Chief Facilities Officer
corporate_services › Facilities Management · E4 — E4 — Senior Vice President · Executive
The top executive accountable for all physical infrastructure, real estate, and facility operations across the organization.
Median pay · United States · annual
$413,936 USD
▲ +129.7% vs E1 on this ladder
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pay@2 · 2026-07
What this role is
The top executive accountable for all physical infrastructure, real estate, and facility operations across the organization. At the Senior Vice President (E4) level, the role owns multiple divisions, enterprise strategy and external stakeholders, and drives cross-division / enterprise. Leads division leaders.
What this level does
- Oversee the enterprise facilities and corporate real estate portfolio as a Chief-level officer, integrating it into broad corporate strategy alongside multiple strategic areas with high autonomy.
- Participate in enterprise strategic development — bringing the physical-footprint, workplace, and real-estate dimension into decisions on M&A integration, major relocations, and growth planning.
- Engage the board and CEO regularly on facilities capital plans, real estate commitments, sustainability/ESG of the built environment, and enterprise physical-risk posture.
- Set the corporate strategy for the built environment — total cost of occupancy, resilience, and the workplace experience — across all business lines.
- Provide the ultimate accountability for facilities safety, compliance, and continuity as a corporate-level risk owned at the officer table.
- Knowledge applied
- Participates in enterprise strategic development, bringing the physical-footprint and real-estate dimension into corporate-wide decisions with high autonomy.
- Complexity & problem solving
- Addresses corporate-impact problems across multiple strategic areas — total cost of occupancy, resilience, M&A footprint integration.
- Collaboration & interaction
- Engages the board, CEO, and industry leaders regularly on facilities capital, real estate commitments, and physical-risk posture.
- Typical experience
- 20+ years of extensive corporate strategy and executive leadership spanning facilities and corporate real estate.
Skills at this level
- Portfolio and Real Estate Management
- — Directs the organization's facilities as a multi-site asset portfolio — consolidation, expansion, lease strategy, and occupancy cost — a top-order competency as the executive facilities role shifts from single-building operation to enterprise asset-oriented thinking.
- Facility Management
- — Coordinates and oversees the full range of facilities services — custodial, landscaping, security, maintenance, food and coffee services, parking, vending, access badges, and office moves — ensuring work facilities meet the organization's and employees' needs.
- Capital Project and Construction Management
- — Plans, budgets, and oversees construction and renovation projects to improve efficiency, ensuring completed facilities meet environmental, health, and security standards and government regulations.
- Facilities Regulatory Compliance
- — Ensures the physical estate meets OSHA, EPA, environmental, health, and security standards and government regulations, maintaining audit trails and compliance reporting across all sites.
- Facility Access and Security Systems
- — Monitors and manages facility access and safety protocols including security systems, access badges, and physical entry control for employees, visitors, and contractors.
- CMMS / FM Software Proficiency
- — Administers the Facilities Management (FM) / CMMS work-order request platform to schedule maintenance, manage vendor records, and generate the operational and compliance reporting that rolls up to leadership.
- Facilities Budgeting and Financial Planning
- — Owns budgeting, planning, and implementation of facilities operating and capital spend, arbitrating investment across sites to control cost while sustaining service levels.
- Building Systems (HVAC, Plumbing)
- — Applies technical understanding of core building systems — HVAC and plumbing among the most-sought facilities competencies — to direct maintenance standards, troubleshoot escalations, and set asset lifecycle plans.
- Vendor and Contract Management
- — Selects and manages custodial, landscaping, security, and maintenance vendors, negotiating outsourced-FM service agreements and holding suppliers to agreed service and safety levels.
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