Senior Manager - Corporate Real Estate Governance - GRC

Total Experience and Relevant Experience:
Minimum 12+ years overall, with 6-8+ years in Corporate Real Estate/Workplace/Facilities and strong experience in contract & commercial governance, vendor management, risk/compliance, audit and financial governance.
Candidate Location: Anywhere
Education and Certification -
Qualification Mandatory:

• Bachelor's Degree in Law, Business Administration, Commerce, Finance, Engineering, Real Estate, Facilities Management, or a related discipline.Good to Have:
• Experience in Corporate Real Estate Governance, Contract Management, Commercial Governance, Enterprise Risk Management, Compliance, or related disciplines.
• Certification Good to Have:
• Certified Commercial Contracts Manager (CCCM) / World CC
• PMP or PRINCE2
• ISO 37301
• Compliance Management
• Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)
• Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt, RICS, IFMA, CoreNet, or equivalent Corporate Real Estate certifications

Detailed Job Description

• Lead governance oversight across major Corporate Real Estate projects, including siteacquisitions, expansions, consolidations, exits, capital expenditure programs,fit-outs, and workplace technology implementations.
• Establish and embed governance checkpoints throughout project lifecycles to ensure adherence to legal, financial, commercial, and risk management standards.
• Govern commercial contracts and vendor agreements across Integrated Facilities Management, Facilities Management Services, construction, and strategic outsourcingengagements.
• Provide governance advisory and risk-based recommendations to leadership teams during negotiations, RFPs, contract renewals, and key commercial decisions.
• Drive third-party risk oversight, financial governance, policy compliance, audit readiness, and continuous improvement while fostering collaboration across functional stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Extensive experience in Corporate Real Estate Governance, Contract Management, Commercial Governance, Enterprise Risk Management, Compliance, or related disciplines.
• Strong expertise in contract management and governance, including contract review,interpretation, change management, amendments, and enforcement of contractualobligations.
• Deep commercial acumen with experience evaluating commercial models, pricing structures, cost management approaches, financial controls, and business cases.
• Strong risk management and compliance capabilities, including the ability to identify,assess, mitigate, monitor, and escalate legal, financial, operational, andcompliance risks.
• Extensive experience managing vendor governance frameworks, third-party compliance programs, remediation initiatives, and supplier performance oversight.
• Strong project governance knowledge with the ability to establish governance frameworks, approval controls, checkpoints, and compliance mechanisms throughout project lifecycles.
• Sound understanding of budgeting, accruals, prepayments, spend management, financial controls, and contract-related financial governance processes.
• Experience developing, implementing, and maintaining governance frameworks, policies, controls, standards, and authority matrices.
• Strong audit and assurance experience, including audit readiness, issue remediation, corrective action tracking, and governance reporting.
• Exceptional stakeholder management, influencing, communication, and collaboration skills across Legal, Finance, Procurement, Corporate Real Estate, and BusinessLeadership teams.
• Strong analytical thinking, decision-making, problem-solving, negotiation, and advisory capabilities.