We are looking for a strategic and collaborative leader to join RESS (Real Estate & Site Services) as Sr. Director, Global Workplace Strategy, Planning & Design. You will guide a multidisciplinary, distributed team to build NVIDIA’s global workplace brand. You will own the complete workplace strategy, solutions, planning, and future-of-work initiatives—from small updates to iconic buildings. You will ensure space, technology, culture, operations, and sustainability align across all regions.
What you will be doing:
- Serve as visible executive leader and workplace brand steward for NVIDIA, influencing cross‑departmental collaborators and partnering with RESS regional leads to develop and lead workplace vision from strategy through delivery.
- Own and implement global workplace strategy and occupancy planning, defining ways‑of‑working models, typologies, standards and rollout plans that enable high‑performing, compliant work environments.
- Build and maintain a business‑partnering framework to engage key business units, capture demand signals and convert operational needs into practical planning inputs for portfolio decisions.
- Synthesize business intelligence and workforce planning to inform portfolio planning, long‑term capacity decisions, and prioritization of projects.
- Establish and lead Workplace Analytics & Research to generate actionable insights on space utilization, employee behavior and workplace efficiency; define performance metrics and evaluation frameworks for continuous improvement.
- Develop and maintain dashboards and reporting (including Omniverse visualization integration) to provide leadership and team members with clear access to workplace performance, adoption trends and emerging demand patterns.
- Lead an internal design team delivering ~50 concurrent projects (refreshes, relocations, expansions, data center workplaces, small mods), ensuring consistency with global brand standards and local regulatory/cultural adaptations.
- Manage strategic partnerships with global architecture partners and coordinate interior programming and standards with RESS project teams and internal functions (Finance, IT, Security, Legal); prototype, pilot and scale future‑of‑work innovations, furniture systems, materials and technologies.
What we need to see:
- 20+ overall years of experience in architecture, workplace build, workplace experience or related fields with demonstrated leadership of large, complex global workplace programs; 10+ years leading teams.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
- Executive presence and proven ability to influence senior leaders and cross-functional collaborators.
- Demonstrated experience with workplace data-driven strategy, workplace technologies (room booking, sensors, VR/Omniverse), and change management.
- Strong analytical, communication, presentation, negotiation, and customer-relationship skills.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic, global environment across multiple time zones.
Ways to stand out from the crowd:
- Proven track record delivering portfolio-level workplace transformation across geographies.
- Deep knowledge of hybrid work models, workplace innovations, and technology-enabled solutions.
- Experience embedding sustainability, wellbeing, and inclusive build into global programs.
- History of encouraging cross-organizational change and scaling new ways of working worldwide.
Join our team and help support a world-class organization and dynamic environment driving the future of AI technology.
Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 304,000 USD - 460,000 USD.
You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.
Applications for this job will be accepted at least until May 3, 2026.
This posting is for an existing vacancy.
NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.
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