Program Manager, Real Estat (Archived) | VirtualInterview.ai

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We’re looking for a strategic, detail-obsessed Program Manager to own and scale our global real estate and facilities function. In this role, you’ll be responsible for managing our real estate portfolio end to end — from site selection and lease negotiations through buildouts, move-ins, and ongoing operations — ensuring our spaces support how our teams work today and how we’ll grow tomorrow.

This role is about building and running the engine, not just reacting to requests. You’ll operate behind the scenes to orchestrate complex projects, bring structure to ambiguity, and partner across teams to make real estate decisions feel intentional, predictable, and scalable. While you’ll collaborate closely with senior leaders and external partners, this is a hands-on ownership role for someone who likes to be in the details and accountable for outcomes.

This is a full time role that can be held from our San Francisco Hub.

What you’ll do at Figma:

Own and lead the global real estate portfolio end to end — from strategy and site selection to lease negotiations, renewals, expansions, and exits — ensuring alignment with business needs and growth plans

Lead all major facility projects and office buildouts, managing scope, budgets, timelines, vendors, and day-to-day execution from concept through move-in

Design scalable systems, processes, and documentation for how we evaluate space, manage leases, run projects, and operate offices across regions

Manage the operational details of real estate and facilities work — contracts, approvals, documentation, timelines, risks, and communications — ensuring nothing slips through the cracks

Partner cross-functionally with Finance, Legal, Workplace, Security, People, and business leaders to align real estate decisions with broader company priorities

Build and maintain real estate financial models and scenarios (e.g., total cost of occupancy, capex/opex tradeoffs) to support clear, data-informed decision-making

Communicate clearly and confidently with senior leaders and the C-suite, translating complex real estate considerations into actionable recommendations

Continuously evolve how we approach real estate and facilities to support a fast-growing, global company — balancing speed, quality, cost, and employee experience

We'd love to hear from you if you have:

7+ years of experience in active real estate or facilities management, with direct ownership of leases, negotiations, and buildout projects across domestic and international markets

Strong fluency in real estate financials, with the ability to model, explain, and evaluate costs, tradeoffs, and risks

High ownership mindset and attention to detail — you take things end-to-end and ensure they get finished

Comfort operating in ambiguity, bringing structure, systems, and scalable processes to fast-moving environments while supporting a great employee experience

Clear, thoughtful communicator and cross-functional partner, able to influence stakeholders and senior leaders without formal authority

While not required, it’s an added plus if you also have:

Experience supporting high-growth tech companies or startups

Overseen real estate portfolios across multiple regions simultaneously

Have a background in facilities operations or workplace experience

Enjoy building templates, playbooks, dashboards, and repeatable workflows from scratch

Experience managing vendors and negotiations in complex or unfamiliar markets

At Figma, one of our values is Grow as you go. We believe in hiring smart, curious people who are excited to learn and develop their skills. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the points outlined in the , we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Pay Transparency Disclosure

If based in Figma’s San Francisco or New York hub offices, this role has the annual base salary range stated below.

Job level and actual compensation will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process (including skills and prior relevant experience, potential impact, and scope of role), market demands, and specific work location. The listed range is a guideline, and the range for this role may be modified. For roles that are available to be filled remotely, the pay range is localized according to employee work location by a factor of between 80% and 100% of range. Please discuss your specific work location with your recruiter for more information.

Figma offers equity to employees, as well a competitive package of additional benefits, including health, dental & vision, retirement with company contribution, parental leave & reproductive or family planning support, mental health & wellness benefits, generous PTO, company recharge days, a learning & development stipend, a work from home stipend, and cell phone reimbursement. Figma also offers sales incentive pay for most sales roles and an annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles. Figma’s compensation and benefits are subject to change and may be modified in the future.

Annual Base Salary Range (SF/NY Hub):

$149,000—$260,000 USD

At Figma we celebrate and support our differences. We know employing a team rich in diverse thoughts, experiences, and opinions allows our employees, our product and our community to flourish. Figma is an equal opportunity workplace - we are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity/expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

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Holding interviews in an accessible location

Enabling closed captioning on video conferencing

Ensuring all written communication be compatible with screen readers

Changing the mode or format of interviews

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Program Manager, Real Estate & Facilities

Job Description

What you’ll do at Figma:

We'd love to hear from you if you have:

While not required, it’s an added plus if you also have:

Skills & Requirements