Workplace Strategy Lead

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Workplace Strategy lead for the India and Philippines region. Lead for workplace strategy, business unit engagement to support regional workplace programs and major projects, transition into new space and workplace environments.

Will conduct employee experience research engagement on all major programs/ projects, and data analysis to recommend future solutions that continually improve our workplace program. Align key workstreams across all functions; planning, design, experience and change management to develop these solutions.

In this role, you will be the:

• Workplace research strategy lead point of contact in region coordinating across multiple functions: planning, design, experience, DCM project management, property management, move management, technology, real estate planning, business unit relationship managers, and amenities operations.
• Provide vision, direction, and expertise for implementing innovative and significant business solutions. Drive performance and initiatives, and develop and implement information delivery or presentations to key stakeholders and senior management
• Lead required meetings to facilitate decision making and support implementation of recommendations and plans. Engage with all levels of professionals and managers across multiple lines of businesses.
• Provide vision and direction to set the overall employee engagement strategy, including research and data analytics, measures of success and total lifecycle loop for improvement.
• Manage the operational effectiveness for unassigned desking/ activity based working across the region, and address resolution of complex and unique challenges. Utilize analytical skills, knowledge of real estate occupancy, to deliver effective, long term and large-scale solutions.
• Provide oversight for workplace consultants as required. Lead cross functional team meetings to facilitate decision making and support implementation of recommendations and plans

Required qualification:

• 5+ years of experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Desired qualification:

• Executive presence: Ability to command respect and build credibility with senior stakeholders.
• Strategic thinking: Capacity to develop innovative solutions for complex business challenges.
• Data-driven decision making: Proficiency in analyzing complex datasets, deriving actionable insights, and using data to inform strategy and drive results.
• Adaptability: Flexibility to work in a dynamic environment and adjust to changing client needs.
• Leadership: Ability to guide teams, mentor colleagues, and drive projects to successful completion.
• Business acumen: Strong understanding of workplace.

Job expectations :

• Bachelor's degree required; MBA, advanced degree, or relevant certifications preferred. Experience with workplace strategy, design and planning.
• 8+ years of business execution, implementation, strategic planning experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

• Experience working as a workplace strategist leader with design, planning, and change management experience.Experience leading workplace strategies and business unit engagements to drive solutions to implement on major programsfor a matrixed company of comparable size, scale, and complexity as Wells Fargo.

• Ability to assess, synthesize, generate a vision based on workplace research, real estate utilization data, real estate benchmarking and workplace experience best practices to form an appropriate solution for the enterprise. Ability to prioritize competing goals, gain consensus from various stakeholders, generate solutions, create implementation roadmap with supporting socialization and rollout programs, scale meaningfully and measure impact.

• Coordination across multiple functional areas across the Corporate Properties Group (Strategy, Planning, Design, Experience, Change Management) and key stakeholders (Technology, HR, Corp Comms, Brand/ Marketing) to obtain consensus driven solutions.