Position Summary:

The Director, Real Estate Delivery – Americas is accountable for theend‑to‑endexecution of real estate transactions, projects, and portfolio initiativesacross the Americas region. This role leads regional delivery teams and partners to execute DPS’s global real estate strategy with speed, discipline, and financial rigor, while ensuring compliance with governance, standards, and approval frameworks.

Operating as theprimary execution owner for the Americas, this role translates global strategy and standards intoon‑the‑grounddelivery, balancing business urgency, cost discipline, and risk management across a diverse portfolio of office, R&D, manufacturing, and residential assets.The role partners closely with business, operations, finance, and EHSS leaders to support business continuity,workplace effectiveness, andlong‑terminfrastructure strategy, including growth, transformation, and portfolio optimization initiatives.

Scope of Role:

• Regional portfolio:Americas portionof ~63DPSproperties

• Functional scope:Transaction management, project execution, regional portfolio delivery, lease administration, compliance

• Geographic reach:North America and Latin America

• Authority:Regional delivery ownership and execution accountability within global governance, standards, and approval frameworks

Key Responsibilities: 

Regional Real Estate Delivery Leadership: 

• Own and lead real estate delivery across the Americas, ensuring transactions and projects are executed on time, on budget, and to standard. 

• Serve as the single point of accountability for regional execution performance. 

• Lead and develop regional RE delivery teams and matrixed partners. 

• Drive standardization, governance, and best‑practice sharing across RE delivery teams to improve speed, quality, and controls. 

Transaction & Portfolio Execution:

• Execute real estate transactions includingleases, renewals, expansions, exits, dispositions, and residential housing arrangements.

• Partner with Governance & Strategy onbusiness cases, approvals, and prioritization, ensuring alignment to global strategy.

• Manage lease administration activities and ensureaccuratedocumentation and compliance.

Project Execution & Performance Management:

• Overseeproject executionacross the region, ensuring adherence to scope, cost, schedule, and quality expectations.

• Applybest practices, standardized delivery models, and performance management disciplinesacross projects.

• Identifyand proactively manage execution risks and issues.

Strategic Space & Site Delivery: 

• Deliverstrategic space planning and site initiativesaligned toworkplace standards and portfolio strategy.

• Partner with Property Services and FM to ensure seamless handoff from project delivery to operations.

• Support site changes, consolidations, expansions, and relocations.

Compliance & Governance Adherence: 

• Ensure all regional activitiescomply withglobal RE governance,approvalthresholds, and controls.

• Act as the regional escalation point for compliance, execution risk, and delivery challenges.

• Maintainaudit‑readydocumentation and adherence to internal controls.

• Deliver projects and services in compliance with applicablesafety, quality, regulatory, and company standards; partner with EHSS to embed safe execution.

Stakeholder & Supplier Management: 

• Partner closely with: 

• Global RE Governance & Strategy

• Property Services

• Strategic Supplier Management

• Finance, Legal, Procurement, and Business Leaders

• Drive accountability fromthird‑partyproviders delivering regional RE services.

• Influence and align senior stakeholders through clear executive communication, decision support, and change leadership.

Core Capabilities: 

• Regional real estate delivery leadership 

• Transaction and lease execution 

• Project delivery and performance management 

• Portfolio execution and site delivery 

• Financial and business case discipline 

• Risk identification and mitigation 

• Stakeholder and vendor management 

Competencies & Skills: 

Execution Leadership 

• Strong bias toward delivery, accountability, and results. 

• Ability to managemultiple, concurrent initiativesacross a large region.

Commercial & Financial Acumen 

• Solid understanding ofreal estate economics, lease structures, and project financials.

• Experience managing cost, schedule, and scopetrade‑offs.

Influence & Collaboration 

• Proven ability to work effectively in amatrixed global organization.

• Strong communicationskills with business, functional, and executive stakeholders.

Judgment & Problem Solving 

• Sounddecision‑makingunder time pressure and ambiguity.

• Ability toanticipaterisks and drive practical solutions.

Experience & Education  

• 12+ years of experience in corporate real estate delivery, tran