Vice President/Senior Corporate Real Estate Workplace Designer/Planner – Citi Realty Services (Tampa)

Primary Location: United States,Florida,Tampa
Education: Bachelor’s Degree
Job Function: Operations
Schedule: Full-time
Shift: Day Job
Employee Status: Regular
Travel Time: Yes, 25 % of the Time
Job ID: 17046943
Description

Job Summary Under the direction of the Global Real Estate Design and Planning Manager, Senior Workplace Designer will be involved in managing incoming and outgoing drawings of the contracted third party vendors and product suppliers, assisting with the development and preparation of scheme designs, detail specific project requirements and contribute to the successful implementation of alternative and agile workplace strategies. This individual will support the creative development of clear and consistent design strategies for the successful execution and delivery of design projects. In this role he/she will provide support to the development of new workplace strategies, gather projected headcount forecasting, analyze data, and propose space strategies. Other responsibilities include evaluating current and proposed workplace strategies, coordinating with internal partners to ensure that workplace solutions address changing business demands and align with workplace design and standards.

Job Description :Responsibilities:
Acts as the primary contact and project design lead on corporate projects to ensure timely and successful implementation of space & occupancy planning initiatives that are compliant with global corporate guidelines.

Develops preliminary design concepts, defines program requirements and recommended work settings in combination with strategic portfolio and space analytics. Provides recommendations specific to furniture, technologies and other infrastructure as it relates to alternative workplace strategies in place.

Assists with the implementation of alternative and agile workplace strategies in alignment with corporate and business unit objectives including integrating and managing workplace outcomes with business and financial targets. Establishing integrated workplace requirements, including supporting the sustainable delivery of change for the business.

Maintains end to end Workplace Design Standards control to ensure guidelines are implemented to specifications, space efficiency, level of quality, costs and design intent.

Develops and implements a change management strategy that supports the Global Workplace Design Guidelines

Establishes design related requirements for completed projects to document the project history and creates a database for design related information

Manages and provides design support and guidance to project management by interfacing with the external design team to address and communicate design related issues

Drives value engineering exercises to continuously improve Standards and mitigate unnecessary costs

Identifies and validates existing organizational requirements and work space needs including utilization, growth forecasting, specialized requirements, head and seat counts and employee requirements at the business and employee level.

Measures and analyzes workplace effectiveness through discussion, site observation, space utilization and benchmarking studies. Identifies work styles, employee and space barriers to productivity and overall attitude towards change.

Develops and facilitates client workshops / visioning sessions at the local level and assists with the information sharing at the regional and portfolio levels to be incorporated into multiple location strategies.

Assists in developing site-specific Planning Strategies with Senior Leadership.

Conducts space layout (test fits, use of space guidelines, office eligibility) and compliance reviews.

Supports the execution of migration planning activity which include, but are not limited to the development of migration and phasing plans, stack and block plans, test-fits and collection and analysis of data related to the user requirements.

Benchmarks specific metrics to gauge variations/deviations in cost, quantity, efficiency, and productivity across the corporate portfolio.

Keeps up to date with emerging trends and insights with regards to workplace strategy, design and best practices.

Leads milestone meetings with internal / external team members and project stakeholders.

Produce metrics to align corporate planning with goals

Incorporate sustainability strategy and green building best practices into design and construction projects

Support the development of dashboard reporting, executive summaries, and monitor progress against plan

Perform other duties, as assigned.
Qualifications

Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Interior Design or Architecture from an accredited school. Graduate degree in related fields such as Facility Management, Facility/Space Planning, Real Estate or related field is preferred

Must be able to demonstrate at least 10 years of direct experience in commercial architecture, interior design, workplace planning and programming, building construction, life safety and building codes and migration management; 2-3 years of global corporate real estate and/or financial services experience preferred

Applied knowledge of alternative and agile workplace strategies and concepts, with the ability to communicate how business needs are changing and how people, places and technologies drive change within the workplace. Experience with Fintech focused agile space solutions preferred.

Knowledge in programming, project planning and design at the regional and global levels with the ability to create effective solutions meeting universal design and building code requirements while incorporating workplace strategies and sustainable design principles and practices.

Knowledge of the construction industry best practices and standard procedures, building infrastructure and its affect from a planning perspective.

Understanding of facilities management considerations

Strong understanding of system furniture and components

Excellent working knowledge of the commercial furniture industry and related supply chain.

Excellent knowledge of and skills in utilizing AutoCAD software. Additional knowledge of Revit, Sketch-up, Visio, InDesign is preferred

Proficiency in Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Project) and industry standard project management tools

Ability to comfortably interface with all levels of management and to work on multiple projects simultaneously in a fast paced environment

Excellent oral and written presentation skills

Strong leadership and relationship management skills.

Excels at problem solving with excellent analytical, interpersonal and communication skills.

Process orientated and capacity to assess and shift priorities as required in order to ensure deadlines are met.

Understanding of CAFM/IWMS software

Licenses and/or Professional Accreditation

LEED AP, WELL AP, Prosci, IFMA SFP and / or CoreNet MCR designation is preferred

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