Senior Manager, Portfolio Planning

Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services, with over 300 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause and resume watching as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time.

We are seeking a Portfolio Planning Senior Manager, reporting to the Sr. Director of Portfolio Management, to lead on the planning of the Netflix Corporate Portfolio for the United States and Canada region.  

The Portfolio Management team is a strategic partner to the business. As part of Netflix’s Enterprise Operations team, we plan, execute, and implement real estate and spatial solutions to support Netflix's rapid growth and needs as the business continues to evolve and expand globally. 

The Portfolio Planning role will focus on planning and analyzing Netflix's existing and planned corporate locations within the UCAN region. The role will partner closely and collaborate with our stakeholders, ensuring that our sites and spaces meet the evolving business requirements. 

• Lead partner with the regional business to understand headcount and business requirements that translate into space demand across the United States and Canada (UCAN) portfolio.

• Maintains a strong connection with the core business while staying highly aligned with our key growth areas as their requirements evolve and adapt with business priorities. 

• Responsible for ensuring the right amount of space, and type of space, is available and delivered in current and future sites.

• Manages macro and micro-level space programming across existing and future sites.

• Proactively monitors the health of the UCAN portfolio, combining space and occupancy health metrics with lease data in order to recommend spatial solutions and real estate scenarios to support the requirements of the business.

• Responsible for creating and managing a robust developed timeline and workflow of decision dates, overlaying portfolio health, within the corporate portfolio.

• Responsible for business validation memos, executive-facing presentations, and documents. 

• Ensures critical dates, milestones, and decision workflows within end-to-end projects align with portfolio demands, working closely with the Program Delivery function. 

• Ensures the appropriate documentation is written and supported for site/location decisions in longer-term real estate planning. 

• Proactively partners with Workplace and the Lease Management team to monitor current buildings/landlords, surrounding buildings and markets to map any potential opportunities (expansions, relocations, renegotiations). 

• Manages a team of space and occupancy planners, largely responsible for planning and executing allocation/migration scenarios within the UCAN portfolio. 

• Responsible for ensuring day-to-day business needs are met regarding headcount, space demand, and neighborhood planning. 

• Liaise, influence, and build relationships with local/regional business partners to ensure their business’ allocation, adjacency and spatial needs are met, validating yearly headcount projections and short-term spatial programming/technical requirements. 

• Responsible for proactively analyzing,  tracking and reporting space and occupancy trends based on local headcount forecasting, business org changes and space requirements. 

• BA/BS degree or equivalent combination of education, training and experience in Corporate Real Estate/Portfolio Planning, Client/Business Relations, Communications, Architecture, Interior Architecture or Space Planning 

• 10+ years of experience in corporate real estate, finance, client/business relations, workplace strategy, occupancy and space planning 

• 5+ years of people management experience; leading a team of high performers

• Comfortable in a fast-paced, open, collaborative environment

• High degree of flexibility and the ability to collaborate, problem solve and multi-task

• Proficiency in Google Suite, specifically Sheets and Slides

• Experience with CAFM systems (preferably Serraview/Eptura)

• Knowledge of ADA requirements and building codes

• Ability to read and interpret floor plans and construction documents 

• Excellent interpersonal communication skills, including with executive-level leadership

• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced, team-based, deadline-oriented environment

• Be a resilient leader with a can-do attitude. Ability to navigate through ambiguity and to lead through change. 

• Ability to effectively manage complex tasks and prioritize multiple projects and competing priorities

• Ability to develop business cases and service requirements while creating and managing strategic alliances

• Ability to build internal networks and work cross-functional

• Excellent organizational and project management skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Generally, our compensation structure consists solely of an annual salary; we do not have bonuses. You choose each year how much of your compensation you want in salary versus stock options. To determine your personal top of market compensation, we rely on market indicators and consider your specific job family, background, skills, and experience to determine your compensation in the market range. The range for this role is $100,000 - $350,000.

Netflix provides comprehensive benefits including Health Plans, Mental Health support, a 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match, Stock Option Program, Disability Programs, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, Family-forming benefits, and Life and Serious Injury Benefits. We also offer paid leave of absence programs.  Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off to be used for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off. Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off. See more detail about our Benefits here.

Netflix is a unique culture and environment.  Learn more here.

Inclusion is a Netflix value and we strive to host a meaningful interview experience for all candidates. If you want an accommodation/adjustment for a disability or any other reason during the hiring process, please send a request to your recruiting partner.

We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity builds stronger teams. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.