At Pitchbook we work to provide global professionals with comprehensive data on the entire venture capital, private equity and M&A landscape so they can discover and execute opportunities with confidence. We credit our success and rapid growth to our cutting-edge products, customer centered attitude and ability to embrace and drive change.

In just over a decade, PitchBook has reached over 1,000 global employees with offices worldwide, and we're not slowing down! Our culture is at the heart of our success and is driven by excellence, inclusion and fun. At PitchBook we're committed to fostering an open and collaborative work environment. 

Overview

The Facilities team at PitchBook creates an environment where our employees can do their best work every day. The team is proactive and anticipates employee or office needs before they arise. We play an important role in PitchBook's culture and embody our values: make it fun, embrace change, and keep our customers (internal & external) feeling like royalty.

As Director of Facilities, you'll lead a team responsible for the day-to-day management, organization, and safety of the PitchBook offices in Seattle, New York, San Francisco and London. You'll be responsible for planning and executing on a variety of facilities needs to accommodate our growing employee population and ensure our work environment is best in class. You will report to our VP of Finance and oversee four office managers and their local teams.

Outline of Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage and develop a distributed team of Office Managers and Coordinators responsible for the efficient, effective, and professional administration and organization of PitchBook offices.
• Oversee the coordination of building space allocation, layout, renovation, moves and expansion in all markets.
• Effectively manage relationships with vendors and service providers ensuring proper stocking of office and kitchen supplies.
• Responsible for the planning and ongoing management of the global facilities budget.
• In partnership with the executive team, participate in process of leasing of buildings and facilities.
• Serve as the liaison for escalated issues with property managers.
• Prepares space plans and advises on construction specifications and recommendations with executive team for action.
• Manage contracts and relationship for corporate property insurance with broker.
• Direct contracted facilities projects to ensure adherence to specifications and compliance with property management rules and regulations.
• Analyze work environments and assess issues to identify, evaluate, and monitor risks that could affect business operations including building access, visitor control, incident management, workplace violence prevention, emergency planning and response, and security for special events and activities.
• Develop a culture of safety and security by implementing security standards and through the coordination and delivery of training on safety and security topics as needed.
• Through the entire facilities team, foster a welcoming and friendly environment in each of our offices, acknowledging the importance of that first impression coming into a PitchBook office.
• Support the vision and values of the company through role modeling and coaching desired behaviors and creating programs and processes that support desired outcomes.
• Participate in ad-hoc company initiatives and projects as requested.

Experience, Skills and Qualifications

• 8+ years facilities operations, environmental health & safety, and project management experience, including a significant portion demonstrating success in similar sized and complex organizations.
• Bachelor's degree in administration or facilities related field or equivalent related experience.
• Proven ability to think strategically and effectively manage across functions, departments and businesses.
• Experience and track record of effectively managing a distributed team.
• Proven ability to build trust in complex situations, get buy-in and consensus from leaders with diverse opinions and drive decision making where trade-offs are required.
• Proven ability to act at both the strategic and tactical levels in a fast-paced environment; must be extremely organized, detail oriented, flexible and able to multi-task.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills. Must be able to work with all levels in the organization.
• Proficiency with the MS Office suite including in-depth knowledge of Outlook, Word, and Excel with the ability to pick up new systems and software easily.

Working Conditions

The job conditions for this position are in a standard office setting. Employees in this position use PC and phone on an on-going basis throughout the day. Limited corporate travel may be required to remote offices or other business meetings and events.