Head of Facilities (Facilities Management)

Location: New York, United States

Salary: $120,000–$140,000 base salary per year, plus a discretionary bonus and benefits package.

Company

Sotheby’s is a global auction, private sales, and retail business focused on exceptional art, luxury objects, collectibles, real estate, and financial services.

What you will do

• Manage hard and soft facilities services across the New York complex and off-site storage unit.
• Lead property, asset, building maintenance, workplace, and space management activities.
• Manage the FM service provider, contractors, service agreements, SLAs, and corrective actions.
• Direct planned and ad-hoc maintenance, fit-out, equipment replacement, furniture, and facilities projects.
• Oversee health and safety, statutory compliance, risk mitigation, sustainability, waste, and business continuity measures.
• Manage team performance, stakeholder relationships, OPEX and CAPEX budgets, and service improvement initiatives.

Requirements

• Degree-level education or equivalent and strong MS Office skills.
• Senior facilities management experience across multiple properties in a complex estate environment, including line management.
• Experience working with an outsourced FM service provider, contractors, and multiple service agreements.
• Workplace and space management experience, with strong planning, analytical, negotiation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience interpreting financial and commercial information and managing competing priorities.
• IOSH Managing Safely qualification.

Nice to have

• Experience with CAFM or space management software, particularly OfficeSpace.
• CAD experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Discretionary bonus in addition to the base salary.
• Competitive benefits package.
• Focus on continuous improvement, service excellence, sustainability, and waste management.
• Workplace support for employees working from the office or at home.