# Senior Space and Occupancy Manager

**Company**: Electronic Arts
**Location**: Vancouver, British Columbia
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $133,500 - $186,400 CAD
**Category**: Facilities & Maintenance
**Industry**: Technology
**Ticker**: EA
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q173941

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## Description

Electronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. Here, everyone is part of the story. Part of a community that connects across the globe. A place where creativity thrives, new perspectives are invited, and ideas matter. A team where everyone makes play happen.

As a Senior Space & Occupancy Manager, you will support the Real Estate & Workplace Solutions (REWS) team by providing strategic space utilization solutions that meet the needs of business units and the hybrid work model. You will report to the Director of Strategy & Ops and play a crucial role in managing space allocation and occupancy planning globally, working in a hybrid work model 3 days in the office based in Vancouver, Canada.

**Responsibilities**:

- Set and manage global standards, guidelines, and cadences for occupancy planning to optimize portfolio space allocation

- Oversee space data management, capacity tracking, and drawing integrity through designated IWMS and CAFM systems

- Manage vendor partners in executing global space planning, system maintenance, and occupancy strategies

- Translate business requirements into multi-scenario capacity plans, team neighborhood strategies, and stacking/blocking plans

- Develop, standardize, and continuously improve space and occupancy metrics

- Analyze space and occupancy performance, delivering actionable recommendations to optimize portfolio efficiency and reduce wasted space

- Collaborate cross-functionally with Finance, People Experience, Real Estate, and Workplace Experience to align headcount forecasts and implement operational planning decisions

**About you**:

- Strong competencies in space and occupancy planning with the ability to communicate and engage across stakeholders

- Experience in managing global space utilization strategies and data

- Ability to build and maintain trusting relationships with senior management and stakeholders

- Experience with IWMS and CAFM systems

- Experience implementing technical solutions for workplace challenges

- Analytical and familiar with headcount forecasting

**Qualifications**:

- 8+ years experience in space and occupancy planning

- Bachelor's degree in Real Estate, Facilities Management, Architecture, Business Administration, or a related field

- Experience in leading cross-functional projects and collaborating with teams

- Advanced proficiency in space management software and Excel

- Previous forecasting experience

- Strong analytical skills for data-driven decision-making

**Pay Transparency - North America** The ranges listed below are what EA in good faith expects to pay applicants for this role in these locations at the time of this posting. If you reside in a different location, a recruiter will advise on the applicable range and benefits.

**COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS** The pay ranges for this role in British Columbia (depending on location e.g. Vancouver vs. Victoria) are $133,500 - $186,400 CAD.

In Canada, we offer a package of benefits including vacation (3 weeks per year to start), 10 days per year of paid sick time, company top-up to EI/QPIP benefits up to 100% of base salary when you welcome a new child (12 weeks for maternity, and 4 weeks for parental/adoption leave), extended health/dental/vision coverage, life insurance, disability insurance, and retirement benefits to regular full-time employees.

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## Skills

### Required
- space and occupancy planning
- IWMS
- CAFM
- data analysis
- headcount forecasting
- Excel

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