Senior Director, Global Real Estate

🕒 October 7

🐊 Florida, Illinois, +11 more states – Remote

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💵 $184k - $311.1k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

👔 Director

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Avantor

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1904

🏥 Healthcare

🏭 Manufacturing

💼 Consulting

Healthcare • Manufacturing • Consulting

Avantor is a leading life science tools company and global provider of mission-critical products and services to the life sciences and advanced technology industries. The company collaborates with scientists around the world to enable breakthroughs in medicine, healthcare, and technology. Avantor offers a proven portfolio of trusted, quality brands used in research, development, and production activities across more than 300,000 customer locations in 180 countries. It focuses on supporting scientific journeys through reliable products, digital solutions, innovation, and manufacturing facilities. Avantor is committed to sustainability, advancing biopharma, and enhancing scientific collaboration with digital technologies.

📋 Description

• Develop and execute Avantor's global real estate strategy aligned with business growth and operational objectives • Lead portfolio planning, site selection, lease negotiations, acquisitions, dispositions, expansions, consolidations, and facility investments • Establish long-term portfolio roadmaps balancing business needs, risk, flexibility, and cost efficiency • Support mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and integration activities through facility and portfolio assessments • Partner with Finance on investment opportunities, capital plans, financial returns, and lease-versus-own decisions • Monitor portfolio performance through KPIs, dashboards, and governance reviews • Develop and improve enterprise-wide physical security programs with EHS3 leadership • Establish global standards for access control, visitor management, surveillance, perimeter protection, workplace violence prevention, and incident response • Support security risk assessments, audits, investigations, and corrective action planning • Integrate security into emergency preparedness, crisis management, business continuity, and operational resilience programs • Analyze security trends, incidents, and performance metrics to enhance preventative measures • Own the strategy, governance, and continuous improvement of Avantor's Global AI Real Estate Program • Build an integrated view of owned, leased, and 3PL facilities using data, analytics, and AI-driven insights • Use AI and advanced analytics to improve portfolio planning, space utilization, occupancy management, site selection, capital investments, and operational performance • Develop dashboards and decision-support tools covering utilization, costs, performance, risks, and investment opportunities • Identify opportunities involving AI, automation, digital twins, predictive modeling, and GIS technologies • Lead relationships with real estate, facilities, construction, project management, technology, and security service providers • Partner with Strategic Sourcing and Procurement on sourcing, supplier selection, contract negotiations, and performance management • Establish governance, operating models, policies, reporting frameworks, and performance measures • Present portfolio strategies, capital plans, security initiatives, and AI-driven insights to executive leadership • Develop talent, succession plans, and organizational capabilities

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Real Estate, Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Operations, Security Management, or related field • 15+ years of leadership experience in corporate real estate, facilities management, physical security, operations, supply chain, or related disciplines • Experience managing complex global real estate portfolios within manufacturing, life sciences, healthcare, logistics, or similarly regulated industries • Proven success leading real estate transactions, portfolio optimization, capital planning, and facilities operations • Experience developing enterprise physical security programs, including access control, surveillance, risk assessments, and security governance • Experience leading analytics, digital transformation, AI, or technology-enabled business improvement initiatives • Strong financial, strategic planning, and executive communication skills • Demonstrated success leading global teams, external providers, and complex cross-functional initiatives • Experience in life sciences, healthcare, laboratory, biopharmaceutical, or regulated manufacturing environments preferred • Knowledge of GMP, GxP, FDA-regulated, laboratory, and scientific operations preferred • Experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and integration activities preferred • Experience applying AI, machine learning, digital twins, GIS, or predictive analytics to real estate and operational decision-making preferred • Professional certifications such as MCR, SLCR, CFM, CPP, PSP, PMP, or LEED preferred • Strategic planning and portfolio optimization • Executive-level presentation, communication, and influencing skills • Financial analysis, budgeting, capital planning, and business case development • Commercial negotiation and contract management • Leadership of global, cross-functional teams and complex enterprise initiatives • Portfolio analytics, KPI development, and performance management • Decision-making based on quantitative data and business insights • Supplier relationship management and vendor performance oversight

🏖️ Benefits

• Learning experiences to support career growth and success • Diverse, equitable and inclusive culture • Equal employment opportunity protections • Reasonable accommodation during the employment process