10x Genomics is seeking a Senior Director of Global Facilities and Real Estate.

Reporting to the CFO, the successful candidate will be responsible for the global real estate and facilities strategy and overseeing implementations for quality, schedule and costs. Reporting to this person will be approximately 15 employees, including Facilities, Environmental Health, and Safety (EHS), and Physical Security, as well as associated external partners, project managers, contractors, and vendors.

The ideal candidate has demonstrated relevant experience in biotech/life science, management capabilities, and education in areas of real estate and facilities management, including EHS and physical security with an understanding of related business functions. This person has managed the strategic development of global facilities to support 2,000+ employee world class companies.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead Facilities and Real Estate strategy, updating on a quarterly basis, including EHS and physical security, working closely with all departments to determine their requirements.
• Define and analyze multiple strategies that will meet those requirements, and drive the down selection to the implementation plan.
• Plan and resource the facilities strategy, including selection of project managers, architects, contractors, vendors, procurement of buildings, land, and other assets as needed.
• Ensure that programs are running on schedule, at the required quality and meeting budgets.
• Direct facilities day-to-day operations to ensure that the facilities are managed at a high quality standard, developing programs as needed.
• Oversee EHS functions to the expected standards, ensuring that the structure is provided for a safe, compliant workplace.
• Lead physical security functions, maintaining secure facilities and support for all employees.
• Develop and manage the annual operating plan (approximately $32M in 2023) and quarterly forecasts and capital expenditures.
• Communicate effectively with staff, senior management and external partners to ensure that all requirements are understood and being met.
• Partner with multiple departments within the company, balancing requirements to control expenditures with providing world-class facilities and programs.
• Provide positive leadership to the facilities and real estate team.

Job Requirements

• 10+ years of relevant experience developing facilities and infrastructure to support a global staff of 1,000+ employees with a path to a 10,000+ employee company.
• Degreed education in relevant areas such as architecture design, building construction, and program management.
• Ability to manage both office space and diverse range of lab and manufacturing space associated with life sciences. These lab spaces include engineering, optics, chemistry, biochemistry (BSL 1 and 2), clean-room manufacturing, warehousing, freezer storage, and shipping/receiving.
• Experience in managing multiple locations, including international.
• Experience in facilities procurement, lease negotiation, design and permitting, construction management.
• Demonstrated management of vendors and outside partners to meet requirements.
• In-depth understanding of lease terminology and contracts.
• Robust leadership skills, including guiding diverse functions.
• Superior oral and written communication and collaboration skills.
• Strong teamwork with planning and organization skills.
• Ability to handle multiple and divergent tasks.
• Proficient in Google Suite, Microsoft Office and applications that relate to real estate and facilities.
• Ability to travel internationally.

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