Your role

This is a day-to-day operations leadership role in which you will ensure Portfolio Operation’s activities are aligned with the company’s financial and operational objectives. You'll leverage your leadership qualities to positively influence colleagues to embrace the Company's operating objectives.

• Make an impact as you support multiple realty operations in Phoenix, Los Angeles, The Bay Area, Portland and Seattle
• Grow your skills in operations, staff leadership, managing financials and other areas, backed by a supportive leadership team
• Become part of a growing company in an exciting industry.
• Interact with major-name clients.
• Showcase your potential to take on additional responsibilities and advance within our organization.

What you’ll do

You will lead a team to manage the commercial real estate and security operations for an assigned portfolio of properties. This will include financial responsibilities such as budget management and reporting, facility-level security-operations, customer relationship management, ad hoc project management and capital deployment while coordinating with other teams. Specific responsibilities will include:

• Partner internally to develop and implement the business plan and overall strategy for the property, principally focused on operational objectives, expense management and performance-based property management strategies.
• Assume responsibility for the accuracy of annual budgets, forecasts, management plans and monthly performance reports via performance measurement variance reports, including the preparation and accuracy of common area maintenance (CAM) recovery charges.
• Working with key stakeholder groups including accounting, human resources, customer operations and others and ensuring proper documentation and compliance with company policies and procedures are achieved.
• Ensure compliance with all lease arrangements and requirements for assigned region.
• Overseeing team’s relationships with customers, including marshalling the resources and leading appropriate teams in responding to customer requests and concerns.
• Oversight of vendor programs and compliance in assigned region, including ensuring site-level projects and contracting requirements are met.
• Assist and provide recommendations in the negotiation of contracts for vendor services and provide supervision as required. This will include executing contracts as necessary pursuant to your financial authority.
• Inspecting assigned properties during site visits and regularly and ensuring the condition of the properties are consistent with company’s brand standards.
• Providing direction for your team, holding them accountable and supporting their professional growth.

What you’ll need

• A bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business or real estate from a nationally recognized accredited university; MBA, other advance degree and/or certifications such as CPM or RPA are preferred
• At least 10+ years of experience in commercial real estate operations, including:
  • Managing large portfolio of non-residential commercial properties, with a successful track record in all aspects of property operations, financial reporting and management.
  • Overseeing large-scale operations across multiple functional areas, such as procurement, accounting, maintenance, security, etc.
  • Successful track record in managing teams and fostering employee development.
  • Experience in data center or technology-related real estate assets preferred.
  • Solid experience in general property/facilities management, accounting, finance and real estate principles.
• Strong financial acumen capabilities, including a demonstrated history in analytics and financial and operating performance management and reporting.
• Advance knowledge of building infrastructure, including security, construction management, mechanical and electrical systems
• Proficiency in MS Office applications; familiarity with Yardi is a preferred

Just as important will be the following competencies and characteristics:

• Proven leadership skills and the ability to leverage cross-functional teams to achieve goals and resolve issues
• Solid organizational abilities and a detail orientation.
• A customer service orientation and commercial mindset.
• Self-starter and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Advanced communication skills (oral and written)

The company looks to you to be flexible about working extra hours on occasion. You'll also need to be willing and able to take urgent calls outside of normal business hours. Overnight travel will be required in the role.

A bit about us

Digital Realty supports the world's leading enterprises and service providers by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL®, our global data center platform, gives customers a reliable foundation for scaling their digital business and efficiently managing data gravity challenges. The size and scale of our business puts us in a unique position to offer customers access to 300+ facilities in 50+ metros across 25+ countries and six continents.

A bit about our Digital team

Our Operations team keeps our customers’ infrastructure running safely and securely. We get plenty of opportunities to take on a variety of tasks and develop our technical skills. From overseeing electrical power to cooling and fire suppression systems, our team plays a vital role in making sure everything in our data centers operates as it should.

What we can offer you

Our rapidly evolving business sector offers the opportunity to be part of a courageous and passionate team who work together to understand and meet the changing needs of our global customers.

Join us and you’ll be part of a supportive and inclusive environment where you can bring your whole self to work. As part of our team, you’ll get to work with people from different business areas, challenge the way we do things and put your ideas into action. We’ll also give you plenty of development opportunities so you can build a rewarding and successful career with us.

Our Compensation Philosophy

Digital Realty offers its employees a highly competitive compensation package, excellent benefits, and an environment that recognizes and rewards your contributions. Central to our compensation philosophy is rewarding our employees for achieving the values and objectives aligned to the company's overall goals and values.

Our published pay ranges reflect the minimum and maximum target for new hire pay for the full-time position determined by role, level, and geographical location. Individual pay is based on additional factors including but not limited to job-related skills, experience, and relevant education and/or training. Moreover, an employee’s total compensation package varies by role and may include salary, cash bonus or commissions, and equity awards not quantified below.

Compensation range: $110,600 to $160,000 annually. This compensation range represents the Company’s good faith belief as to what it will pay for this position at the time of this posting.

Benefits: For this role, Benefits include medical, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, 401k match, disability benefits, wellness and education benefits, paid time off, holidays, and more.

This is an exciting time to join our business so apply now and make your mark on our future.

Notes:

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.

Digital Realty is an equal opportunity employer, EOE/AA/M/F/Vets/Disabled. All applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability or protected veteran status, or other status protected by law or Company policy.

Digital Realty cares about the health and safety of its workforce, customers, and vendors. Digital Realty encourages all new hires to be fully COVID-19 vaccinated by their start date. Employees who are not fully COVID-19 vaccinated may need to comply with our weekly COVID-19 testing requirements if required per your job requirement, work location and customer obligations, subject to applicable workplace accommodation requirements

Digital Realty is a publicly traded company (NYSE: DLR) with investment grade ratings from all three major ratings agencies.

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