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Facilities Manager, LATAM Location:  Santiago, Chile Please submit your CV in English InterSystems is seeking an experienced Facilities Manager to oversee our LATAM offices, ensuring Class A office environments are maintained to the highest standards. This role requires experience managing facilities operations across multiple countries, particularly Chile, Brazil, Colombia, and other LATAM locations, while ensuring alignment with corporate standards, local regulations, and business requirements. Reporting to the Director of Facilities, the successful candidate will be responsible for facilities operations, real estate management, capital projects, vendor management, compliance, health and safety, business continuity, and budget oversight throughout the LATAM region. Key Responsibilities Real Estate, Facilities & Projects Manage office facilities across LATAM, ensuring a safe, efficient, and professional workplace environment. Lead office fit-outs, refurbishments, expansions, relocations, downsizing initiatives, and office closures from planning through completion. Identify and evaluate new office locations, conduct site visits, support lease negotiations, and coordinate with landlords, brokers, Legal, and Finance teams. Manage lease agreements, renewals, amendments, contractual obligations, rent reviews, landlord relationships, and associated documentation. Develop business cases, cost analyses, and recommendations to support real estate and facilities decisions. Coordinate architects, contractors, consultants, building management teams, and internal stakeholders to deliver facilities projects on time and within budget. Manage project schedules, budgets, risk mitigation activities, change management processes, and executive reporting. Operations, Maintenance & Asset Management Oversee preventive and corrective maintenance programs, ensuring facilities, equipment, and infrastructure are maintained to a high standard. Ensure Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) schedules are implemented and monitored across all applicable sites. Manage critical building services and workplace infrastructure, including HVAC, power systems, technical rooms, access control, CCTV, printing services, furniture, signage, cleaning, security, and general facilities services. Maintain asset inventories, maintenance records, warranties, replacement plans, infrastructure documentation, and lifecycle management processes. Monitor facilities performance and service delivery, ensuring operational continuity and minimizing business disruption. Vendor, Contract & Procurement Management Establish and maintain effective relationships with vendors, contractors, consultants, landlords, and service providers. Lead procurement activities, including RFPs, RFQs, RFIs, proposal evaluations, commercial negotiations, contract reviews, and supplier selection. Manage maintenance, utility, facilities, and service contracts, ensuring compliance with agreed service levels and contractual obligations. Monitor vendor performance, service quality, KPIs, SLAs, costs, and opportunities for continuous improvement. Financial Management & Reporting Assist in the development and management of departmental budgets and financial plans. Manage facilities-related CAPEX and OPEX budgets, forecasts, approvals, and expenditure tracking. Prepare management reports, presentations, dashboards, and analyses to support operational and strategic decision-making. Develop and maintain KPIs relating to occupancy, maintenance, service performance, costs, energy usage, security, and workplace operations. Health, Safety, Compliance & Business Continuity Ensure compliance with local legislation, health and safety regulations, building codes, accessibility requirements, fire safety standards, corporate policies, ISO standards, and environmental objectives. Maintain and regularly revie