Regional Facilities Manager - #2162659

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We are looking for a Regional Facilities Manager for our Integrated Facility Management business line.

Location: London I Portfolio: 1.5MM RSF I Countries: UK I Sites: 19 I JLL Team: 74 I Opex: $35MM

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Role Purpose

We are seeking a Regional Facilities Manager for our Integrated Facilities Management business line. Reporting to the Regional IFM Director, the Regional Facilities Manager owns the end-to-end facilities management delivery across one of a number of a multi-site and multi-country portfolios, driving client satisfaction, operational excellence, and continuous improvement. Accountable for meeting all contractual obligations while contributing to advancing the strategic FM agenda for the account.

• Owns the senior client relationship across their portfolio; acts as the strategic interface between JLL and the Client's real estate leadership.
• Full financial accountability for significant FM budgets across a major corporate portfolio. Leads a large, multi-disciplinary team with end-to-end operational and financial ownership.
• Operates within a complex matrix organisation; builds and leverages cross-functional partnerships with peer Regional Facilities Managers, programmatic leads, other JLL vertical delivery teams and a range of Client teams.
• Accountable for supplier governance and performance across their portfolio, ensuring contractual compliance and value realisation through the team.
• Champions FM technology adoption, AI-enabled solutions, and innovation to drive operational efficiency and differentiated service delivery.
• Regular travel across their portfolio and occasional regional travel required.

Key Responsibilities – Team Management

• Provides strategic leadership to a large team through direct reports (Senior Facilities Managers) delivering FM operations and programs ranging from front-of-house to engineering and everything in-between.
• Drives succession planning, talent development and organisational design to build bench strength and future-proof the team.
• Ensures robust development frameworks aligned to business objectives and individual career progression.

Key Responsibilities – Client / Stakeholder Management

• Serves as the senior JLL point of contact for the portfolio—owning service delivery outcomes and acting as the escalation point.
• Accountable for contractual performance across all sites within the portfolio.
• Engages directly with the Client's senior Real Estate & Facilities leadership to anticipate and resolve strategic and operational challenges.
• Maintains deep insight into the Client's business strategy, translating evolving needs into service innovation and value creation.

Key Responsibilities – Financial Management

• Owns portfolio budget development and forecasting, ensuring accuracy and alignment to all financial governance parameters.
• Accountable for delivering agreed financial targets across their portfolio.
• Identifies and converts commercial growth opportunities, always alert to cross-selling JLL services and developing new revenue streams.

Key Responsibilities – Contract Management

• Ensures contractual compliance across all service lines, proactively managing risk and change.
• Drives KPI and SLA performance, using data to identify trends and implement corrective actions.
• Governs strategic vendor relationships; benchmarks best practice and drives implementation across their portfolio.
• Identifies material service changes and leads the governance process with Procurement, Finance, and Account leadership.

Key Responsibilities – Operational Management

• Retains safety as the starting point in all operational delivery, providing regional EHS governance and oversight, ensuring compliance with all statutory and contractual health, safety, and environmental obligations.
• Sets and maintains the quality standard for all FM delivery across the portfolio, holding the team to account.
• Leverages technology platforms to drive performance visibility, reporting accuracy, and data-led decision-making across the region.
• Ensures SOPs and operational processes remain fit for purpose; drives continuous improvement and standardisation.
• Leads the delivery of initiatives, programmes, and transformation projects.
• Drives client-specific initiatives including cost optimisation, benchmarking, and best-practice adoption.
• Delivers quality and insightful reporting to the Account Director and Client stakeholders.
• Owns Business Continuity Planning across their portfolio, ensuring alignment with Client requirements and contractual obligations.

Requirements & Qualifications