Manager, Real Estate – Facilities

🕒 April 30

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Cohere

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11 - 50 employees

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

🏢 Enterprise

☁️ SaaS

Artificial Intelligence • Enterprise • SaaS

Cohere is a leading enterprise AI platform optimized for generative AI, search and discovery, and advanced retrieval. The company offers AI-powered applications designed to augment and elevate the global workforce, helping businesses thrive in the AI era. Cohere provides solutions such as embedding and reranking models, allowing enterprises to efficiently retrieve information and build powerful applications. The company offers flexible deployment options for enterprise-grade AI, on any cloud or on-premises, and provides extensive developer resources and support. Cohere is committed to scaling intelligence to serve humanity, making intelligence abundant, affordable, and accessible.

📋 Description

• Lead all lease negotiations, renewals, and terminations for our global portfolio • Manage and optimize our relationship with JLL as our global brokerage partner • Align headcount vs. office space strategy with FP&A and HR on budget parameters, ensuring offices are managed accordingly • Conduct market analysis and site selection in conjunction with the Head of Procurement, HR and Leadership for new locations and expansions • Oversee portfolio performance metrics and financial reporting • Manage real estate budget for the company • Negotiate contracts with vendors for cleaning, security, maintenance, and other facility services • Manage vendor relationships (including JLL as a key vendor partner), performance evaluations, and continuous improvement initiatives • Consolidate and streamline FM services across all office locations • Direct physical security operations and compliance across all sites • Develop and implement facilities policies, procedures, and sustainability initiatives • Manage facility budgets, capital planning, and expense optimization • Oversee facility moves, reconfigurations, and workplace experience enhancements • Ensure compliance with building codes, safety regulations, and lease agreements

🎯 Requirements

• 8-10 years in combined real estate and facilities management • Demonstrated success managing relationships with global brokerage firms and vendors • Strong background in commercial lease negotiation and administration • Ability to link operational decisions to business strategy and growth objectives • Experience managing budgets in partnership with FP&A to ensure budget control and optimization • Experience managing real estate/facilities across multiple locations (preferred) • CPM, CFM, or similar professional designations (preferred) • Experience with FM software, lease management systems, and data analytics (preferred)

🏖️ Benefits

• An open and inclusive culture and work environment • Work closely with a team on the cutting edge of AI research • Weekly lunch stipend, in-office lunches & snacks • Full health and dental benefits, including a separate budget to take care of your mental health • 100% Parental Leave top-up for up to 6 months • Personal enrichment benefits towards arts and culture, fitness and well-being, quality time, and workspace improvement • Remote-flexible, offices in Toronto, New York, San Francisco, London and Paris, as well as a co-working stipend • 6 weeks of vacation (30 working days!)