Senior Director, Global Real Estate & Workplace Services

At Bose Corporation, we believe sound is the most powerful force on earth — and for over 60 years, we have been a company built on innovation, excellence, and independence. Privately owned, fiercely customer-focused, and driven by our values, we continue to lead industries and transform lives through sound.  Today, Bose Corporation is entering an exciting new era. Across multiple global Business Units and Global Functions, we are shaping the future of audio technology, automotive, luxury, and premium experiences. We invite you to join us in this transformation.  Job Description As the Senior Director, Global Real Estate & Workplace Services, you will lead Bose's global real estate portfolio and workplace services strategy, overseeing a global footprint of 1.8M+ square feet across a mix of owned and leased sites worldwide, including corporate offices, R&D/lab environments, light manufacturing, and specialized automotive experience and garage spaces. You will lead a globally distributed team responsible for enterprise real estate, portfolio optimization, and workplace services that enable business growth, operational efficiency, and employee experience at scale.   Bose is entering a period of accelerated global growth and transformation that is reshaping the type of work we do, who is doing it, and where work gets done. In this role, you will drive a forward-looking global real estate and workplace strategy that aligns with evolving business priorities while creating environments that enable innovation, collaboration, operational efficiency, and employee experience across the globe.   Success in this role requires the   ability to connect enterprise strategy to portfolio decisions   —   balancing long-term vision with disciplined execution across a complex global footprint.   Working closely with executive leadership and cross-functional partners across Finance, HR, Legal, Operations, IT, Security, and Corporate Development, you will translate business priorities into scalable real estate and workplace solutions that support growth, resilience, cost discipline, and evolving ways of working. You bring strong strategic and financial acumen, deep transaction and broker management expertise, experience leading global workplace services and facilities teams, and the ability to influence senior stakeholders through data-driven insights, clear recommendations, and practical operating plans.   Key Responsibilities   Enterprise Real Estate Strategy & Business Partnership   Lead the strategy, governance, and evolution of Bose’s global real estate portfolio, aligning investments and workplace strategy with business growth, workforce priorities, financial objectives, and employee experience.   Serve as a strategic advisor to executive leadership on portfolio optimization, market expansion and consolidation, workplace transformation, capital planning, and M&A-related real estate implications.   Translate business demand, workforce trends, and operating model changes into scalable portfolio, occupancy, and workplace solutions supported by data-driven insights and financial analysis.   Evaluate and recommend real estate strategies and transactions through financial, operational, risk, employee experience, and long-term flexibility lenses.   Portfolio Optimization, Transactions & Lifecycle Management   Lead the end-to-end real estate lifecycle across a global portfolio of 1.8M+ square feet spanning office, lab, light manufacturing, and specialized automotive environments.   Drive portfolio performance through site selection, lease negotiations, renewals, consolidations, dispositions, acquisitions, occupancy planning, and workplace standards that balance global consistency with local business needs.   Establish governance, broker management, and execution standards to ensure disciplined transaction management, strong external partnerships, and effective portfolio decision-making.   Leverage utilization, occupancy, financial, and market data to optimize cost, flexibility, resilience, and workplace experience across the portfolio.   Workplace Services, Operations &   EHS   Lead global workplace services and facilities operations, ensuring safe, scalable, employee-centric environments that support collaboration, productivity, and business continuity.   Oversee Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) strategy and compliance, embedding safety, resilience, and operational excellence into workplace operations, vendor management, and project execution.   Partner cross-functionally with HR, IT, Security, Legal, Finance, and Operations to deliver integrated workplace experiences and support evolving ways of working.   Risk, Compliance & Financial Leadership   Lead real estate and workplace risk management, including regulatory compliance, business continuity, environmental and operational risk mitigation, and crisis readiness across the global portfolio.   Own global real estate and workplace financials, including operating budgets, capital investments, lease obligations, and long-range planning.   Develop executive-level business cases and recommendations that balance cost optimization, strategic growth, operational resilience, and employee experience.   Leadership   & Organizational Impact   Build and lead a high-performing global Real Estate, Workplace Services, Facilities, and EHS organization.   Lead and influence direct, matrixed, and third-party teams across regions, cultures, functions, and external partner organizations .   Develop scalable methods, tools, processes, operating rhythms, and communications to improve transparency, consistency, and execution quality.   Provide clear and proactive communications to stakeholders and employee audiences impacted by real estate, workplace, and facilities changes.   Qualifications   and Specia l Requirements   15+ years of progressive leadership experience in corporate real estate, wor