Darktrace AI interrupts in-progress cyber-attacks in seconds, including ransomware, email phishing, and threats to cloud environments and critical infrastructure. Backed by Insight.
About the role
The VP, Real Estate is responsible for the strategy, management, and performance of Darktrace's corporate real estate portfolio, particularly during a period of evolution, where some offices may close/new ones open etc. You will balance cost, flexibility, and employee experience, aligning the portfolio with our hybrid work model and growth plans. You will manage external brokers, project managers, and facilities partners. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- Portfolio strategy: Develop and execute a multi-year real estate strategy aligned with headcount forecasts, hybrid working policy, and financial targets
- Lease administration and transactions: Lead site selection, negotiation, renewal, restructuring, and disposal of leases, working with brokers and legal counsel to secure favorable terms
- Financial management: Own the real estate budget and forecast. Drive cost savings through consolidation, sublease, and lease-term optimization. Partner with Finance on lease accounting (ASC 842) and capital planning
- Workplace and project delivery: Oversee design, fit-out, and relocation projects on time and on budget, delivering inclusive, secure, brand-aligned workspaces
- Space utilization and data: Use occupancy and utilization data to inform space decisions, and report portfolio KPIs to executive leadership
- Security and compliance: Work with Security, IT, and Legal to ensure facilities meet physical security, health and safety, ADA, and local regulatory requirements
More about this role
Darktrace is a global leader in AI-driven cybersecurity, helping organizations stay ahead of evolving threats every day.
Darktrace was built on a genuinely differentiated idea: that Adaptive AI could detect and respond to novel, real-time cyber threats. That approach matters more than ever in the era of AI. Today, our customers depend on us to stay ahead.
At Darktrace, we are energized by that responsibility. We work across teams and rally around a shared goal. We own outcomes end to end - step in, step up and see things through without waiting to be asked. We make decisions with urgency, say the hard thing, and hold each other to high standards with care and directness. We move first and learn fast anticipating where our customers are going next, continuously challenging ourselves.
We invest in the skills, learning and opportunities that help people deliver at the level their roles demand, and reward the aptitude and curiosity to grow beyond them.
Our Values: Own It | Win as One | Raise Our Bar | Move First. Learn Fast
The VP, Real Estate is responsible for the strategy, management, and performance of Darktrace's corporate real estate portfolio, particularly during a period of...
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