Urgent Job Opening - AVP Facility & Operations - Ahmedabad

Job Description:

Role: AVP – Facility & Operations
We are looking for a highly experienced and process-driven AVP – Facility & Operations to lead
our facilities function across all centers. This is a senior leadership role responsible for ensuring
operational excellence, health & hygiene standards, cost control, and compliance across all
facilities. The role includes overseeing soft and hard services, vendor performance, preventive
maintenance, expense tracking, and end-to-end center management. We currently have several
ISO-certified centers and aim to make all our spaces 100% ISO-compliant. A strong understanding
of process adherence, compliance management (especially air, safety, and statutory regulations),
and experience with ISO certification processes will be highly valued. Must be well-versed in using
facility management software to drive consistency, automation, and reporting across locations.
Job Responsibilities
• Lead all facility operations across DevX centers pan-India, ensuring consistent delivery of topnotch
services across soft and hard service domains.
• Drive the upkeep, hygiene, and maintenance of all locations—covering housekeeping, MEP,
HVAC, security, and overall facility health.
• Implement robust preventive and breakdown maintenance processes to ensure uninterrupted
operations.
• Oversee vendor sourcing, negotiation, onboarding, and performance tracking across all
facility functions.
• Plan and manage annual facility budgets, monthly projections, and cost control across all
centers.
• Establish and enforce facility SOPs, audit checklists, and operational benchmarks for service
delivery.
• Ensure strict adherence to compliance, statutory, environmental, and safety norms, including
air quality, emergency systems, and fire safety.
• Support and drive DevX’s ISO certification journey—currently covering several centers—with
a goal of 100% ISO-compliant operations.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams during center setup and ensure facility readiness for
handover and launch.
• Lead and mentor a team of facility executives/managers while fostering a proactive,
ownership-driven culture.
• Drive training and development initiatives for the facility team, ensuring continuous upskilling,
SOP adherence, and audit preparedness across all centers.
• Use facility management software to maintain logs, manage workflows, automate checklists,
and generate reports.

Qualifications & Experience
• Graduate/Postgraduate in Facility Management, Engineering, Operations, or a related field.
• 15+ years of hands-on facility management experience, including at least 5+ years in a
leadership capacity.
• Experience managing multi-location operations in managed offices, co-working, or
commercial real estate is preferred.
• Strong understanding of facility systems (electrical, HVAC, plumbing), vendor ecosystems,
and service contracts.
• Strong grasp of safety standards, statutory regulations, environmental norms, and processdriven
operations.
• Prior exposure to ISO certification processes is a strong advantage (not mandatory).
• Must have strong experience working with facility management software and digital checklist
systems.
• Ability to manage large cross-functional teams and deliver consistently high service standards
at scale.

Key Skills Required
• Expertise in both soft and hard services management
• Strong financial acumen for budget control and forecasting
• Process-driven approach with eye for compliance and audit-readiness
• Software-savvy: adept with tools and platforms for facility management
• Vendor and stakeholder management
• Leadership, team development, and multi-location coordination
• Excellent communication and problem-solving abilities