About the Role:
As a CBRE Sr IFM Director, you will serve as the primary client contact for the delivery of facilities management, workplace experience and engineering services for a client in the Bay Area. This is an onsite/in office position.
What You'll Do:
- Provide formal supervision to employees. Monitor the training and development of staff. Conduct performance evaluations and coaching. Oversee the recruiting and hiring of new employees.
- Coordinate and manage the team's daily activities. Establish work schedules, assign tasks, and cross-train staff. Set and track staff and department deadlines. Mentor and coach as needed.
- Direct facility management staff to deliver service levels within the budget to the client.
- Review client's strategic plans for appropriate staffing levels to meet expectations.
- Review capital project and operating budget reports for multiple properties.
- Create action plans to improve financial positions and manages negotiations for contract services.
- Review various facilities management reports.
- Meet with client management team and appropriate departments to discuss, resolve and discrepancies.
- Apply deep knowledge of multiple disciplines, broad industry knowledge, and commercial awareness. Drive financial and functional performance within disciplines and across business.
- Lead by example and model behaviors that are consistent with CBRE RISE values.
- Negotiate with senior management, customers, and external parties of divergent interests to reach an agreement of strategic importance while being guided by the business segment and the organization's functional strategy.
- Conceptualize new methods, techniques, processes, and standards across job disciplines or functions.
- Direct the resolution of highly complex or unusual business problems by applying advanced critical thinking.
- Bay Area travel expected 25%
What You'll Need:
- Bachelor's Degree preferred with 12-15 years of relevant experience. In lieu of a degree, a combination of experience and education will be considered.
- Experience in the areas of staffing, selection, training, development, coaching, mentoring, measuring, appraising, and rewarding performance and retention is preferred.
- Ability to exchange sensitive, complicated, and difficult information, convey performance expectations and handle problems. Leadership skills to motivate the team to achieve broad operational targets with impacts on own job discipline, multiple job disciplines, and department.
- In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Examples include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.
- Expert organizational skills with an unrivaled inquisitive mindset.
- Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future
CBRE carefully considers multiple factors to determine compensation, including a candidate's education, training, and experience. The minimum salary for the position is $255,000 annually and the maximum salary for the position is $285,000 annually. The compensation that is offered to a successful candidate will depend on the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience. Successful candidates will also be eligible for a discretionary bonus based on CBRE's applicable benefit program.
The application window is anticipated to close on May 25, 2026 and may be extended as needed. Or to express interest in similar roles, visit CBRE.com/careers.
CBRE GWS
CBRE Global Workplace Solutions (GWS) works with clients to make real estate a meaningful contributor to organizational productivity and performance. Our account management model is at the heart of our client-centric approach to delivering integrated real estate solutions. Each client is entrusted with a dedicated leader and is supported by regional and global resources, leveraging the industry's most robust platform. CBRE GWS delivers consistent, measurably superior outcomes for our clients at every stage of the lifecycle, and across industries and geographies.
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