Occupancy Planning Manager

Occupancy Planning Manager – 5 month contract, strong potential to extend

About the Opportunity
Our client is seeking an experienced workplace planning professional to support occupancy planning, space utilization, and office planning initiatives across a large, multi-location corporate environment. This individual will play a key role in evaluating space needs, developing workplace solutions, coordinating stakeholder input, and supporting office moves, consolidations, and growth-related projects.

This is an excellent opportunity for a strategic and detail-oriented professional who enjoys balancing long-term workplace planning initiatives with day-to-day project execution.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and support occupancy planning, space utilization, and workplace optimization initiatives.
• Evaluate space requests and business requirements to develop practical and effective space planning solutions.
• Create occupancy plans, block plans, and restack strategies to support organizational growth, restructuring, and consolidation efforts.
• Collaborate with business leaders, facilities teams, project managers, and other stakeholders to gather requirements and drive projects through review and approval processes.
• Maintain and validate occupancy, headcount, and workplace planning data.
• Support office move planning and transition activities by coordinating information and delivering approved plans to implementation teams.
• Prepare executive presentations, planning summaries, business cases, and project documentation.
• Ensure adherence to established workplace planning standards, policies, and processes.
• Contribute to continuous improvement efforts by developing and maintaining consistent planning procedures and best practices.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in occupancy planning, workplace planning, corporate real estate, facilities planning, or a related field.
• Experience supporting space planning, office restacking, move management, and workplace strategy initiatives.
• Strong understanding of space utilization, headcount planning, and workplace planning principles.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while adapting to shifting business priorities.
• Excellent analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Experience preparing presentations and recommendations for leadership audiences.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Experience working cross-functionally with facilities, workplace, real estate, project management, and business stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience within large, multi-site corporate environments.
• Knowledge of workplace planning software, CAFM systems, or space management tools.
• Familiarity with CAD, Bluebeam, Tableau, or similar platforms.
• Relevant certifications, coursework, or industry designations related to workplace planning, facilities, or corporate real estate.