Director Workplace Projects
Nscale
London, UK
Posted on May 12, 2026
🏢Director - Workplace Projects (Global)
🏢 Workplace (Office operations) team
🏢 London - hybrid - 3-4 days in the office
Deliver high quality, scalable and sustainable Workplace environments globally, with ownership of capital projects, design standards and build programmes.
Global Workplace Project Delivery
At Nscale, you'll find a collaborative, supportive, and innovative environment where your contributions spark real impact. We're building something extraordinary, and we want you at the core.
We strongly encourage applications from people of colour, the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, parents, carers, and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds.
If there’s anything we can do to accommodate your specific situation, please let us know.
The responsibilities outlined in this job description are not exhaustive and are intended to provide a general overview of the position. The employee may be required to perform additional duties, tasks, and responsibilities as assigned by management, consistent with the skills and qualifications required for the role.
For information on how Nscale handles candidate personal data, please see our Employee & Candidate Privacy Notice: Here.
For information on how Nscale handles candidate personal data, please see our Employee & Candidate Privacy Notice: Here.
🏢 Workplace (Office operations) team
🏢 London - hybrid - 3-4 days in the office
Deliver high quality, scalable and sustainable Workplace environments globally, with ownership of capital projects, design standards and build programmes.
Global Workplace Project Delivery
- Lead the delivery of global office fit outs, refurbishments, expansions, consolidations and relocations across multiple regions.
- Manage workplace projects from initial business case and feasibility through design, procurement, construction, handover and post occupancy review.
- Ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget and to agreed scope, quality and operational requirements.
- Establish and manage project governance, reporting structures, risk registers and delivery plans.
- Coordinate internal stakeholders, external consultants, contractors and vendors throughout project lifecycles.
- Drive accountability across project teams and ensure clear communication of milestones, dependencies and risks.
- Ensure all projects align with operational readiness requirements, including IT, Security, Facilities and employee experience considerations.
- Manage change control processes and maintain accurate project documentation.
- Create and manage a global programme roadmap for workplace projects aligned to company growth plans and strategic priorities.
- Prioritise projects based on business demand, headcount growth, operational requirements and regional needs.
- Develop scalable project delivery frameworks, processes and governance standards.
- Track programme progress, budgets, timelines and key performance indicators across the global portfolio.
- Identify programme risks, resource constraints and delivery dependencies, implementing mitigation plans where required.
- Build strong relationships with regional stakeholders to ensure alignment between local execution and global standards.
- Support long-term workplace planning and portfolio optimisation initiatives.
- Own, manage and track the global workplace CapEx budget.
- Develop project budgets, cost plans and financial forecasts.
- Ensure effective financial governance and cost control across all workplace projects.
- Review and approve project spend, change requests and contractor valuations.
- Partner with Finance and Procurement teams to manage forecasting, accruals and reporting.
- Identify cost-saving opportunities while maintaining quality, functionality and employee experience standards.
- Deliver projects with strong commercial discipline and measurable return on investment.
- Define, implement and maintain global workplace design standards and space guidelines.
- Ensure consistency in workplace experience, look and feel across all office locations while allowing for regional and cultural considerations.
- Partner with designers, architects and workplace consultants to create functional, flexible and employee centric environments.
- Continuously evolve workplace standards to support hybrid working, collaboration, wellbeing and business growth.
- Establish standards for furniture, finishes, branding, technology integration and workplace functionality.
- Conduct regular reviews and audits to ensure adherence to design and operational standards.
- Embed sustainability principles into all workplace fit outs, refurbishments and operational decisions.
- Drive initiatives focused on energy efficiency, sustainable material selection, waste reduction and long-term operational impact.
- Partner with Sustainability and Facilities teams to support environmental goals and reporting requirements.
- Evaluate opportunities to improve workplace efficiency, utilisation and environmental performance.
- Promote sustainable workplace practices across vendors, consultants and internal stakeholders.
- Ensure projects align with relevant environmental certifications and sustainability standards where appropriate.
- Ensure all workplace projects comply with local regulations, health and safety requirements, building standards and company policies.
- Partner with Legal, Security, Facilities and compliance teams to manage project related risks.
- Ensure appropriate documentation, permits, certifications and approvals are obtained for all projects.
- Drive safe working practices across contractors, vendors and project teams.
- Maintain operational continuity and minimise disruption during project delivery.
At Nscale, you'll find a collaborative, supportive, and innovative environment where your contributions spark real impact. We're building something extraordinary, and we want you at the core.
- Highly competitive package (base + equity) with reviews every 12 months. 🚀
- Join the fastest-growing tech startup, your chance to push boundaries, collaborate with brilliant minds, and make your mark on cutting-edge AI. ✨
- Expect a dynamic progression plan tailored to your ambitions. Grow by trying new things, leading, challenging the status quo, and owning your impact, always with our full support.
- Human-First Flexibility: We treat you as humans first. 🫶🏽 Our flexible workplace trusts Nscalers to deliver, giving you the autonomy to shape your day around life's moments.
We strongly encourage applications from people of colour, the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, parents, carers, and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds.
If there’s anything we can do to accommodate your specific situation, please let us know.
The responsibilities outlined in this job description are not exhaustive and are intended to provide a general overview of the position. The employee may be required to perform additional duties, tasks, and responsibilities as assigned by management, consistent with the skills and qualifications required for the role.
For information on how Nscale handles candidate personal data, please see our Employee & Candidate Privacy Notice: Here.
For information on how Nscale handles candidate personal data, please see our Employee & Candidate Privacy Notice: Here.