Head of Global Real Estate

Axon Axon · Enterprise · AZ · 4097 G&A Building Operations

Head of Global Real Estate responsible for executing facilities and real estate strategy across manufacturing, warehouse, R&D, and office environments worldwide. Ensures facilities infrastructure, capacity planning, and operational continuity align with business growth, acquisitions, compliance requirements, and long-term strategic objectives. Partners with Operations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Finance, Legal, and executive leadership to support expansion, optimize the real estate portfolio, and maintain resilient global facilities operations.

What you'd actually do

  1. Execute global facilities and real estate strategy aligned to enterprise growth and geographic expansion.
  2. Oversee acquisition, construction estimates, expansion, consolidation, and disposition of global facilities.
  3. Develop, manage, and track global facilities operating and capital budgets, ensuring cost efficiency and alignment with strategic priorities.
  4. Support M&A activities through facilities due diligence and integration planning.
  5. Partner cross-functionally to support manufacturing operations, R&D labs, distribution centers, and front office environments.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in Facilities Management, Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, Real Estate, Business Administration, or related field.
  • 15+ years of progressive global facilities leadership experience.
  • Strong knowledge of global real estate portfolio management and commercial leasing regulations.
  • Experience managing facilities across manufacturing, warehouse, R&D, and enterprise office environments.
  • Demonstrated success leading large-scale construction and capital projects.
  • Strong financial acumen including budget management, forecasting, and capital planning.
  • Experience supporting high-growth, acquisitive, or enterprise-scale organizations.
  • Exceptional cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder influence skills.

Nice to have

  • Experience operating in regulated, government-contracted, or public safety environments preferred.

What the JD emphasized

  • global facilities leadership experience
  • global real estate portfolio management
  • commercial leasing regulations
  • manufacturing
  • warehouse
  • R&D
  • enterprise office environments
  • large-scale construction
  • capital projects
  • financial acumen
  • budget management
  • forecasting
  • capital planning
  • high-growth
  • acquisitive
  • enterprise-scale organizations
  • regulated
  • government-contracted
  • public safety environments