AVP, Global Program Manager

Location: London, United Kingdom

Company

Sotheby’s operates a global auction, private sales, retail, financial services, and luxury objects business across more than 40 countries.

What you will do

• Manage key initiatives across the global real estate portfolio from planning through operational readiness and ongoing use.
• Translate strategic priorities into project plans with milestones, responsibilities, timelines, and supporting documentation.
• Coordinate site acquisition, design, construction, occupancy planning, operational transition, and post-opening integration.
• Align Facilities, Security, Logistics, IT, Client Experience, Marketing, Events, Finance, Legal, Procurement, and other stakeholders.
• Prepare project updates, presentations, briefing materials, decision documents, meeting agendas, action logs, and progress reports.
• Track risks, dependencies, budgets, milestones, operational-readiness requirements, and key performance indicators.

Requirements

• Experience managing complex, cross-functional programs and projects.
• Ability to create structured workplans, governance frameworks, project trackers, decision records, and reporting tools.
• Strong stakeholder coordination, communication, follow-up, and executive briefing skills.
• Ability to synthesize complex information into clear recommendations, decisions, and next steps.
• Ability to identify execution risks, resolve roadblocks, and improve project delivery processes.

Culture & Benefits

• Work across a global network of specialists and business functions.
• Participate in monthly management meetings, quarterly business reviews, budget planning sessions, and project working groups.
• Support continuous improvement, collaborative problem-solving, practical innovation, and operational consistency.