CesiumAstro - Vice President, Global Facilities

• Develop and execute a global facilities and real estate strategy aligned with business growth, manufacturing capacity, workforce needs, and long-term company objectives. • Own the strategic planning and optimization of CesiumAstro’s global real estate portfolio, including leased and owned properties. • Develop long-range plans for facility capacity, expansion, consolidation, relocation, acquisition, and disposition. • Advise executive leadership on real estate strategy, facility investments, risks, alternatives, and business implications. • Lead identification, evaluation, due diligence, and selection of new domestic and international sites. • Establish site-selection criteria based on business requirements, workforce availability, infrastructure, cost, security, regulatory environment, and long-term scalability. • Lead or support negotiations for leases, renewals, expansions, amendments, property purchases, land acquisitions, easements, development agreements, and other real estate transactions. • Partner with Legal and Finance to structure agreements and manage financial, contractual, and business risk. • Manage relationships with brokers, landlords, developers, municipalities, economic development organizations, and other real estate partners. • Oversee the operation, maintenance, safety, reliability, and functionality of all company-owned and leased facilities. • Establish global standards for preventive maintenance, building systems, utilities, property services, facility operations, and emergency response. • Oversee property managers, contractors, maintenance providers, and other facilities vendors. • Ensure facilities meet applicable building, environmental, safety, security, and regulatory requirements. • Maintain appropriate records for leases, contracts, permits, inspections, warranties, and property assets. • Lead strategic planning and execution of major facility expansions, renovations, relocations, infrastructure improvements, and new-site development. • Partner with Engineering, Manufacturing, EHS, Security, IT, and other stakeholders to define facility requirements and deliver projects. • Oversee major projects from concept and business case development through design, construction, commissioning, and occupancy. • Ensure projects are delivered within approved scope, schedule, quality, and budget. • Develop and manage the global facilities and real estate operating and capital budgets. • Partner with Finance on long-range capital planning, financial modeling, occupancy costs, and real estate investment decisions. • Monitor leases, contracts, renewal dates, financial obligations, operating expenses, and facility utilization. • Evaluate lease-versus-own, expansion-versus-relocation, and other strategic alternatives to optimize the company’s real estate portfolio. • Negotiate vendor and service agreements and establish appropriate performance and cost-management standards. • Build and lead a scalable global facilities organization appropriate for CesiumAstro’s growth. • Serve as the company’s senior subject-matter expert for facilities and corporate real estate. • Establish policies, governance, processes, and performance metrics for global facilities management. • Partner across Finance, Legal, HR, EHS, Security, Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Operations to ensure facilities support business priorities. • Develop strong relationships with external landlords, developers, brokers, contractors, consultants, and government entities.