Sr Manager, Real Estate and Workplace

What You Will Do

Team & Program Leadership

• Lead the Real Estate & Workplace team (operations, facilities, mail, logistics, culinary, janitorial) as deputy lead, balancing competing priorities with long-term focus.
• Manage projects end to end, including portfolio administration, R&D lab build-outs, workplace programs, and occupancy data.

Strategic Space Planning & Occupancy Analysis

• Own headcount and occupancy analysis, turning hiring plans and growth into space strategy, capacity models, and scenarios.
• Drive long-range workplace strategy and partner with Finance and Analytics on forecasting and tradeoff recommendations to leadership.

Vendor, Contract & Budget Management

• Manage vendors, consultants, landlords, and GCs with negotiation and financial accountability.
• Own budget tracking, forecasting, and RFPs with Purchasing and Finance, and oversee lease transactions end to end with Legal and Risk.

Cross-Functional Partnership

• Act as the connective tissue across IT, Engineering, Purchasing, Finance, Legal/Compliance, Analytics, and G&A.
• Support Executive Assistants on space, logistics, and events, and communicate credibly with landlords, brokers, executives, and building inspectors.

Technical R&D Project Delivery & Operations

• Coordinate lab infrastructure and equipment installs with Engineering and vendors.
• Partner with the IT and EHS & Security Manager on life-safety and compliance, and serve as a point of contact for after-hours facilities emergencies.

Process Governance & Data Enablement

• Implement standard PM frameworks, ticketing, and KPI/milestone dashboards.
• Adopt new technology and AI-assisted tools to streamline workflows as the portfolio grows.

What You Will Bring

• 7+ years of progressive real estate, workplace, or facilities operations experience, with demonstrated growth from individual execution into a leadership scope.
• Track record leading teams and operating as a trusted second-in-command.
• Comfortable partnering across IT, Engineering, Finance, Legal, and Purchasing, and communicating credibly from AHJs to executives.
• Working knowledge of commercial leases, vendor contracts, and budget/financial management.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and fast-changing priorities; adaptable to new technology, software, and AI-assisted tools.
• Familiarity with EHS, physical security concepts, and specialized lab/R&D infrastructure preferred (this role partners with a dedicated EHS & Security Manager rather than owning those programs directly).
• Experience scaling high-tech, EV, or R&D lab environments strongly preferred.
• Able to respond to occasional off-hours emergencies.

Additional information

The salary for this position ranges from $200,000 - $220,000 per year, depending on experience, qualifications, and location.

Perks and Benefits

• Robust health coverage. Excellent health, dental and vision insurance covered up to 100% by Also. with FSA & HSA options.
• One Medical membership and dedicated insurance advocates.
• Rich fertility and family building benefits with Progyny.
• Flexible time off.
• 401(k) match.

• Why ALSO.
• We’re passionate about helping the world find a better way to get there-wherever it is you’re headed.
• We’re located in the heart of Silicon Valley and have brought together a world-class team from some of the biggest brands in the technology, automotive, cycling, outdoor recreation and retail spaces.
• Together we’re working hands-on to imagine, design and build an entirely new solution to a global set of transportation challenges.