Description
Manager, Planning Services Purpose
The People Manager at Gordian is a strategic leader who ensures their team is aligned with the company's vision, fosters a high-performance culture, and drives efficiency to contribute to revenue growth. This role is pivotal in managing team dynamics, providing feedback, and enhancing team development through continuous improvement practices. The Manager is equally responsible for meeting revenue goals of the department and Gordian. Reports to the Director of their region or team.
Location: Remote, Canada – near major airport
This position works remotely, with up to 30% travel required. Travel includes company and departmental meetings, site visits for building assessments, interviews with key facilities personnel, and executive presentations to client leadership. For this reason, People Managers should live in convenient proximity to a major airport.
Primary Responsibilities
Contribute to the Success of the Team
- Partners with Regional and Department Leadership to ensure a unified approach to problem solving and department goals.
- Allocates project work to align employee strengths, interests, goals, growth opportunities, and workloads.
- Coaches core competencies and skill development, for employees to apply in their day-to-day work.
- Supports project teams to have direct and effective communication.
- Leverage enterprise business tools to drive organizational improvements.
- Leads initiatives to achieve team and company goals.
- Works with the Regional Leaders to shape the team environment, in which people are fulfilled and growing towards maximum potential.
- Celebrates successes and acknowledges accomplishments of the team.
- Participates in department recruiting and hiring efforts.
Establish & Guide Professional Development Plans
- Works with employees to align personal values, professional goals, position responsibilities, and project opportunities into a professional development plan.
- Synthesizes and communicates feedback to employees based on direct interactions and information gathered from project teams.
- Identifies growth opportunities and provides coaching to overcome challenges proactively.
- Coaches and provides guidance on short, medium and long-term career direction.
- Identifies when HR support is needed and collaborates effectively.
- Effectively manages to achieve positive team engagement and fulfillment.
Support Business Development for New and Existing Clients:
- Support sales and marketing as subject matter expert for Planning Service’s solutions.
- Identifies and supports cross-sell and upsell opportunities of all Gordian solutions and collaborates with regional sales account executives to develop further.
- Develops and sustains long-term relationship management strategies for clients in collaboration with Regional Leader or Regional Sales rep as needed; collaborates with Project Managers in support of client relationship management; partners with Resource Leaders to achieve project execution and overcome barriers to customer delivery.
- Delivers thought leadership to the industry.
- Participates in the improvement of our products, in response to industry needs and customer feedback.
- Develops strategies to close gaps between forecast and actuals by way of shifting work and resources when possible
Drive Progress with Members and Cultivate Client Relationships
- Increases effectiveness of direct reports through data and deliverable support, reviewing work to ensure data accuracy and quality as needed.
- Leads initiatives, supports ownership of workloads, and holds team members accountable to ensure progression of client work for the entire team.
Qualifications
- Minimum of Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
- 3+ years people management experience
- Experience and solid understanding of Facilities Condition Assessment Process and Facilities Capital Planning
- Strong communication and public speaking skills
- Strong organizational and prioritization skills/ability to manage multiple direct reports/projects simultaneously
- The ability to travel up to 30%
- Physical requirements for this role include the ability to walk around a campus environment for 6-8 hours per day, as well as the ability to ascend/descend a ladder and/or work in outdoor weather conditions as many as several times a month
About Us
Fortive Corporation Overview
Fortive’s essential technology makes the world stronger, safer, and smarter. We accelerate transformation across a broad range of applications including environmental, health and safety compliance, industrial condition monitoring, next-generation product design, and healthcare safety solutions.
We are a global industrial technology innovator with a startup spirit. Our forward-looking companies lead the way in software-powered workflow solutions, data-driven intelligence, AI-powered automation, and other disruptive technologies. We’re a force for progress, working alongside our customers and partners to solve challenges on a global scale, from workplace safety in the most demanding conditions to groundbreaking sustainability solutions.
We are a diverse team 18,000 strong, united by a dynamic, inclusive culture and energized by limitless learning and growth. We use the proven Fortive Business System (FBS) to accelerate our positive impact.
At Fortive, we believe in you. We believe in your potential—your ability to learn, grow, and make a difference.
At Fortive, we believe in us. We believe in the power of people working together to solve problems no one could solve alone.
At Fortive, we believe in growth. We’re honest about what’s working and what isn’t, and we never stop improving and innovating.
Fortive: For you, for us, for growth.
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