Director, Global Facilities Management Projects

Role Description

Exciting Opportunity for a Global Project Manager to Build Process and Standardization Across the Globe:

• Responsible for leading the global FM Projects organization, overseeing the strategy, development, and execution of facilities projects across the enterprise.
• Develop the short-term and long-term strategic direction for the global FM Projects organization, ensuring standardized, efficient, and high-quality project delivery across 5,000+ annual projects and approximately $1B in annual spend.
• Establish the FM Projects Center of Excellence (COE), drive enterprise-wide standardization, and ensure seamless alignment with the Project Delivery (PD) model to deliver high-quality, efficient, and predictable project outcomes for clients and site-level stakeholders.
• This position aligns with regional FM leadership on the delivery of projects and transitioning a standard Community of Practice from the COE to each region.
• This role partners with each Business Unit to understand current delivery performance and requirements, align best practices, and simplify and standardize future delivery.

What You Will Do:

• Strategic Leadership – Long‑Term and Short‑Term:
  • Develop and execute the long‑term global strategy for Facilities Management Projects, ensuring alignment with organizational goals, business growth, capital planning, and long-range operational needs.
  • Establish the short‑term strategic priorities required to accelerate transformation, improve delivery effectiveness, and meet annual project execution targets.
  • Identify emerging trends, operational risks, capacity gaps, and innovation opportunities to guide strategic adjustments over multi‑year horizons.
  • Build a long‑term capability roadmap for the FM Projects organization, including talent development, technology adoption, process innovation, and scalability.
  • Partner with Business Unit finance and capital planning on annual operating plans, budget planning, and performance forecasts that align short‑term objectives with long‑term strategic direction.
• Operational Leadership & Organizational Management:
  • Lead the global Facilities Management Projects COE team, and support the network of FM Project resources, including 16 subregional leaders and more than 200 internal and external project managers.
  • Oversee delivery of 5,000+ annual projects representing over $1B in spend, ensuring compliance, governance, and alignment with enterprise priorities.
  • Strategically right-size and optimize delivery teams and third‑party providers; identify gaps and build flexible resourcing models that scale with project volume.
• FM Projects Center of Excellence (COE):
  • Build and lead the FM Projects COE to establish best practices, standardized processes, solution frameworks, and enterprise reporting.
  • Create a common global language through a data dictionary, project playbooks, defined standard work, and consistent guidelines.
• Transformation, Change Management & Standard Project Delivery Adoption:
  • Assist in the development of a transformation team focused on change management, communication, and site-level adoption to ensure a consistent project delivery experience.
  • Partner with regional leadership on the development of regional Community of Practices, compliant with the standards and north star developed within the COE.
  • Drive initiatives that reduce complexity, standardize workflows, improve efficiency, and strengthen global alignment.
• Process, Tools, and Delivery Excellence:
  • Collaborate with Project Delivery (PD) to establish integrated, seamless end-to-end project delivery.
  • Partner with PD on development of estimating tools, cost-history databases, and streamlined estimating processes.
  • Implement standardized dashboards, reporting, and performance metrics to enhance governance and enable data-driven decision-making.
  • Establish project closeout requirements including punch-list completion, handoffs to operations, as-built documentation, and warranty tracking.
  • Develop standard intake processes to streamline front-end process and simplify customer requests.
• Governance, Communication & Stakeholder Alignment:
  • Provide executive-level reporting and performance insights to senior leaders.
  • Ensure global consistency in project delivery methodology, communication, and stakeholder engagement.
  • Maintain strong partnerships across operations, real estate, finance, procurement, PD, and regional leadership.

Travel up to 20-30% domestic and international.

Qualifications

• Typically 14+ years’ Project Management Experience Leading and Developing Global Teams.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, Facilities Management, Business Administration or a related field or equivalent combination of related work experience and schooling in lieu of degree.
• 14+ years’ experience developing both long-term strategic plans and short-term execution frameworks.
• Experience leading global teams and third-party delivery partners.
• Experience driving transformation, standardization, and operational excellence.

Requirements

• Experience in global corporate real estate, multi-site operations, or industrial environments.
• Familiarity with integrated project delivery systems, BI tools, and portfolio management platforms.
• Ability to travel up to 20-30% domestic and international.

Benefits

• Robust total rewards package with compensation; healthcare, wellness, retirement and work/life benefits; career development and recognition programs.
• Parental (including paternal) leave.
• Flexible work schedules.
• Achievement awards.
• Educational assistance.
• Child/adult backup care.