real Estate, Facilities, Legal, Finance, and executive leadership to align sourcing strategies with business, operational, and location strategies, influencing decisions on acquisitions, exits, and long‑term capital commitments.

• Lead complex sourcing initiatives including RFPs, competitive bidding, benchmarking, market analysis, and supplier risk management for leases, construction projects, and facilities services.

• Build and lead a high‑performing global team while fostering a data‑driven, performance‑oriented procurement culture and contributing to broader Procurement transformation initiatives.

• Deep expertise in Real Estate and Facilities procurement within large, multinational or Fortune 500 environments, with hands‑on experience across leases, portfolio transactions, facilities services, and construction/infrastructure sourcing.

• Strong commercial and financial acumen, including lease structures (gross/net), long‑term financial modeling, CAPEX/OPEX controls, tax implications, early exit strategies, and construction change‑order management.

• Proven experience working with managed service providers (e.g., CBRE, JLL or similar), including negotiating contracts, managing SLAs/KPIs, auditing invoices, and driving supplier accountability.

• Demonstrated success leading global category strategies that materially impact the total cost envelope of a corporate real estate footprint, including site rationalization and portfolio optimization.

• Executive presence with strong influencing and negotiation skills, comfortable operating in opaque environments, managing critical conversations, and presenting complex, data‑backed recommendations to senior leadership.

• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or postgraduate degree preferred. Professional certification in procurement or supply chain (e.g., CPSM, CIPS) is beneficial. English fluency required.

• Competitive compensation and benefits aligned with your experience.

• Paid time off/holidays to support your work‑life balance.

• Remote work option to support work‑life balance.

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