Senior Director, Global Real Estate & Facilities
$200,000–$275,000 year
HybridDeerfield, Illinois, United States
Job Summary
Develop and execute a global integrated real estate and facilities strategy aligned with corporate priorities. Establish governance for real estate transactions, facilities management, capital planning, and workplace services. Oversee worldwide acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, and renewals while managing global facilities operations, maintenance, and capital project execution. Own global budgets to deliver cost savings and financial optimization, leading vendor strategy and procurement across service providers. Provide executive advisory on portfolio optimization, risk management, and operational efficiency to support Baxter's growth objectives and long-term transformation agenda.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in business, Real Estate, Architecture, Construction Management, or related field
- Minimum of 15 years global industrial/commercial real estate experience in a corporate environment
- Real Estate License or related professional designation
- Effective financial acumen and real property asset management and optimization skills
- Understanding of GAAP, cash flows, impact to bottom line, capital, operating expense, capital markets, interest rates, investments, currency fluctuations, and fiscal/monetary policies which affect real estate and real estate transactions
- Prior management of enterprise-wide global projects
- Strong negotiating skills
- Ability to lead, direct and motivate others
- Strong ability to partner across business groups and internal Baxter stakeholders
- Ability to define, implement and optimize property portfolios and transaction management at the strategic and tactical level
- Ability to acquire, manage and dispose regional real property assets at strategic and tactical levels
- Understanding of the full life cycle of real estate portfolio and project management
- Experience in executing global real estate transactional strategies
- Experience leading global real estate and facilities operations
- Strong expertise in transactions, project management, and portfolio optimization
- Proven leadership managing large teams, vendors, and global service providers
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and influencing skills at executive levels
- Strong financial acumen with experience managing large-scale budgets and capital programs
- Experience, Education & Attributes
Desired Qualifications
- Global Life Science experience
- Experience in the development, leadership and execution of global real estate; including property portfolio management, strategy, transactions, project management and stakeholder engagement and leadership
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