Food Fun & Fitness Manager (Business Services Manager, Places Team)

Job Description

The Palo Alto Networks Places Team is leading the future of Hybrid Work. We are designing dynamic spaces and personalized experiences focused on flexibility, choice, and wellness, wherever our people choose to work.

The PlacesExperience team is at the heart of our employee experience. We design and deliver the highest level of Fun, Food and Fitness to the world's premier cybersecurity superheroes, including a full food service and fitness center program at our global headquarters. We also work with multiple departments and employee network groups across the company creating and deploying programs that keep our employee base engaged and excited.

With that in mind, we are looking for an individual who will drive delivery of a dynamic, accessible and ‘employee first’ experience. An experience that embodies our core values and offers people the choice and flexibility to be free to do their work anytime, anywhere!

Your role in our valiant quest to stop cyber bad actors is to partner with leaders across the entire organization of Palo Alto Networks’ Santa Clara HQ facilities to create a fun, engaging environment for your fellow superheroes, making this an amazing place to work!

This highly visible position will have oversight of day-to-day operations for our onsite food services, fitness centers, event catering, office supplies, and others as PANW continues to scale. You’ll engage the teams with fun and meaningful content over social media as well as on-site events that are designed to excite and delight, creating an inclusive community that makes everyone feel like they belong. Your work will embody our values of Integrity, Inclusiveness, Collaboration, Disruption and Execution to ultimately make Palo Alto Networks a ‘Great Place to Work’!

• Create a memorable flexible experience for all employees no matter where they choose to work

• Drive innovative ideas to help our team be best in class at all times

• Create digital and on-site experiences that will continue to engage our community

• Form strong partnerships with service providers for best in class services

• Work closely with Procurement Sourcing on vendor contracts to achieve cost efficiency by maximizing utilization of suppliers and preferred vendors/contractors

• Prepare annual capital and operating expense budgets for Workplace programs and services including management of monthly and quarterly forecasting, expense approvals, accruals, and reconciliations

• Work closely with FP&A partners to manage forecasts and budgets monthly

• Review of P&L from vendors to ensure budget efficiency and expense tracking.

• Leverage latest technology to gather metrics, while benchmarking against other companies in the industry for best practices

• Develop and manage a strategic plan to scale Places business programs and services

Qualifications

• You are laser focused on the physical and the digital customer experience and strive for excellence in all that you do

• You are curious and confidently challenge the status quo to find innovative and exciting ways to do things bigger and better

• You are passionate about design, decor and ALL of the details

• You are inclusive and mindful of your community and strive to ensure everyone feels like they belong

• You are a strong communicator (written & verbal) across all levels of the organization

• You are a social media expert able to create and communicate meaningful content that excites and delights our customers

• You are able to collaborate with multiple departments and execute tasks/projects with precision and integrity

• You are able to manage multiple projects and vendors across multiple geographies to get the job done, on time and on budget

• You are a Places ambassador who makes each person that they meet feel heard, equal and unique

• Strong analytical skills for reporting, cost analyses, and planning strategies

• Understanding of overall Facilities and Real Estate to advise on financial matters, facility upgrades and staff management

• Excellent teamwork and leadership skills

• Extensive contracts negotiation experience

• Possess technical skills with the following: ServiceNow, G-suite, Slack, Canva, Lumapps etc

Additional Information

We’re trailblazers that dream big, take risks, and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: we can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together. To learn more about our culture and dedication to inclusion and innovation, visit our careers page.

Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics.

Additionally, we are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or an accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at [emailprotected]

Learn more about the amazing work experience at Palo Alto Networks here!

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