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Head of CRES APAC, India, MEA

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Barclays

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Job Description:

The Regional Head – Corporate Real Estate Services is accountable for end-to-end strategy, governance, and performance of the corporate real estate and facilities portfolio across APAC, MEA, and India. The role ensures that real estate, facilities, and workplace operations enable business growth, protect people and assets, manage risk, and deliver cost-efficient, compliant, and resilient workplaces. This role serves as a strategic partner to regional and global leadership, balancing commercial outcomes, operational excellence, health & safety, and long-term sustainability across diverse regulatory and cultural environments. This role is pivotal in ensuring that operations are run and change is delivered safely, transparently, efficiently and in a way that demonstrably creates value for the stakeholders.

Job Responsibility:

  • Define and execute the regional CRE strategy aligned to global vision and business objectives
  • Drive portfolio optimization including expansion, consolidation, lease restructuring and exits
  • Lead long-term demand planning, workplace strategy, and footprint rationalization
  • Oversee site selection, lease negotiations, renewals, acquisitions, and disposals
  • Ensure optimal commercial terms, risk mitigation, and regulatory compliance
  • Manage regional broker, legal, and advisory partnerships
  • Provide strategic oversight and governance of end-to-end facilities management
  • Own regional Health & Safety governance, policies, and compliance frameworks
  • Ensure proactive premises risk management, including life safety, fire systems, structural safety, and statutory compliance
  • Lead audits, incident management, business continuity, and crisis response in coordination with risk and security teams
  • Oversee engineering systems and building operations, including HVAC, electrical, plumbing, BMS, and critical infrastructure
  • Ensure operational reliability, preventive maintenance, uptime, and asset lifecycle management
  • Drive energy efficiency, operational resilience, and sustainability in building operations
  • Lead governance of third-party service providers, including IFM partners, engineering vendors, and specialist contractors
  • Establish SLAs, KPIs, performance reviews, and continuous improvement programs
  • Ensure consistency of service delivery while managing local regulatory and cultural nuances
  • Ensure delivery of high-quality workplace services aligned to employee experience and productivity
  • Champion health, safety, well-being, and inclusive workplace standards
  • Support evolving hybrid and flexible work models
  • Own the regional CRE and FM budgets (opex and capex)
  • Drive cost optimization, value engineering, and financial discipline
  • Establish strong governance, forecasting, and reporting mechanisms
  • Lead large-scale fit-outs, refurbishments, relocations, and greenfield developments
  • Ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to global quality standards
  • Implement standardized project governance, design, and delivery frameworks
  • Drive ESG and sustainability initiatives, including green certifications, energy optimization, and carbon reduction
  • Ensure compliance with local regulations, corporate policies, and global standards
  • Partner with global ESG, risk, and compliance teams
  • Support the collaboration of internal stakeholders including CRE & FM teams, operational, and risk management teams to meet client needs and expectations
  • Enhancing the bank's digital capabilities when current technology is identified as not yet ready to support
  • Work with senior stakeholders across the organisation to ensure alignment, unblock dependencies and accelerate progress
  • Shape and communicate clear strategic roadmaps, ensuring coherence across all pillars of the CRES
  • Manage RCSA process
  • Ensure compliance to all specified controls, conduct checks & attestation processes
  • Improve process controls and proactively identify potential issues
  • Ensure transparency with stakeholders and work on timely remediation of gaps
  • Establish clear governance around saves and process delivery timelines
  • Manage and develop capital project proposals and operations aligned to the needs of the bank
  • Management, development and execution of building, real estate and physical asset security projects and proposals, including workspace, engineering, and facility upgrades
  • Management of planning, design, procurement, resourcing, reporting and construction processes to ensure deliverables are completed on time and within budget
  • Identification of potential risks and issues associated to capital projects and development of risk management strategies to mitigate them by monitoring risk exposure and taking corrective action
  • Management of project budget for real estate and physical security projects by tracking expenses, forecasting costs and identifying cost saving opportunities
  • Management of stakeholder relations including project sponsors, vendors, regulatory agencies, and the facilities management team to align capital project operations with the bank's objectives
  • Identification of opportunities to improve the delivery processes for capital projects and implement best practices to enhance project performance
  • Execution of capital projects that meet agreed quality standards, and are compliant with relevant laws, regulation, and policies

Requirements:

  • 20+ years of leadership experience in Corporate Real Estate, Facilities Management, or Infrastructure
  • Proven track record managing multi-country portfolios across APAC / MEA / India
  • Experience in MNCs, GCCs, or large enterprises preferred
  • Degree in Engineering, Architecture, Facilities, Real Estate, or Business (MBA preferred)
  • Extensive executive‑level experience delivering large‑scale, complex, enterprise change
  • Strategic thinking, influencing at ExCo level and cross‑functional leadership
  • Exceptional communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to simplify complex issues
  • Strong risk instincts, commercial acumen, excellent judgement and a bias for transparent, evidence‑based decision‑making
What we offer:
  • Wellness rooms
  • Gyms
  • Mental health support
  • Modern workspaces
  • Collaborative areas
  • State-of-the-art meeting rooms
  • On-site cafeterias
  • Fitness centers
  • Tech-equipped workstations
  • Supportive and inclusive culture
  • Flexible working arrangements
  • Hybrid working
  • Structured approach to hybrid working
  • Incredible variety, depth and breadth of experience
  • Chance to learn from a globally diverse mix of colleagues
  • Encouragement to embrace mobility

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
February 16, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
Hybrid work
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