Field Operations Manager

Work set-up: 
Full Remote
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Experience: 
Senior (5-10 years)
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Qualifications:

Minimum 5 years of experience in facilities or maintenance management., Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)., Knowledge of facilities management, building maintenance trades, and safety regulations., Strong interpersonal and client management skills..

Key responsibilities:

  • Support and manage client facilities at various sites, ensuring service quality.
  • Build and maintain relationships with clients and vendors to meet operational needs.
  • Represent the company in safety and municipal matters, providing onsite support.
  • Coordinate with internal teams and vendors to improve service delivery and resolve issues.

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Lessen Real Estate Management & Development Scaleup https://www.lessen.com/
501 - 1000 Employees
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Job description

Lessen is the techenabled, endtoend property service provider that is transforming how commercial and residential real estate services are delivered and managed at scale. Lessen’s technology platform provides datadriven insights that unlock key growth opportunities for the entire real estate ecosystem—including investors, owners, managers, and service providers. The company leverages a network of over 30,000 vetted, qualified vendors (Lessen Affiliates) serving clients with over 1 million properties and completing more than 3.5 million work orders annually across an expanding range of services. Lessen, LLC is a venturebacked, privately held company with offices in Scottsdale and Chicago.

Job Description Summary

The Field Operations Manager plays an integral role in client support and account management through direct engagement with provision of services at the customers’ sites. This role works closely with multiple internal and external stakeholders to address daily client challenges, while identifying and executing opportunities to make meaningful improvements to client operations.

What Youll Do
  • Improve the delivery of services to the client by observing and reporting on performance and experience from an onsiteuser perspective, both customer and vendor
  • Provide the Operations team with local insight regarding the unique needs of customers in the assigned market and the nuances of doing business with local vendors
  • Represent SMS in matters related to FireLife Safety, Environmental Health and Safety, and Disaster Recovery to mitigate the cost of unnecessarily expansive scopes of work
  • Provide administrative support for matters requiring inperson representation, such as dealing with municipal offices and being present for code inspections
  • Assure client leadership that SMS is effectively resolving all facilities issues through local engagement on high priority issues, prior to client escalation
  • Enhance the effectiveness of SMS technology solutions through increased adoption by directly demonstrating the platform’s value to both customer and vendor
  • Build and maintain professional relationships with clients to gain an understanding of their operational needs; assist in the development and implementation of solutions to meet those needs
  • Proactively manage delivery of services to sites without permanent client employees such as vacant sites and offpremise ATM locations
  • Maintain cognizance of work being done by third party vendors at client sites such as new build construction projects, branch decommissionings, or other projects falling outside the SMS scope of work; represent SMS in the acceptance of such projects into the Facilities portfolio
  • Perform nonmaintenance tasks related to facilities management as approved by the Director of Operations
  • Demonstrate SMS’s commitment to consistent highquality service through scheduled and unscheduled quality assurance visits
  • In coordination with the Affiliate Relationship Management team, develop business relationships with vendors to achieve seamless, highquality service and advantageous pricing
  • Communicate findings and recommendations based on client data clearly; couple insights with actionable conclusions to drive business decisions
  • Facilitate the flow of information among customers and affiliates in the field and the SMS Operations team
  • Foster a positive team environment and may provide coaching or mentoring to team members
  • Ensures confidentiality and accuracy of internal and external data
  • Performs adhoc projects and other duties as assigned
  • This position is remote and requires up to 60% travel within the assigned geographic area of responsibility

  • What Youll Need
  • Possesses specific knowledge of facilities management and general knowledge of building maintenance trades
  • Computer Skills: Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook required
  • 5+ years of experience in facilities management, maintenance management, or building maintenance trades require

  • Why Lessen:
    · Competitive compensation
    · Health, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability options
    · 401K retirement savings plan
    · Paid vacation, federal and floating holidays
    · MaternityPaternity Pay
    · Career advancement opportunities
    · All the tools youll need to be successful

    Lessen is intentional about attracting, developing, and retaining amazing talent from diverse backgrounds. We’re looking for teammates that are enthusiastic, empathetic, curious, motivated, reliable, and will help us amplify the positive & inclusive culture we’ve been building. Lessen is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.
  • Required profile

    Experience

    Level of experience: Senior (5-10 years)
    Industry :
    Real Estate Management & Development
    Spoken language(s):
    English
    Check out the description to know which languages are mandatory.

    Other Skills

    • Microsoft Excel
    • Microsoft PowerPoint
    • Microsoft Word
    • Microsoft Outlook
    • Communication
    • Teamwork
    • Mentorship
    • Coaching
    • Problem Solving

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