Senior Workplace Manager
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About the Role
JLL is hiring a Senior Workplace Manager in Riyadh to lead workplace environments, oversee operations, and optimize corporate workplaces across multiple locations. The role involves managing facility operations, vendor relationships, budgets, and workplace transformation initiatives.
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Responsibilities
- Oversee daily workplace and facility operations including maintenance, security, cleaning, and vendor management
- Manage workplace services such as reception, mail services, catering, and event coordination
- Lead, coach, and develop workplace coordinators, facility technicians, and administrative support staff
- Ensure compliance with health, safety, and regulatory requirements
- Develop and manage workplace services budgets and monitor expenses
- Collaborate with corporate real estate subject matter experts
- Conduct space utilization analysis and lead workplace transformation initiatives
- Partner with HR, IT, procurement, and senior leadership
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in business administration, facilities management, or related field
- 7 10 years of workplace or facilities management experience
- At least 3 years in a senior supervisory role
- Experience managing multi site workplace operations
- Strong knowledge of health, safety, and regulatory compliance
- Proven financial management skills including budgeting and cost control
- Strong project management experience
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
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What this job involves
- As a Senior Workplace Manager at JLL, you will be responsible for shaping and leading workplace environments that enable people and organizations to perform at their best. You will oversee the strategic planning, operations, and optimization of corporate workplaces across multiple locations, ensurin
What your day to day will look like
- Oversee daily workplace and facility operations, including maintenance, security, cleaning, and vendor management across assigned locations.
- Manage workplace services such as reception, mail services, catering, and event coordination to ensure seamless employee experience.
- Lead, coach, and develop workplace coordinators, facility technicians, and administrative support staff, fostering teams where everyone is empowered to thrive.
- Ensure compliance with health, safety, and regulatory requirements, maintain consistent standards and operating procedures.
- Develop and manage workplace services budgets, monitor expenses, and identify cost optimization opportunities without compromising service quality.
- Collaborate closely with corporate real estate subject matter experts, including transaction management and occupancy planning teams.
- Conduct space utilization analysis and lead workplace transformation initiatives, including hybrid work models, space reconfiguration, and technology integration.
- Partner with HR, IT, procurement, and senior leadership, reflecting JLL’s culture of collaboration locally and across the globe.
Required qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration, facilities management, or a related field.
- 7–10 years of workplace or facilities management experience, including at least 3 years in a senior supervisory role.
- Demonstrated experience managing multi site workplace operations and service delivery.
- Strong knowledge of health, safety, and regulatory compliance in corporate environments.
- Proven financial management skills, including budgeting, cost control, and financial reporting.
- Strong project management experience leading complex workplace initiatives.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including executive level engagement.
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