Senior Manager, Workplace

AVEVA is creating software trusted by over 90% of leading industrial companies.

Like customer experience, the experience of AVEVA colleagues is an integral focus of our global People strategy. The People Experience team operating model focuses on elevating our employees’ experience in the workplace. In addition, AVEVA seeks to develop physical and digital workplace strategies that future-proof our talent and enhance the ability of our colleagues to do their best work.

As the regional leader of our APAC Workplace Experience team of professionals in 9 countries with 16 offices, you’ll be responsible for all areas of the workplace, including workplace experience, services, facilities management, real estate lease management and fit-out and refurbishment projects, workplace health and safety, and workplace sustainability. In addition, AVEVA is reimagining how we work to support a hybrid work environment, and we are looking for an experienced leader to help take AVEVA’s workplace experience to the next level in the Americas.

You will report to the Global Director of Workplace Experience. As a regional leader, you will advise AVEVA’s executives and senior leaders in the region and key functional partners (People, Internal Communications, Finance, IT, Legal, Sustainability, Risk Management, Office Location Leads) to create an engaging and productive office experience for our employees.

You are an inspirational leader capable of building strong relationship networks, comfortable with outsourced service providers, and who can maneuver through competing priorities by applying rigorous attention to detail and follow-through without losing sight of overarching objectives.

Oversee AVEVA’s office environments in APAC with specific responsibility for workplace experience and facilities management, workplace health and safety, workplace sustainability, and office lease management. Manage and inspire the regional Workplace Experience team and external service providers, ensuring best practices, cost governance, and strategic alignment. Collaboratively progress the strategy, design, and implementation of the workplace experience and supporting real estate strategy to deliver a great workplace experience for AVEVA colleagues.

Deliver the mission of the function to “magnetize the workplace by delivering an amazing workplace experience that creates a space where people want to connect, reenergize, collaborate, and socialize.”

• Strategic management of offices and workplace experience activities in the APAC region– including workplace management, hybrid working strategy enablement), facilities management and workplace health and safety
• Member of the global Workplace Experience and Real Estate Leadership team providing strategic advice on issues, risks, and opportunities related to the function and overall People Experience
• Overseeing global workplace health and safety and Emergency Response Planning
• Lead on large projects and initiatives, with limited guidance from manager, and provide leadership and guidance to regional Workplace Experience team member
• Accountable for local and regional OpEx and Cap Ex budget preparation and managing to the approved budget. Excellent understanding of effective cost management, ensuring service delivery without impacting service levels – the ability to balance spend and service.

• 5+ successful years of progressive corporate experience and leadership roles managing workplaces (office facilities), experience programming and space design, corporate real estate lease management, workplace sustainability, health…