Americas Workplace Lead

Notion Notion · Enterprise · San Francisco, CA · People

This role is for an Americas Workplace Lead at Notion, responsible for the strategy and day-to-day operations of the San Francisco and New York offices. The role involves leading a team, ensuring operational excellence in facilities management, managing budgets and vendors, and creating positive in-office experiences. While not an AI-focused role, it encourages the adoption of AI tools for efficiency.

What you'd actually do

  1. Own the local Notino experience for SF + NYC: setting clear standards, rhythms, and service expectations.
  2. Lead, coach, and develop a multisite team (Workplace Experience Leads/Coordinators, Front Desk/Concierge support, contractors, vendors), including hiring, onboarding, performance management, and career growth.
  3. Ensure reliable day-to-day operations across both sites: front desk/guest flow, badging/access processes, mail/packages, food & beverage, amenities, supplies, cleaning, repairs, and vendor performance.
  4. Own site-level budgets across both hubs, including forecasting, tracking, and making tradeoffs that protect what matters most.
  5. Collaborate with Events/Comms/People to deliver in-office moments that strengthen connection to our business and our culture.

Skills

Required

  • 8+ years in workplace operations / facilities / workplace experience (or similar)
  • multisite responsibility in a fast-paced environment
  • People management experience
  • leading while based in a different office than your local team
  • strong coaching and performance management fundamentals
  • Demonstrated ability to run complex operations with high standards
  • vendor management
  • budgets
  • escalation handling
  • building strong cross-functional partnerships
  • High judgment, discretion, and calm execution especially in ambiguous, high visibility, or time sensitive situations

Nice to have

  • Experience supporting offices in both San Francisco and New York (or similarly complex locations)
  • familiarity with building/vendor ecosystems
  • Experience partnering closely with Security and IT on access control, incident response, and workplace technology/AV
  • Experience scaling workplace programs through periods of growth, office transitions, or build projects

What the JD emphasized

  • multisite responsibility
  • People management experience
  • high standards
  • High judgment, discretion, and calm execution