The Associate Manager, Workplace Experience is responsible for leading and developing a regional high-performing workplace West team while ensuring operational excellence, compliance, and consistency across offices. This is a fully in-office role (five days per week).
This role serves as both a strategic partner and hands-on leader — overseeing budgets, safety and compliance standards, team performance, and cross-functional alignment. The Associate Manager is accountable for elevating the employee experience at scale across regional offices while developing talent and driving operational rigor.
Key Responsibilities
Team Leadership & Talent Management
- Conduct weekly 1:1s with direct reports to provide coaching, accountability, and support.
- Provide day-to-day oversight of team performance, including problem-solving support.
- Drive team development through structured growth planning and upskilling initiatives.
- Own performance management processes including reviews, recognition, feedback cycles, and bonus planning.
- Lead hiring processes for the team, including interviewing, selection, and in-person onboarding (with travel as needed).
- Step in to provide onsite coverage when team members are out of the office, ensuring business continuity.
Budget & Financial Oversight
- Conduct monthly budget audits (actuals vs. forecast) to ensure financial discipline.
- Serve as primary owner of quarterly budget re-forecasting in partnership with leadership.
- Approve payroll weekly and expense reports monthly.
- Ensure responsible spending practices and financial transparency across offices.
Safety, Compliance & Risk Management
- Serve as Crisis Management point of contact for the People team.
- Ensure compliance with Emergency Action Plans (EAP) across all offices, including annual updates and site-level accountability.
- Act as the primary point of contact for licensing requirements and regulatory compliance.
- Ensure office playbooks are reviewed and formally audited annually and updated during major changes (expansions, relocations, etc.).
Operational Excellence & Cross-Functional Partnership
- Act as liaison between Workplace Leads and key partners including Physical Security, EAs, Employee Experience, Finance, and Facilities.
- Collaborate cross-functionally on changes to policies, processes, and operational standards, ensuring clear communication and execution across sites.
- Maintain deep knowledge of each office’s operations, challenges, and culture.
- Identify and implement process improvements that increase efficiency and consistency across locations.
Leadership Expectations
- Leads through influence, clarity, and operational discipline.
- Thinks regionally and strategically — not just site-by-site.
- Develops others while maintaining high performance standards.
- Balances employee experience excellence with fiscal responsibility.
- Communicates proactively and ensures alignment between leadership and frontline teams.
- Demonstrates maturity, sound judgment, and strong decision-making in high-pressure situations.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in workplace operations, office management, hospitality, or related field.
- 2+ years of direct people management experience.
- Experience managing budgets and financial reporting.
- Strong knowledge of operational and safety best practices.
- Proven ability to coach and develop team members.
- Excellent communication, organizational, and cross-functional partnership skills.
- Ability to travel as needed to support multi-site operations.
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