Facilities Management Director – Ireland
Executive Leadership Role | Integrated FM | Strategic Growth & Transformation
Location: Republic of Ireland, No fixed Location. (Candidate must be located in Ireland to be considered for this position)
Salary: Highly Competitive Salary + Sodexo Benefits
We are seeking an exceptional Facilities Management Director to provide strategic leadership for integrated FM services across the island of Ireland. This is a senior, high-impact role for a proven leader who can shape vision, drive performance, and act as a trusted advisor to major clients and stakeholders.
The Role
As FM Director, you will set the strategic direction for hard and soft FM, workplace experience, technology and digital solutions, and sustainability. You will sit at the intersection of operational excellence and commercial strategy, leading complex portfolios, influencing at board and client level, and driving long-term value creation.
This role is about leadership, influence and transformation:
* Setting and executing a clear FM strategy aligned to commercial growth
* Elevating service quality, compliance and innovation at scale
* Building enduring client partnerships and securing long-term contract success
* Leading cultural, digital and sustainability transformation across the business
Key Accountabilities
* Provide strategic leadership for integrated FM services across multiple service lines
* Act as senior sponsor for key clients, managing relationships, escalations and future strategy
* Drive operational excellence, statutory compliance and risk management across all contracts
* Lead financial performance, P&L oversight and commercial optimisation
* Champion innovation, digital enablement, data-led decision-making and continuous improvement
* Lead, inspire and develop senior FM leaders and specialist teams
* Embed ESG, sustainability and Net Zero commitments into FM delivery
About You
You will be a credible, senior FM leader with experience operating at executive or near-executive level, comfortable influencing at boardroom and client C-suite level.
You Will Bring:
* Extensive senior leadership experience in complex, multi-service FM environments
* Strong commercial and financial acumen, including ownership of large P&Ls
* Deep understanding of hard FM compliance, with breadth across soft FM and workplace services
* A track record of leading large-scale change, transformation and growth
* Gravitas, strategic judgement and the ability to build trust quickly
* A people-centred leadership style with a commitment to inclusion and development
Professional FM, engineering or industry accreditation is desirable, as is experience in sustainability or ESG leadership.
Why This Role
This is a rare opportunity to shape the future of FM at national level, influence major client outcomes, and lead a large, diverse organisation through its next phase of growth and transformation.
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