Occupancy Planner

As the Occupancy Planner for our Santa Clara (SC) campus, you will orchestrate the development of ground breaking planning solutions and drive the advancement of the HQ Master Plan strategy. Your responsibilities encompass critical analysis, information management, and enhancing employee experience through space discussions, all geared towards achieving the ultimate business outcome. This high-growth extraordinarily innovative company demands a highly motivated professional to play an instrumental part on the Real Estate & Site Services team, contributing to scenario development and tactical planning. Working closely with the Senior Planners, you will be involved in crafting campus scenarios, handling moves and shuffles, and leading occupancy audits and analysis for our real estate strategy.
As part of the RESS' Workplace Planning team, you will ensure the accuracy and real-time updates of NVIDIA's global space management system, CAFM (Computer Aided Facility Management - Serraview). As a critical thinker and effective communicator, you will make sound decisions and work closely with our business unit representatives and have a high degree of customer service savvy. Reporting to the Senior Planner, you will collaborate with CAFM, Design, Lab Strategy and Project Management teams to optimize space solutions.
What you will be doing:

• Lead day-to-day occupancy planning activities and space allocations to meet tactical business unit needs.
• Develop positive relationships with business contacts to understand product area focus, business adjacencies, and departmental reorganizations.
• Implement, track, and report on current space allocations and FlexSpace designations in collaboration with the MAC (Moves Adds Changes) team, ensuring updates in the Serraview system.
• Develop various planning scenarios using qualitative and quantitative information, applying tools like CAD, Serraview, and others to build scenario plans.
• Be responsible for the accuracy of the space portfolio data, ensuring furniture layouts and physical elements are accurate in Serraview. Conduct regular floor walks to verify and maintain accuracy.
• Provide in-depth analysis to support space strategies and alternative space solutions for offices that are over capacity or need to expand.
• Establish and update building stacking plans, floor block plans, conduct space analysis, and build various planning options based upon business requirements and program guidelines.
• Collaborate with lab strategy, project management, design, IT, and finance teams to ensure viability of planning solutions.

What we need to see:

• BA or BS College degree (or equivalent experience)
• 8+ years of real estate planning experience required
• Excellent customer service and negotiation skills providing outstanding services are a requirement of this position
• Excels working in a fast-paced environment, working collaboratively across functions and meeting aggressive deadlines.
• Strong verbal competence, presentation, and communication skills and be comfortable speaking publicly to all levels of the organization
• Well organized, self-directed, and able to balance multiple planning projects is a quality that you excel in with high attention to detail
• You are very proactive and solution-focused
• Advanced MS Excel, Powerpoint, and CAFM (Serraview preferred) experience required

NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world's most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and talented people in the world working for us. If you're creative, autonomous and love a challenge, we want to hear from you.
The base salary range is 112,000 USD - 195,500 USD. Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions.
You will also be eligible for equity and benefits. NVIDIA accepts applications on an ongoing basis.
NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.