Country Manager Real Estate & Workplace (Offices & R&D Campuses)
Location: Bangalore
Reports to: Asia Pacific Regional Manager, Global Real Estate
Job Summary
The India Country Manager Real Estate & Workplace is responsible for overseeing real estate and facilities operations across a defined cluster of office and R&D sites. The role delivers localized leadership for real estate execution, site operations, and workplace experience while serving as a key connection point between internal business stakeholders, outsourced service providers, and the global real estate team. In addition to ensuring day-to-day operational excellence, the role contributes to global real estate initiatives in sustainability, workplace analytics, and PropTech enablement.
Key Responsibilities
Real Estate & Workplace Operations
- Oversee daily site operations, ensuring safety, compliance, and engaging employee experience
- Manage performance of outsourced facilities providers via a centrally coordinated FM model
- Support real estate transactions, site fit-outs, space changes, and occupancy planning
Stakeholder & Change Management
- Serve as the primary contact for local business leaders and end users
- Lead regional implementation of global workplace strategies and initiatives
- Promote adoption of global standards and support business continuity planning
Sustainability & Compliance
- Champion sustainability efforts at the site level, including energy, water, and waste reduction
- Ensure compliance with internal ESG goals and environmental, health, and safety regulations
Workplace Analytics & PropTech Enablement
- Maintain accurate reporting on occupancy, service metrics, and operating costs
- Provide regional insights to global workplace dashboards and analytics tools
- Support the deployment and adoption of smart workplace and building technologies
Project & Vendor Oversight
- Assist in delivering workplace and facility projects (e.g., renovations, relocations)
- Monitor vendor performance against SLAs, safety, quality, and compliance requirements
Financial Management
- Manage operational expenses in line with established budget, support forecasting/planning
- Support capital projects including development of SOW's, financial planning and stakeholder engagement from project conception through completion
Qualifications & Experience
Required (Core) Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Real Estate, Facilities Management, Engineering, or a related field
- 10+ years experience in real estate and/or facilities management within office and/or R&D environments
- Demonstrated experience managing outsourced FM service providers
- Proven ability to build relationships and influence stakeholders in a matrixed, cross-functional setting
- Strong communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills
- Proficient in Excel, PowerPoint, and real estate/FM systems
- Fluent in English (written and verbal)
- Willingness to travel within India (20%) and collaborate globally across time zones
Preferred (Desirable) Qualifications
- Experience with space planning, lease support, or workplace transformation
- Familiarity with technical or R&D campus environments
- Exposure to sustainability programs, smart building systems, or PropTech tools
- Understanding of global real estate operations and cross-cultural collaboration
- Experience with workplace analytics platforms
- Additional language skills relevant to region/area
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