Executive Director, Global Corporate Facilities Strategy & Management Services

Covance Inc.
Burlington, NC

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Executive Director, Global Corporate Facilities Strategy & Management Services

Burlington, NC

The Executive Director, Global Corporate Facilities Strategy & Management Services is a senior enterprise leader responsible for defining and executing the global strategy for corporate facilities across a multi‑site, international portfolio. In addition, this position serves as a strategic advisor to senior leadership, shaping long-term footprint strategy, capital investments, and operating models while ensuring governance, risk management, and sustainability objectives are achieved.

Job Responsibilities

  • Aligns facilities, real estate, and business strategy to enable growth, operational excellence, workforce experience, and cost optimization.

  • Leads global standardization, performance management, and transformation initiatives across the Facilities Management & Real Estate (FM&RE) function, delivering measurable impact on financial performance, efficiency, and organizational scalability.

  • Oversee global Facilities Management and Real Estate teams of 300+ personnel supporting a portfolio of 3,000+ sites.

  • Direct Facilities Management and Real Estate analytics, benchmarking, and optimization of systems, activities, and personnel.

  • Establish a team‑oriented work environment that values diversity, inclusion, belonging, performance, and talent development.

  • Translate the company’s Facilities Management and Real Estate strategy into key initiatives and priorities; develop and execute operating and strategic project plans; track, measure, and communicate progress to internal and external stakeholders.

  • Partner with Business and Functional Leadership to integrate utility conservation, pollution prevention, and space optimization into operations, ensuring a strong Facility and Reliability Culture across corporate sites.

  • Implement innovative, compliant, and scalable solutions that balance business obligations with optimal service delivery, employee protection, and environmental responsibility.

  • Drive environmental sustainability initiatives and performance across the corporate facilities portfolio.

  • Provide expert guidance for Facilities Management programs, projects, mergers, and acquisitions.

  • Lead compliance, continuous improvement, innovation, and sustainable results across Facilities Management projects and programs.

  • Develop capital strategic plans and coordinate with stakeholders to meet future requirements and business demands.

  • Prioritize master planning initiatives across the portfolio to align resources with business focus.

  • Collaborate with Diagnostics and Bio‑Laboratory Services Facility Management and Corporate Real Estate leaders to assess future space requirements versus current capacities.

  • Identify innovative solutions that optimize square footage in a dynamic business environment, including leading site divestiture efforts and supporting new business development integration activities.

  • Foster strong collaboration with Facilities Management Service Providers across soft services, maintenance and utilities operations, security services, and laboratory services within corporate office environments.

  • Lead a team of 10–25 colleagues and contingent staff located in Burlington and Durham, North Carolina.

  • Serve as a conduit of information between operating facilities and Facilities Management at Site, Division, and corporate levels.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, or related discipline.

  • 10 or more years of experience in facilities management.

  • 8 or more years of experience managing teams of facilities managers in corporate or industrial environments.

  • 5 or more years of experience leading multiple geographically dispersed sites and matrixed functions for global operations.

  • 8 or more years of experience in project planning and execution for diverse portfolios of facilities projects.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Master’s degree in engineering, business, or a related discipline.

  • Certified Facility Manager (CFM).

  • Certified Property Manager (CPM).

  • Professional Engineer (PE) license.

Additional Job Standards

  • Ability to anticipate, recognize, and respond to changing internal and external trends, market conditions, and regulatory legislation; evaluate and integrate information to determine potential impact on the company.

  • Ability to leverage data to improve performance.

  • Strong global and local judgment and strategic thinking.

  • Ability to address complex issues with tact and diplomacy.

  • Robust skills interpreting and applying regulatory frameworks.

  • Strong leadership, talent management, change execution, and finance management capabilities.

  • Ability to balance multiple changing priorities and make decisions with speed, discipline, and accuracy.

  • Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills with a visible inclination toward collaboration and driving improved outcomes.

  • Comfortable working in animal research environment

  • Up to 25% travel

Relocation assistance may be available

Benefits: Employees regularly scheduled to work 20 or more hours per week are eligible for comprehensive benefits including: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, STD/LTD, 401(k), Paid Time Off (PTO) or Flexible Time Off (FTO), Tuition Reimbursement and Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Employees regularly scheduled to work less than 20 hours, Casual, Intern, and Temporary employees are only eligible to participate in the 401(k) Plan. Employees who are regularly scheduled to work a 7 on/7 off schedule are eligible to receive all the foregoing benefits except PTO or FTO. For more detailed information, please  click here

Labcorp is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer:

Labcorp strives for inclusion and belonging in the workforce and does not tolerate harassment or discrimination of any kind. We make employment decisions based on the needs of our business and the qualifications and merit of the individual. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), family or parental status, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, personal appearance, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristic. Additionally, all qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law.

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Posted 2026-07-20

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