Vice President, Facilities and Operations

Full Time Job
Relativity Media is seeking a Vice President of Facilities and Operations to lead our Operations team, overseeing multiple offices in Los Angeles, New York City, and various, smaller office locations nationally. The ideal candidate will have multi-state, multi-location facility management and real estate & planning experience, preferably within a corporate, legal, or financial services environment. Additionally, this candidate should be comfortable operating at both a strategic as well as tactical level, interacting with all levels of the organization, as well as outside partners and vendors.

Key Responsibilities:
• Partner with senior leadership team to identify and develop real estate and office space utilization plans, to support the business' occupancy needs, both near- and long-term.
• Regularly evaluate current protocols and implement efficiency and cost effectiveness measures to address office matters ranging from comfort and safety (office security, electrical, plumbing, climate control, structural, furniture and appliance maintenance, janitorial, and floor/grounds) to employee productivity (correspondence/mail, office supplies, and refreshment inventory management).
• Responsible for project management and oversight of all construction/in-house build-out projects, including planning, budgeting, resource allocation, vendor management, and post-mortem project analysis.
• Lead efforts to ensure a safe and healthy work environment, as well as compliance with OSHA standards, by implementing workplace safety and emergency preparedness procedures, including Ops team training, employee training and drill exercises, equipment allocation, and execution of industry best practices.
• Continually monitor vendor relationships to optimize current vendor slate and source new relationships to ensure proper balance between business need and cost effectiveness.
• Primary decision-maker and point of contact with building management and engineering for matters relating to office space and surrounding grounds.
• Partner with IT and HR, as necessary, on matters pertaining to office build-outs, workspace allocations, and moves/transfers.
• Partner with Internal Communications, HR, and building management on employee communications pertaining to office space or surrounding grounds.
• Regularly track and oversee overall Operations team annual budget to ensure adherence to stated targets.
• Manage a team of 5 Operations professionals, utilizing ticketing system and other best practices to continually measure and optimize team efficiency and productivity.
• Other team projects and duties, as assigned by senior leadership team.

Required Skills/Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Facility Management, Hospitality Management or related field required.
• Minimum of 12-15 years progressive overall experience in operations, facility, or office management is required, with at least 5 years of team management experience required.
• Corporate, legal, or financial services industry experience is strongly preferred; public company experience also preferred.
• Mastery of applicable building codes, state/Federal and laws and regulations as it pertains to multi-state, multi-office location organizations. Experience with applicable OSHA, Cal-OSHA, and health/safety regulations, as well as working with applicable enforcing authorities, is required.
• Demonstrated ability to operate with the highest degree of discretion, diplomacy, and a strong customer service orientation, interacting comfortably with all levels of the organization.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to interact professionally and comfortably with executives and outside vendors and partners, manage a team, and work effectively as an individual contributor as well.
• Ability to organize and deploy team to prioritize tasks and responsibilities within a dynamic environment.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail, enabling the successful candidate to field many and various requests from the business.
• Must possess strong business writing skills.
• Proficiency in Windows operating system and MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) required; Microsoft Project or other, similar project-management software is strongly preferred.
o CAD software experience is desirable.

About Relativity:
We are creative, innovative, nimble, empowering, risk-taking, visionary, smart, groundbreaking, inclusive and inviting-and we hire the talent to match!

Relativity is a next-generation global media company engaged in multiple aspects of content production and distribution, including movies, television, fashion, sports, digital and music. More than just a collection of entertainment-related businesses, Relativity is a content engine with the ability to leverage each of these business units, independently and together, to create content across all mediums, giving hundreds of millions of users worldwide what they want, when they want it.

Relativity Studios, the company's largest division, has produced, distributed or structured financing for more than 200 motion pictures, generating more than $17 billion in worldwide box-office revenue and earning 60 Oscar nominations. Relativity's films include Oculus, Safe Haven, Act of Valor, Immortals, Limitless, and The Fighter. Releases include Earth to Echo and author Nicholas Sparks' upcoming The Best of Me.

Relativity offers a great working environment, competitive salaries commensurate with experience, and a comprehensive benefits package.