Summary:

As Director of Real Estate and Workplace, you will lead the strategic development and operational excellence of our global office footprint. You’ll shape the future of work at Clio, balancing hybrid collaboration, employee experience, real estate strategy, and global travel as we scale. This role oversees a growing portfolio across North America, EMEA, LATAM, and APAC, managing leases, fit-outs, space planning, workplace operations, travel, and budgets through a high-performing global team.

Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

• Define and evolve our workplace strategy to support a distributed, hybrid-first workforce

• Own the global real estate and travel strategy: portfolio planning, site selection, lease negotiations, corporate travel program oversight, and Opex budget management

• Partner cross-functionally with Legal, Finance, IT, and Executive leadership to align workplace investments with company growth

• Manage vendor relationships and systems that support real estate, workplace, and travel programs, ensuring compliance, cost efficiency, and employee experience

Team Leadership

• Lead and develop a global Workplace Experience team including Office Managers, WX Manager, and project staff

• Build scalable programs, systems, and standards for consistent, high-quality workplace operations

• Foster a culture aligned with our philosophy of human and high performing with a focus on inclusion, and continuous improvement

Real Estate & Capital Projects

• Lead real estate transactions including lease renewals, expansions, and exits

• Oversee office moves, build-outs, and decommissions in coordination with internal and external partners

• Own CapEx forecasts and manage real estate capital budgets

Health & Safety

• Own global strategy for occupational health and safety (OHS) standards across all offices, ensuring compliance with local laws and alignment with corporate risk policies

• Lead emergency preparedness and business continuity planning in partnership with Risk and Legal

• Set and maintain facility maintenance standards, ensuring consistent vendor performance across locations

• Oversee physical security, including access control systems, and visitor management,

• Act as escalation point for incident management, supporting local teams through resolution and root cause analysis

Future of Work

• Design the long-term vision for how we collaborate across remote, hybrid, and in-office teams in partnership with the Director of Employee Experience

• Drive programs and policies that support engagement and intentional gatherings (including onsites and anchor days), and effective space utilization

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in workplace, real estate, or facilities leadership roles in global organizations

• Proven success managing large-scale office portfolios, lease negotiations, travel programs, and budgets (Opex and CapEx)

• Expertise in hybrid work models and employee experience

• Exceptional stakeholder and people leadership skills

• Experience scaling systems, processes, and teams across regions

• Experience in negotiating lease agreements

• Spanish is a nice to have

What you will find here:

Compensation is one of the main components of Clio’s Total Rewards Program. We have developed a series of programs and processes to ensure we are creating fair and competitive pay practices that form the foundation of our human and high-performing culture.

Some highlights of our Total Rewards program include:

• Competitive, equitable salary with top-tier health benefits, dental, and vision insurance

• Hybrid work environment, with expectation for local Clions (Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, and Dublin) to be in office minimum 2 days per week on our Anchor Days.

• $2000 annual counseling benefit

• RRSP matching and RESP contribution

• Clioversary recognition program with special acknowledgement at 3, 5, 7, and 10 years​

The full salary range* for this role is $144,200 to $180,300 to $216,400 CAD.Please note salary bands may differ based on location and local currency. Additionally, benefit offerings may differ depending on the employee's location.

In addition, this role is eligible for variable pay that is based on company performance, with actual payout amounts calculated and paid on a quarterly basis.

*We aim to hire all candidates between the minimum and the midpoint of the full salary range. We reserve the midpoint to the maximum of the salary band for internal employees who demonstrate sustained high performance and impact at Clio. The final offer amount for this role will be dependent on individual experience and skillset of the candidate. Please note there are a separate set of salary bands for other regions based on local currency.

Diversity, Inclusion, Belonging and Equity (DIBE) & Accessibility

Our team shows up as their authentic selves, and are united by our mission. We are dedicated to diversity, equity and inclusion. We pride ourselves in building and fostering an environment where our teams feel included, valued, and enabled to do the best work of their careers, wherever they choose to log in from. We believe that different perspectives, skills, backgrounds, and experiences result in higher-performing teams and better innovation. We are committed to equal employment and we encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

Clio provides accessibility accommodations during the recruitment process. Should you require any accommodation, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

Learn more about our culture at clio.com/careers

Disclaimer: We only communicate with candidates through official @clio.com email addresses.