Regional Facilities Leader

Job Description

The APAC Regional Facilities Manager provides leadership and oversight for facilities operations, maintenance, infrastructure reliability, capital projects, and workplace services across the Asia-Pacific portfolio. The role serves as the primary regional leader responsible for ensuring safe, compliant, cost-effective, and business-aligned facilities operations while driving service excellence, standardization, and continuous improvement across all APAC sites.

Responsibilities

• Regional Facilities Leadership

• Lead all facilities operations across APAC sites, including maintenance, workplace services, vendor management, and facility compliance.

• Serve as the primary regional liaison between local business leaders and Global Facilities Management.

• Implement global facilities standards, policies, and service levels across the region.

• Provide leadership, coaching, and development for regional facilities personnel and contractors.

• Operations & Maintenance

• Ensure reliability and performance of critical building systems, including electrical, mechanical, fire protection, security, and building automation systems.

• Drive preventive and predictive maintenance programs to reduce operational risk and downtime.

• Support business continuity, emergency preparedness, and resilience initiatives.

• Capital Planning & Project Delivery

• Develop regional capital plans and infrastructure investment recommendations.

• Manage facility improvement, renovation, modernization, and expansion projects.

• Coordinate with the Global Planning & Project Management team to execute capital projects safely, on schedule, and within budget.

• Financial & Vendor Management

• Manage regional operating budgets, forecasts, and financial performance.

• Identify opportunities for cost reduction, operational efficiencies, and energy savings.

• Oversee service providers, contracts, and vendor performance throughout the region.

• Compliance, Safety & Sustainability

• Ensure compliance with applicable regulations, company policies, and facility standards.

• Partner with EHS, Security, and business leaders to address operational risks.

• Support sustainability, decarbonization, energy management, and environmental initiatives.

Qualifications

• Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Facilities Management, Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, Business Administration, or a related discipline.

• Minimum 8 years of progressive facilities, engineering, real estate, workplace, or operations management experience.

• Minimum 3 years of leadership experience managing facilities teams, service providers, or multi-site operations.

• Demonstrated experience managing facilities operations across multiple locations and countries.

• Strong knowledge of building systems, including electrical, mechanical, fire protection, life safety, security, and building automation systems.

• Experience managing operating budgets, forecasting, contract administration, and vendor performance.

• Proven project management experience involving capital improvements, renovations, infrastructure upgrades, or workplace projects.

• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.

• Demonstrated English language proficiency, including the ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing with global stakeholders, business leaders, suppliers, and cross-functional teams.

• Ability to operate effectively within a global, matrixed organization.

• Willingness to travel throughout the APAC region as business needs require.

• Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Facilities Management, Engineering, Business Administration (MBA), Construction Management, Real Estate, or a related field.

• Certified Facility Manager (CFM) designation from IFMA.

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

• Experience supporting laboratory, testing, manufacturing, research, industrial, or mission-critical facilities environments.

• Knowledge of ISO 41001, ISO 14001, NFPA standards, sustainability programs, and asset management best practices.

• Experience leading facilities operations across multiple APAC countries and cultures.

• Experience implementing service level agreements (SLAs), facility condition assessments (FCA), asset lifecycle planning, and reliability-centered maintenance programs.

• Working knowledge of CMMS, IWMS, Building Automation Systems (BAS), and data-driven facilities analytics.