Workplace Manager Jobs
Workplace Manager jobs are open across corporate real estate, tech, healthcare, and professional services, from coordinator-level to senior and director roles, with specializations in facilities operations, employee experience, and hybrid workplace strategy. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
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Company Description
Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.
Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.
Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.
We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.
Job Description
About the role
Turner & Townsend is looking for a Workplace Design Manager responsible for leading the planning, design, and delivery of workplace environments that align with client business objectives, employee experience strategies, and operational requirements.
The successful candidate will combine workplace strategy, design leadership, and project delivery expertise to drive workplace transformation projects from concept development through implementation.
This is a hybrid role, 3-4 days per week, based in Menlo Park, CA.
- Lead workplace design projects across multiple sectors, ensuring alignment with client goals, workplace strategies, and business requirements.
- Manage the development of workplace concepts, space planning solutions, test fits, and design standards.
- Partner with clients and stakeholder groups to identify workplace needs, occupancy requirements, and future-state workplace strategies.
- Facilitate workshops, interviews, and stakeholder engagement sessions to gather project requirements and support decision-making.
- Collaborate with architects, interior designers, engineers, project managers, and external consultants throughout project lifecycles.
- Translate workplace strategy, organizational culture, and operational requirements into practical design solutions.
- Review and oversee design deliverables throughout concept, schematic, design development, and construction documentation phases.
- Ensure workplace designs support employee experience, wellbeing, collaboration, sustainability, accessibility, and inclusion objectives.
- Coordinate design activities with project schedules, budgets, and construction milestones.
- Monitor project risks, design changes, and scope impacts, providing recommendations and mitigation plans.
- Support value engineering exercises and identify opportunities to optimize cost, functionality, and user experience.
- Ensure compliance with local regulations, building codes, client standards, and industry best practices.
- Manage design consultants and vendors, reviewing performance and ensuring quality outcomes.
- Contribute to business development activities, client presentations, and workplace strategy proposals.
- Develop and maintain workplace design guidelines, standards, and best practices.
- Provide leadership, mentorship, and technical guidance to junior team members.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Interior Design, Workplace Design, or a related field.
- Professional registration, certification, or licensure preferred.
- 8+ years of experience in workplace design, corporate interiors, workplace strategy, architecture, or related disciplines.
- Experience managing workplace transformation, office fit-out, relocation, or corporate real estate projects.
- Strong understanding of workplace planning principles, hybrid work environments, and employee experience strategies.
- Knowledge of design development processes, construction documentation, and project delivery methodologies.
- Experience collaborating with multidisciplinary project teams and managing stakeholder relationships.
- Proficiency in workplace planning tools and design software such as Bluebeam, AutoCAD, Revit, Adobe Creative Suite, or similar platforms.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and facilitation abilities.
Additional Information
SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.
On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's needs.
Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.
We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this, we promote a healthy, productive, and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.
Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.
Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.
Company Description
Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.
Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.
Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.
We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.
Job Description
About the role
Turner & Townsend is looking for a Workplace Design Manager responsible for leading the planning, design, and delivery of workplace environments that align with client business objectives, employee experience strategies, and operational requirements.
The successful candidate will combine workplace strategy, design leadership, and project delivery expertise to drive workplace transformation projects from concept development through implementation.
This is a hybrid role, 3-4 days per week, based in Menlo Park, CA.
- Lead workplace design projects across multiple sectors, ensuring alignment with client goals, workplace strategies, and business requirements.
- Manage the development of workplace concepts, space planning solutions, test fits, and design standards.
- Partner with clients and stakeholder groups to identify workplace needs, occupancy requirements, and future-state workplace strategies.
- Facilitate workshops, interviews, and stakeholder engagement sessions to gather project requirements and support decision-making.
- Collaborate with architects, interior designers, engineers, project managers, and external consultants throughout project lifecycles.
- Translate workplace strategy, organizational culture, and operational requirements into practical design solutions.
- Review and oversee design deliverables throughout concept, schematic, design development, and construction documentation phases.
- Ensure workplace designs support employee experience, wellbeing, collaboration, sustainability, accessibility, and inclusion objectives.
- Coordinate design activities with project schedules, budgets, and construction milestones.
- Monitor project risks, design changes, and scope impacts, providing recommendations and mitigation plans.
- Support value engineering exercises and identify opportunities to optimize cost, functionality, and user experience.
- Ensure compliance with local regulations, building codes, client standards, and industry best practices.
- Manage design consultants and vendors, reviewing performance and ensuring quality outcomes.
- Contribute to business development activities, client presentations, and workplace strategy proposals.
- Develop and maintain workplace design guidelines, standards, and best practices.
- Provide leadership, mentorship, and technical guidance to junior team members.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Interior Design, Workplace Design, or a related field.
- Professional registration, certification, or licensure preferred.
- 8+ years of experience in workplace design, corporate interiors, workplace strategy, architecture, or related disciplines.
- Experience managing workplace transformation, office fit-out, relocation, or corporate real estate projects.
- Strong understanding of workplace planning principles, hybrid work environments, and employee experience strategies.
- Knowledge of design development processes, construction documentation, and project delivery methodologies.
- Experience collaborating with multidisciplinary project teams and managing stakeholder relationships.
- Proficiency in workplace planning tools and design software such as Bluebeam, AutoCAD, Revit, Adobe Creative Suite, or similar platforms.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and facilitation abilities.
Additional Information
SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.
On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's needs.
Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.
We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this, we promote a healthy, productive, and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.
Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.
Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.
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Who's Hiring
- Amazon16
- CBRE8
- JLL6
- Turner & Townsend Pty Limited6
- CRUSOE4
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software
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- Music
- Law & Legal Services
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in workplace manager jobs.
- Three to five years of experience managing office operations or corporate facilities
- Proficiency with workplace or facilities management software and ticketing systems
- Experience coordinating vendors, service contracts, and office maintenance programs
- Strong project management skills with demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities
- Bachelor's degree in business administration, facilities management, or a related field
- Certified Facility Manager credential or Workplace Experience certification preferred
Tips for Your Workplace Manager Job Search
Tailor your resume for facilities versus people operations
Workplace manager roles split between facilities-heavy and culture-and-experience-heavy functions. Identify which type the posting emphasizes and lead with the matching accomplishments, whether that's vendor contracts and space planning or onboarding programs and engagement initiatives.
Quantify space and headcount you have managed
Hiring managers want to know the scale you have handled. Replace vague claims with specifics: square footage managed, number of office locations, or how many employees your programs served. This signals readiness for the role's scope faster than any job title.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists workplace manager openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Target postings that name your tools explicitly
Many workplace manager postings call out specific platforms like IWMS software, ticketing systems, or desk-booking tools. When a posting names a tool you have used, move that tool to the top of your skills section and reference it in your resume's context, not just a list.
Prepare a scenario answer about a facilities crisis
Interviewers for workplace manager roles almost always ask how you have handled an unexpected disruption, like an HVAC failure, a sudden headcount surge, or a lease expiration. Prepare one concrete story with a clear timeline, what you decided, and the outcome.
Negotiate scope before you negotiate compensation
Workplace manager titles vary widely in authority, from single-site coordinators to multi-region leads. Before discussing pay, clarify the reporting line, whether you own vendor contracts, and whether budget authority is included, so your counteroffer reflects the actual role.
Workplace Manager Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most workplace managers?
The companies hiring the most workplace managers right now include Amazon, CBRE, and JLL, with the largest share of openings in California, New York, and Texas, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Tech companies and professional services firms consistently post the highest volume of these roles.
How many workplace manager jobs are remote?
About 68% of workplace manager openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, though the role is more on-site than most corporate functions. The sub-areas most likely to offer remote or hybrid arrangements are employee experience program management and workplace technology administration, where physical presence is not required daily.
How do you become a workplace manager?
Start by building experience in office coordination, facilities support, or operations roles where you manage vendors, space, or employee-facing programs. Develop familiarity with workplace management software and project coordination. Moving into a workplace manager title typically requires demonstrating ownership of a physical space or program, not just supporting one, so seek stretch assignments early.
Can you get hired as a workplace manager without direct experience in the role?
Yes, candidates from adjacent backgrounds regularly make the transition. Office managers who have handled vendor contracts, executive assistants who have coordinated relocations, and operations coordinators who have managed facilities tickets all bring transferable skills. Frame your resume around outcomes related to space, services, or employee experience rather than your previous job title.
What does the workplace manager interview process look like?
Most processes run three to four stages: an initial screening call focused on scope and background, a panel or hiring manager interview with scenario-based questions about vendor management and office disruptions, a practical exercise or case study around a facilities or space challenge, and a final conversation with a senior stakeholder or department head before an offer is extended.
Where can I find and apply to workplace manager jobs?
You can find and apply to workplace manager jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search the listings to find roles that match your background and apply directly to each one that fits your experience, location preference, and the type of workplace environment you want to work in.
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