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About the Role
Nominal is seeking a Real Estate & Workplaces Lead to manage the strategy, expansion, and performance of its global workplace portfolio. This role involves leading office launches, establishing consistent standards, and balancing long-range planning with hands-on execution. The ideal candidate is a builder who can create scalable systems and lead a team, partnering with various internal departments and external vendors. This leadership position requires a U.S.-based office location (ideally NYC or LA) with regular domestic and international travel.
Responsibilities
- Own the portfolio strategy, developing a multi-year roadmap for real estate and workplace across existing and future markets.
- Translate business needs into clear recommendations on capacity, location, timing, and investment.
- Lead real estate decisions from market evaluation to lease negotiations and exits.
- Deliver offices from concept through stabilization, managing design, construction, and launch.
- Define and establish the Nominal workplace standard for all locations.
- Ensure reliable workplace operations, focusing on safety, functionality, and inclusivity.
- Manage workplace operating and capital budgets with discipline and transparency.
- Utilize data to inform decisions regarding capacity, utilization, cost, and employee experience.
- Build and lead the workplace team, setting clear expectations and fostering strong local execution.
- Partner with internal teams to design workplace experiences that enhance collaboration and culture.
- Manage incidents, project risks, and competing priorities with urgency and sound judgment.
Requirements
- 10+ years in corporate real estate, workplace, facilities, design and construction, or related functions.
- Significant responsibility for a multi-site portfolio.
- Proven track record of building and scaling offices in a fast-growing company.
- Fluency in leases, occupancy planning, capital and operating budgets, financial models, and vendor negotiations.
- Ability to lead multiple complex projects across different cities and time zones.
- High attention to detail regarding the physical environment and employee experience.
- Systems thinking approach to problem-solving and process improvement.
- Clear, direct, and effective communication skills.
- Low ego and high sense of ownership, willing to handle tasks from strategy to execution.
- Strong ability to align diverse stakeholders across different departments.
- Ability to travel regularly for site selection, buildouts, office visits, and team leadership across the U.S. and internationally.
Skills
- Real estate portfolio strategy
- Workplace operations management
- Lease negotiation
- Financial modeling
- Vendor management
- Project leadership
- Cross-functional collaboration
- International portfolio experience
- Ground-up buildout experience
- Workplace and portfolio tools
- Team leadership and development
Location
- Los Angeles
- Austin
- New York City
- Washington, DC
- London
- Seattle
- U.S. (Primary: NYC or LA)
Work Type
- In-person
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 10+ years
- Leadership
About the Company
- Nominal is building the connected test and operations platform for advanced hardware systems, including spacecraft, autonomous vehicles, and defense programs.
- The platform enables hardware engineering teams to ingest data, analyze performance, automate test execution, and collaborate throughout development.
- The company serves top-tier commercial and defense customers such as Anduril, Shield AI, Hermeus, REGENT, Pratt Miller Motorsports, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Air Force.
- Nominal is backed by prominent investors including Sequoia, General Catalyst, Founders Fund, Lux Capital, and Lightspeed.
- The team comprises individuals from leading companies like SpaceX, Palantir, Anduril, Applied Intuition, and Tesla.
- The company's mission is to provide hardware engineers with tools to build the future with speed, safety, and confidence.