Job Description

We are looking to hire a Workplace Development Manager to join our Switzerland Team in Basel who will lead the development of our client's workplace strategy. Translate strategic intent into a clear workplace vision, concept and stadards, and steer the deliverables so spatial execution and people adoptaion align to a single plan.

Responsibilities

Strategy and standards

• Define the workplace strategy, roadmap, principles and target experience.
• Develop and maintain the workplace concept and strategic guidelines (e.g., sharing ratios, room types, accessibility and ergonomics) and consolidate them into a practical workplace manual.
• Ensure traceability from vision and requirements to design, procurement and fit-out decisions; manage exceptions to standards.

Deliverable chain and governance

• Coordinate the end-to-end workplace deliverables (user-requirements framework, gap analysis, concept, guidelines) and manage dependencies into the design/procurement stage.
• Prepare decision options and materials for programme governance and senior stakeholders

Assurance and approvals

• Set acceptance criteria and approve, at key gates, test fits, blocking-and-stacking strategies and relocation sequencing plans produced by the Space Planner.
• Provide design assurance with the Senior Architect and endorse fit-out change-order recommendations for governance.

External partners and special topics

• Direct and integrate external workplace consultants and specialists; manage scope, timeline and quality.
• Oversee special workplace topics (e.g., team-specific needs) and ensure alignment to standards.

Evidence and improvement

• Define success measures (utilisation, satisfaction, adoption, efficiency) and ensure pilot and post-occupancy insights inform updates to standards and guidelines.

Leadership and integration

• Align and prioritise the Space Planner and Change Manager workstreams; resolve interfaces and maintain a single, coordinated roadmap.

Qualifications

• Senior workplace, corporate real estate or architecture/design background with a track record in strategy and standards.
• Ability to connect design/space choices to business outcomes and value.
• Strong stakeholder and governance skills; clear, inclusive communicator.
• Comfortable using space and utilisation data to inform decisions.
• Fluency in English (German would be a Bonus)

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