Corporate Real Estate, Logistics & Housing Director - North America

Job Description

About Atos

Atos is a global leader in digital transformation with over 110,000 employees in 73 countries and annual revenue of over € 11 billion. European number one in Cloud, Cybersecurity and High-Performance Computing, the Group provides end-to-end Orchestrated Hybrid Cloud, Big Data, Business Applications and Digital Workplace solutions. The group is the Worldwide Information Technology Partner for the Olympic & Paralympic Games and operates under the brands Atos, Atos Syntel, and Unify. Atos is a SE (Societas Europaea), listed on the CAC40 Paris stock index.

The purpose of Atos is to help design the future of the information technology space. Its expertise and services support the development of knowledge, education as well as multicultural and pluralistic approaches to research that contribute to scientific and technological excellence. Across the world, the group enables its customers, employees and collaborators, and members of societies at large to live, work and develop sustainably and confidently in the information technology space.

Title: Corporate Real Estate & Workplace Strategies Director - North America

Location: Irving, TX

Summary:

Are you ready for your next exciting career opportunity? We are seeking a hardworking Director to lead our Real Estate & Facilities team! In this position, you will create and implement the North American strategy (including footprint rationalization) and effectively lead the real estate and facilities function.

Key responsibilities:

• Build and deliver the Logistics, Housing & Real Estate Strategic plan.
• In line with strategic objectives, enhance strategic plan: rationalization, reduction of office space, consolidation of Data Centers, alignment plan further to M&A transactions, improvement of working conditions, Wellbeing@Work, etc.
• Create individual business cases for each project and follow through to strategic plan execution

Real Estate:

• Handle business requirements relating to Real Estate (new/increased/reduced surfaces, etc.) through proposals from the market
• Manage relationships with external brokers and Real Estate services providers
• Perform Real Estate portfolio due diligence operations for M&A transactions
• Budget construction and validation with Controlling
• Support HR in relationship with workers council, through supplying relevant information on RE portfolio/projects
• Validation of lease contracts/amendments/notices for sites in GBU scope

Harvest (Atos Real Estate) database:

• Update and maintenance of Group Real Estate global database for GBU in scope

Road to Agile Competitiveness & Excellence (RACE) Program – R3 Stream:

• Overall responsibility of R3 stream for North America
• Set up & execution of cost savings as per R3 leader targets, in close co-operation with North American RACE leader
• Report monthly status of savings plan execution to R3 leaders
• Track savings compared to budget and actuals

Spend Control Board (SCB) and Global Investment Committee (GIC):

• Business case and documentation preparation for RE-related SCB topics
• Presentation of business cases to GRE and Group Investment Committee

Minimum Requirements

• 5 years+ of experience in the real estate industry or related experience
• Real Estate Portfolio management experience, including data center facilities
• Demonstrated ability to engage service providers and vendors to provide solutions
• Track record of negotiation experience in real estate, construction and facilities contracts, as well as project management
• Experience in people management (vertical and horizontal), including mentoring and developing teams
• Excellent written and verbal communicator who can earn the trust of colleagues and management
• Experience in developing and executing related projects on schedule and within budget

Preferred

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree
• Industry accreditations
• Background in information technology organizations, including Data Centers

Here at Atos, we want all of our employees to feel valued, appreciated, and free to be who they are at work. Our employee lifecycle processes are designed to prevent discrimination against our people regardless of gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, citizenship, or any other aspect which makes them unique. Across the globe, we have created a variety of programs to embed our Atos culture of inclusivity, and work hard to ensure that all of our employees have an equal opportunity to contribute and feel that they are exactly where they belong.