Real Estate Business Partner
San Jose Regular Corporate Function / Support Job ID: A219832A
Responsibilities
About ByteDance Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok as well as platforms specific to the China market, including Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, ByteDance has made it easier and more fun for people to connect with, consume, and create content. Why Join Us Creation is the core of ByteDance's purpose. Our products are built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make our innovations possible. Together, we inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we aim towards achieving every day. To us, every challenge, no matter how ambiguous, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team. Status quo? Never. Courage? Always. At ByteDance, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact for ourselves, our company, and the users we serve. Join us. About The Real Estate Business Partner (BP) and Communications team is a global team in our Real Estate and Facilities department at ByteDance. The team aims to support key real estate strategies and communications that align with the business unit's work needs, growth objectives and employee experience standards. Our team leverages data-driven insights, industry expertise, and collaborative partnerships to support our company's real estate portfolio and business operations worldwide. Responsibilities: - Evaluate business requirements and potential opportunities, delivering strategic, data-backed real estate recommendations throughout planning cycles. This involves devising and championing solutions that harmonize with both real estate and business unit goals. - Partner with the business units to analyze and interpret real estate and design needs. Co-work with the planning team to realize the business needs to a reasonable extent considering aspects such as space effectiveness, costs, team collaboration, etc. - Provide support to regional teams in developing office relocation strategies, which include pre-move programming and impact assessment on business operations. - Facilitate workplace resources for regional teams in office relocation and optimizing business operations. - Identify and assess emerging business development trends in the workplace, partnering with relevant teams to implement efficient solutions. - Take the lead in organizing and facilitating meetings with senior leadership and cross-functional partners to explore real estate options in alignment with headcount growth and strategic planning. - Manage complex stakeholder relationships, which include collaboration with other CS teams (such as EHS, Food Services, and Physical Security), HR teams, and employees within the supported business area.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications: - 5+ years of corporate experience in business partnership, real estate management, workplace project management, design strategy, internal communications, or similar roles preferred. - Strong quantitative and qualitative data skills and ability to translate into strategic recommendations. - Well-versed in managing multiple real estate and business initiatives Preferred Qualifications: - Previous experience in the Technology, Media, or Entertainment industries, demonstrating a deep understanding of their unique dynamics, trends, and challenges - Excellent communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills for effective stakeholder engagement. - At least 30% travel (mostly domestic, some international), depending on the requirements of the home office and business units. - Ability to work effectively across various time zones and manage an international portfolio. This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the success of a fast-paced and globally minded organization, ensuring that ByteDance’s General Services procurement operates efficiently, strategically, and in alignment with the company’s growth trajectory. ByteDance is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At ByteDance, our mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too. ByteDance is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://shorturl.at/cdpT2
Job Information
【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually) The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $93000 - $180000 annually.
Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.
Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).
The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.
For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:
1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
3. Exercising sound judgment.
