Regional Facilities Manager

• 10+ years in facilities management with at least 5 years in a senior/director-level multi-site leadership role.
• Track record of managing large, complex FM portfolios.
• Proven expertise across hard and soft FM services, with strong client-facing operational leadership.
• Degree-qualified (Facilities Management, Engineering, Business, or related discipline); professional accreditation (e.g., IFMA, IWFM, RICS) preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to navigate complex stakeholder environments, balancing client and firm interests with commercial acumen and political awareness.
• Strong technical literacy with the ability to connect engineering and operational detail to commercial outcomes.
• Relentless focus on operational excellence, continuous improvement, and performance culture.
• Strategic thinker with proven ability to solve complex, ambiguous problems and deliver long-term, scalable solutions.
• Exceptional organisational capability; able to prioritise across competing demands and drive execution at pace.
• Outstanding communicator; confident presenting to senior stakeholders in English (additional European languages advantageous).
• Thrives in fast-paced, ambiguous environments; resilient under pressure.

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We are looking for a Regional Facilities Manager for our Integrated Facility Management business line.

We are seeking a Regional Facilities Manager for our Integrated Facilities Management business line. Reporting to the Regional IFM Director, the Regional Facilities Manager owns the end-to-end facilities management delivery across one of a number of a multi-site and multi-country portfolios, driving client satisfaction, operational excellence, and continuous improvement. Accountable for meeting all contractual obligations while contributing to advancing the strategic FM agenda for the account.

• Owns the senior client relationship across their portfolio; acts as the strategic interface between JLL and the Client's real estate leadership.
• Full financial accountability for significant FM budgets across a major corporate portfolio. Leads a large, multi-disciplinary team with end-to-end operational and financial ownership.
• Operates within a complex matrix organisation; builds and leverages cross-functional partnerships with peer Regional Facilities Managers, programmatic leads, other JLL vertical delivery teams and a range of Client teams.
• Accountable for supplier governance and performance across their portfolio, ensuring contractual compliance and value realisation through the team.
• Champions FM technology adoption, AI-enabled solutions, and innovation to drive operational efficiency and differentiated service delivery.
• Regular travel across their portfolio and occasional regional travel required.

• Provides strategic leadership to a large team through direct reports (Senior Facilities Managers) delivering FM operations and programs ranging from front-of-house to engineering and everything in-between.
• Drives succession planning, talent development and organisational design to build bench strength and future-proof the team.
• Ensures robust development frameworks aligned to business objectives and individual career progression.
• Serves as the senior JLL point of contact for the portfolio-owning service delivery outcomes and acting as the escalation point.
• Accountable for contractual performance across all sites within the portfolio.
• Engages directly with the Client's senior Real Estate & Facilities leadership to anticipate and resolve strategic and operational challenges.
• Maintains deep insight into the Client's business strategy, translating evolving needs into service innovation and value creation.
• Owns portfolio budget development and forecasting, ensuring accuracy and alignment to all financial governance parameters.
• Accountable for delivering agreed financial targets across their portfolio.
• Identifies and converts commercial growth opportunities, always alert to cross-selling JLL services and developing new revenue streams.
• Ensures contractual compliance across all service lines, proactively managing risk and change.
• Drives KPI and SLA performance, using data to identify trends and implement corrective actions.
• Governs strategic vendor relationships; benchmarks best practice and drives implementation across their portfolio.
• Identifies material service changes and leads the governance process with Procurement, Finance, and Account leadership.
• Retains safety as the starting point in all operational delivery, providing regional EHS governance and oversight, ensuring compliance with all statutory and contractual health, safety, and environmental obligations.
• Sets and maintains the quality standard for all FM delivery across the portfolio, holding the team to account.
• Leverages technology platforms to drive performance visibility, reporting accuracy, and data-led decision-making across the region.
• Ensures SOPs and operational processes remain fit for purpose; drives continuous improvement and standardisation.
• Leads the delivery of initiatives, programmes, and transformation projects.
• Drives client-specific initiatives including cost optimisation, benchmarking, and best-practice adoption.
• Delivers quality and insightful reporting to the Account Director and Client stakeholders.
• Owns Business Continuity Planning across their portfolio, ensuring alignment with Client requirements and contractual obligations.

On-site -Madrid, ESP

Loc: Madrid I Portfolio: 1.2MM RSF I Countries: Esp, Ita, Por, Mor I Sites: 17 I JLL Team: 74 I Opex: $11MM

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