Purpose

The Senior Director, Workplaces North America is the regional executive accountable for workplace strategy, portfolio performance, real estate portfolio strategy, workplace operations, capital investment recommendations, HSSE, and Workplaces employee experience across NAM.

This leader is expected to be an enterprise leader who translates North America business priorities into a North America workplace agenda that enables business performance and employee experience, optimizes workplace and portfolio value, strengthens operational resilience, and supports how teams connect, collaborate, and perform.

Serving as a senior advisor to regional and global stakeholders, the role shapes and influences decisions on portfolio optimization, capital investment recommendations, risk management, and location and portfolio implications informed by workforce insights and long-term workforce needs owned by HR and North America senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Set the multi-year North America workplace strategy, translating business priorities, workforce insights from HR and business leadership, occupancy data, and portfolio scenarios into clear portfolio, experience, and investment recommendations.
• Partner cross-functionally with global and local HR, communication, branding marketing, supply chain, technology, and business leadership to shape and advance future-of-work initiatives that enable agility, collaboration, inclusion, productivity, and employee engagement.
• Advise senior leaders on workplace priorities, strategic trade-offs, risks, and opportunities that shape the regional operating model.
• Own the North America regional real estate portfolio strategy, including occupancy and capacity planning, site strategy, and recommendations regarding lease decisions, acquisitions, dispositions, expansions, and consolidations, within established governance and approval processes.
• Apply utilization insights, financial modeling, and business forecasts to inform portfolio recommendations, capital efficiency, and long-term asset value.
• Partner with HR, Finance, Legal, Procurement, and Global Workplaces to ensure disciplined governance, enterprise alignment, and effective risk management.
• Oversee workplace services, facilities operations, maintenance, service delivery, and employee experience across the region.
• Advance service innovation through technology enablement, vendor accountability, continuous improvement, and data-informed operating practices.
• Provide executive oversight for approved capital investments, renovations, relocations, expansions, and infrastructure projects from strategy through execution.
• Ensure delivery reflects business priorities, cost discipline, workplace standards, governance expectations, and enterprise risk requirements.
• Embed sustainability and ESG priorities into workplace strategy, design, operations, and portfolio decisions.
• Drive progress against environmental targets through energy efficiency, resource optimization, waste reduction, responsible operations, and regulatory readiness.
• Lead operating and capital budget planning with disciplined resource allocation and financial accountability, and develop investment priorities and recommendations for approval through established governance.
• Develop executive-ready business cases that clarify value, cost, risk, and strategic impact of major workplace decisions and support investment decision-making by the appropriate approving leaders.
• Strengthen leadership capability, succession depth, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement across the team.
• Travel is required, up to 20%-30% of the time, in some cases with limited or no notice.

Key Relationships

• Global Workplaces
• NAM HRSLT
• NAM SLT and their respective teams
• Global Operations and Sustainability
• Local Authorities and Regulatory Agencies
• Contracted agencies for NAM Workplaces

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Deep expertise leading one or more enterprise workplace disciplines including corporate real estate, workplace services, facilities management, workplace experience, HSSE, sustainability, portfolio strategy, or capital project delivery.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and execute workplace strategies that influence and support business growth, workforce needs, financial objectives, and organizational transformation.
• Proven ability to propose and manage operating and capital budgets, evaluate investment trade-offs, and develop data-driven recommendations that improve workplace performance, cost efficiency, and business outcomes.
• Experience building business cases, presenting investment recommendations, and influencing executive stakeholders on significant workplace and real estate decisions.
• Exceptional communication and influencing skills with a demonstrated ability to advise senior executives, navigate competing priorities, and gain alignment across multiple functions including HR, Finance, Legal, Procurement, Security, and business leadership.
• Ability to lead through ambiguity, make difficult decisions, and drive organizational change in complex matrixed environments.
• Experience establishing operating models, governance structures, performance metrics, and service standards across geographically dispersed locations.
• Demonstrated success improving workplace operations, vendor performance, employee experience, and service effectiveness through continuous improvement and operational rigor.
• Track record contributing to and leading large-scale workplace transformations, organizational change initiatives, portfolio optimization efforts, workplace technology implementations in partnership with HR, Technology, and business leadership.
• Strong ability to lead teams through change while maintaining employee engagement, operational continuity, and business partnership.
• Extensive knowledge of workplace-related risk management, regulatory compliance, business continuity, emergency preparedness, crisis response, and health and safety practices.
• Experience making high-impact decisions during complex operational disruptions or critical business events.
• Proven ability to lead, develop, and inspire high-performing teams through multiple layers of leadership.
• Demonstrated commitment to talent development, succession planning, employee engagement, inclusion, and leadership coaching.
• Demonstrated success leading enterprise-scale initiatives with significant operational, financial, or employee impact.
• Proven ability to operate effectively within large, matrixed, multinational organizations.
• At adidas, we offer a Hybrid Work Policy that requires in-office attendance Monday through Thursday, with flexibility to work remotely on Fridays. For work requiring a high degree of collaboration or an in-person presentation, in-office attendance is required, including on Fridays when needed.

Requisite Education & Experience / Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Real Estate, Engineering, Architecture, Facilities Management, Operations Management, or related field required
• 10+ years of progressive leadership experience within corporate real estate, workplace services, facilities management, workplace operations, or related disciplines.
• Professional certifications such as IFMA, CoreNet, PMP, LEED, WELL, or equivalent credentials are preferred
• We welcome a combination of education and experience in lieu of a degree

• adidas celebrates diversity, supports inclusiveness and encourages individual expression in our workplace. We actively encourage individuals with disabilities to apply and will provide reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process. We do not tolerate the harassment or discrimination toward any of our applicants or employees. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. 
• adidas offers robust and progressive medical, including HSA (Health Savings Account) with employer funding or FSA (Flexible Spending Account) options, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, adoption, with surrogate and fertility support, short and long-term disability, and basic life and AD&D insurance. Employees are able to enroll in adidas’ 401k plan and Stock Purchase Plan with employer match. Full-time employees are eligible for education assistance and generous Leave policies including 14 weeks of paid parental leave.   ​
• Employees are eligible to earn an annual bonus based on company performance. Employees accrue prorated flexible time off in the amount .4388 hours per day that increases with years of service, twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year and Service Time Off during milestone years.  ​
• At adidas we offer a Hybrid work policy which requires attendance in the office Monday through Thursday, with the flexibility to work remotely on Friday each week. For work requiring a high degree of collaboration or an in-person presentation, in-office attendance is required even on Friday. The working location of this position is Portland, OR.​
• Though our teammates hail from all corners of the world, our working language is English.