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Head of Real Estate and Workplace Experience

Decagon· People
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San Francisco, New York City$220k - $280kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Head of Real Estate & Workplace responsible for global real estate strategy, site selection, lease negotiations, office buildouts, and leading the Workplace team to deliver excellent employee experience across Decagon’s offices worldwide.

Responsibilities

  • Own Decagon’s global real estate strategy, building a multi-year portfolio plan tied to headcount forecasts across San Francisco, New York, London, Australia, Toronto, and future markets.
  • Negotiate leases, manage brokers/vendors, and oversee build-outs and office openings across San Francisco, New York, Australia, Canada, and Europe.
  • Partner with People, Finance, IT, and Leadership to plan for growth and deliver spaces that enable collaboration and high performance
  • Lead a Workplace team that delivers excellent operations and employee experience across every office

Qualifications

  • 6-8+ years of experience in corporate real estate or a brokerage/advisory firm, ideally including time in high-growth startups or tech.
  • Proven track record negotiating commercial leases, managing vendors, and leading multi-site expansions and office build-outs from site search through move-in.
  • Comfortable moving fluidly between strategic planning and tactical hands-on execution.
  • Strong financial acumen and executive communication skills: Comfortable building occupancy models, evaluating deal economics, and presenting recommendations to executives.
  • Strong people leadership, with the ability to build, inspire and scale a team.
  • Excited by the pace and ambiguity of a fast-scaling company where the playbook is still being written.

Skills

Required:Real estate strategyLease negotiationFinancial modelingLeadership

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits for you and your family
  • Life Insurance and Disability Benefits
  • Retirement Plan (e.g., 401K, pension)
  • Parental Leave
  • Fertility and family building benefits through Carrot
  • Monthly stipend to support your wellness, lifestyle, and work-life balance
  • Daily lunches and snacks in the office to keep you at your best
  • Take what you need vacation policy (subject to local requirements; UK employees receive 25 days of statutory leave)
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Decagon

Conversational AI for Customer Experience

Reimagine your customer experience with AI agents, built for the enterprise.

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