National K-12 Facilities Management Executive

United States | Remote | Approximately 50% National Travel | Full-Time | Direct Hire

MaxIT Consulting – Max Corporate Group is conducting an executive search for a senior operations leader to oversee a large, geographically distributed Facilities Management organization supporting education-sector operations across the United States.

This role is designed for an experienced executive who has led complex multi-site operations, developed high-performing leadership teams, strengthened client relationships, and driven operational excellence and sustainable growth across large portfolios.

The selected executive will provide strategic and operational leadership across a nationwide Facilities Management organization.

The position combines business strategy, operational performance, people leadership, client engagement, talent development, succession planning, and long-term organizational growth.

Strong candidates will be comfortable operating at both strategic and execution levels, leading geographically dispersed teams while partnering with senior stakeholders and clients.

• Provide strategic leadership for complex, multi-site Facilities Management operations across geographically distributed locations.
• Drive operational excellence, performance improvement, safety, workforce effectiveness, and sustainable long-term growth.
• Lead and develop senior operational leaders and geographically dispersed teams.
• Build strong leadership pipelines through talent development, succession planning, coaching, and performance management.
• Establish clear strategic direction and ensure effective execution across multiple operations and stakeholder groups.
• Develop trusted relationships with clients and senior stakeholders and serve as a strategic advisor on operational priorities and value-driven solutions.
• Partner across functions to improve performance, service delivery, organizational effectiveness, and growth.
• Use operational insights and performance information to identify improvement opportunities and support strategic decision-making.
• Promote accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and high-performance leadership practices.
• Support client retention, expansion, and long-term relationship development through strong operational execution and stakeholder engagement.

• 10+ years of management experience.
• 10+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
• Substantial leadership experience within complex, multi-site or multi-state Facilities Management operations.
• Demonstrated experience leading large, cross-functional and geographically distributed teams.
• Strong record of operational excellence and long-term organizational growth.
• Formal people-management experience with responsibility for leadership development, performance, staffing, engagement, and retention.
• Demonstrated experience with talent development and succession planning.
• Proven ability to build and sustain high-performing leadership teams.
• Strong executive stakeholder and client relationship management capabilities.
• Experience operating as a trusted advisor and developing value-driven solutions for clients and stakeholders.
• Ability to operate effectively across large, distributed organizations and complex operating environments.
• Ability and willingness to travel nationally approximately 50% of the time.

Experience with in K-12 education or education-related Facilities Management is highly relevant, but candidates from other complex multi-site environments may also be considered.

• Integrated Facilities Management
• Institutional or campus operations
• Large-scale property operations
• Healthcare facilities
• Hospitality operations
• Public-sector or nonprofit facilities environments
• Other large, multi-location service organizations

Candidates from adjacent sectors should be able to demonstrate direct ownership of Facilities Management outcomes, distributed operations, leadership teams, client relationships, and organizational performance.

• Strategic vision combined with strong operational execution.
• Leadership of managers and senior operational professionals.
• Experience developing future leaders and succession pipelines.
• Strong executive presence and stakeholder influence.
• A client-focused and trusted-advisor mindset.
• Experience leading transformation, growth, or sustained performance improvement.
• Ability to operate successfully…