Real Estate & Workplace Initiatives Manager - Black & Veatch
Overview
Lead strategic initiatives across Black & Veatch's global real estate and workplace portfolio, driving execution of complex programs from concept through completion. Collaborate with cross-functional teams including HR, IT, Finance, and regional leaders to align stakeholders and deliver measurable outcomes. Own governance tools, business cases, and change management activities that shape the employee experience. This role stands out for its direct impact on a 100% employee-owned company's infrastructure and culture.
What You'll Do7
- 1Execute global real estate and workplace initiatives by coordinating workstreams, milestones, and deliverables with cross-functional stakeholders.
- 2Maintain governance tools including project plans, RACI matrices, dependency maps, action registers, and decision logs to track progress and risks.
- 3Support development of business cases, comparing scenarios, cost-benefit framing, timeline impacts, and key assumptions for leadership decisions.
- 4Implement change management activities, including stakeholder coordination, rollout planning, and adoption tracking for new workplace initiatives.
- 5Coordinate with internal teams and vendors to ensure consistent implementation of workplace experience programs and services.
- 6Build scalable playbooks, templates, and standard operating toolkits for repeatable programs such as moves, office readiness, and workplace rollouts.
- 7Step in to support miscellaneous tasks and emerging priorities across Real Estate, Workplace, and Facilities as business needs evolve.
Requirements8
- 15+ years supporting or coordinating cross-functional programs in real estate, workplace, or similar environments.
- 22+ years supporting organizational change initiatives, with familiarity with Prosci or ADKAR methodologies.
- 3Bachelor's degree in real estate, architecture, project management, or related field, or equivalent experience.
- 4Demonstrated ability to coordinate multiple workstreams and deliver outcomes in ambiguous settings.
- 5Strong analytical skills, including preparing executive-ready summaries and reporting.
- 6Experience with workplace analytics and portfolio metrics is preferred.
- 7Experience supporting IWMS, space reservation tools, and ServiceNow workflows is preferred.
- 8Proven track record in workplace, real estate, or corporate transformations.
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