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Facilities Manager

Lead the global workplace strategy and facilities management for Fireworks AI as it expands into new markets.

Location
San Mateo
Compensation
Not disclosed
Level
senior
Type
full time

Skills & Technologies

Requirements

Experience
5–8 years

Joblaze summary

The Facilities Manager at Fireworks AI is responsible for overseeing the company's global workplace strategy, including site planning, budgeting, and managing office buildouts as the company expands. This role requires expertise in multi-site facilities management and strong project management skills, particularly in high-growth tech environments. Ideal candidates will have a background in scaling workplace strategies and experience leading teams, making it suitable for those with significant industry experience. Fireworks AI offers a dynamic environment where innovative solutions to complex challenges are encouraged.

Joblaze insights

Quick facts

How much experience is required?
5–8 years of relevant experience for this Facilities Manager role.
What's the tech stack?
Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AI/ML.
What seniority level is this role?
Fireworks AI targets senior candidates for this position.
Is this full-time or contract?
Full-time for this Facilities Manager role at Fireworks AI.

From the original posting

About Us:

Fireworks is the platform for specialized intelligence, enabling companies to build, train, and serve AI models tailored to their own data, workflows, and products. Founded by the team behind PyTorch and backed by AMD, Atreides, Benchmark Capital, Index Ventures, Lightspeed, NVIDIA, Sequoia Capital, and TCV, Fireworks powers production AI with hundreds of state-of-the-art open models across text, image, embedding, audio, and multimodal workloads. Today, Fireworks is a Series D company valued at $17.5 billion, bringing together an ambitious, collaborative team that's building the future of enterprise AI.

We're looking for a strategic Facilities Manager to lead our global workplace footprint as we grow into new markets. You'll own our facilities roadmap — site strategy, budgeting, and major projects like buildouts and new office openings — while managing a team of regional office managers who handle day-to-day execution. This role suits someone with global or multi-site facilities experience who's ready to build scalable systems rather than run daily operations.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead space planning and site strategy for new office openings, expansions, and consolidations, partnering with Finance, Legal, and executive leadership on lease negotiations, site selection, and capital planning.

  • Manage and mentor a team of office managers across regions, setting standards, providing coaching, and ensuring consistent execution of workplace programs globally.

  • Build and maintain scalable facilities frameworks (playbooks, vendor standards, safety protocols) that regional office managers can execute locally.

  • Ensure all office locations comply with local labor, safety, and building regulations, partnering with Legal and local teams to navigate country-specific requirements as we expand into new markets.

  • Serve as the senior escalation point for complex, cross-regional facilities issues.

  • Develop the facilities budget in partnership with Finance and leadership; manage facility budget and operational costs across all sites.

  • Lead major projects such as office buildouts, relocations, or new market entries end-to-end — planning, budgeting, stakeholder alignment, and delivery.

  • Partner with Office Managers and the People team to shape a workplace experience — for employees and visitors alike — that reflects and reinforces our culture, from day-to-day environment to how we welcome guests and celebrate milestones.

Minimum Qualifications

  • 5-8 years in facilities or workplace strategy, with proven experience managing multi-site office portfolio — not limited to a single-location operational role.

  • Demonstrated success building and scaling workplace strategy in step with business growth, ideally in a high-growth tech company.

  • Strong project management skills, with experience leading complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives (office buildouts, relocations, market entries) from planning through delivery.

  • Experience managing a team with coaching, developing, and setting direction for office managers or similar direct reports.

  • Experience negotiating leases, vendor contracts, and master service agreements at a portfolio level.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience with global or international office operations, including regional compliance, cultural, and logistical considerations.

  • Demonstrated experience designing and executing campus events and daily activities, in partnership with internal stakeholders, to foster a high-energy, engaged workplace.

  • Comfortable operating with ambiguity, translating high-level business/geo strategy into concrete facilities plans.

Why Fireworks?

  • Solve Hard Problems: Tackle challenges at the forefront of AI infrastructure, from low-latency inference to scalable model serving.

  • Build What’s Next: Work with bleeding-edge technology that impacts how businesses and developers harness AI globally.

  • Ownership & Impact: Join a fast-growing, passionate team where your work directly shapes the future of AI—no bureaucracy, just results.

  • Learn from the Best: Collaborate with world-class engineers and AI researchers who thrive on curiosity and innovation.

Fireworks AI is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all innovators.

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