Resident District Manager
$131,000–$150,000 year
On-siteGeneva, New York, United States
Job Summary
Serve as the primary executive liaison to university leadership, shaping long-term facilities strategy, operational priorities, and capital planning initiatives. Lead a multi-disciplinary IFM organization encompassing physical plant, custodial, grounds, environmental health & safety, energy management, and construction services. Oversee a combined operating and capital portfolio exceeding $9M annually, ensuring rigorous financial controls, forecasting accuracy, and contract compliance. Develop multi-year financial plans, lifecycle asset strategies, and capital investment recommendations aligned with client priorities and Sodexo performance commitments. Provide executive oversight for all facilities operations, ensuring safe, reliable, and high-performing campus environments. Lead complex construction, renovation, and infrastructure projects from concept through closeout. Build and maintain trusted partnerships with C-suite leaders, faculty, staff, students, and union representatives. Position functions as the central point of contact for one complex account with multiple locations, overseeing performance of unit management including budget development, client relations, sales, and profitability.
Required Qualifications
- Executive-level leadership capability
- Strategic direction setting
- Operational excellence management
- Financial stewardship
- Long-term partnership development
- Visionary IFM leadership
- Deep expertise in complex operations
- Strong command of financial and contractual governance
- Ability to influence decisions at the highest levels of the organization
- Experience guiding a large, unionized workforce
- Collaboration with C-suite executives, trustees, and senior administrators
- Supporting academic mission, sustainability goals, and long-range capital strategy
- Primary executive liaison to university leadership
- Shaping long-term facilities strategy
- Operational priorities management
- Capital planning initiatives
- Multi-disciplinary IFM organization management
- Physical plant oversight
- Custodial services oversight
- Grounds management
- Environmental health & safety oversight
- Energy management oversight
- Construction services oversight
- Combined operating and capital portfolio management exceeding $9M annually
- Rigorous financial controls
- Forecasting accuracy
- Contract compliance
- Multi-year financial plans development
- Lifecycle asset strategies
- Capital investment recommendations
- Executive oversight for all facilities operations
- Ensuring safe, reliable, and high-performing campus environments
- Leading complex construction, renovation, and infrastructure projects from concept through closeout
- Alignment with institutional goals and regulatory requirements
- Building and maintaining trusted partnerships with C-suite leaders, faculty, staff, students, and union representatives
- Central point of contact for one complex account with multiple locations
- Possibly multiple contracts management
- Unit management performance oversight
- Budget development
- Client relations
- Sales and profitability performance
- Conformance with company policies and procedures
- Staff training and development
- Liaison between company resources and unit operating managers
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