Workplace Experience & Real Estate Portfolio Lead at HP in Bengaluru

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Workplace Experience & Real Estate Portfolio Lead Description - Workplace Experience & Real Estate Portfolio Lead Bengaluru, India About the Role India is one of HP Inc.’s strategically important and operationally complex markets. The Principal, CREWS India is the accountable workplace experience and real estate leader for India, shaping environments that enable business performance, strengthen employee engagement, and help teams, peers, and partners thrive across multiple sites. Based in Bengaluru and reporting to the Director, CREWS — APJ, the Principal, CREWS India will serve as a trusted country leader and partner to India business and site leaders, Finance, HR, Legal, Procurement, Security, EHS, and global CREWS stakeholders. The role requires executive presence, sound judgment, and the ability to align diverse stakeholders, lead enterprise-scale change, and translate business, workforce, and employee needs into an integrated India workplace strategy. This is a strategic leadership and accountability role. The successful candidate will lead through others, influence without authority, and connect workplace decisions to HP’s business priorities. Success will be measured through business continuity, productivity and collaboration, employee experience, cost and capital discipline, risk and compliance, partner performance, and delivery of complex transformation priorities. Key Responsibilities Own workplace experience, facilities, and site services across India, creating safe, compliant, reliable environments that enable employees and teams to perform at their best. Bring a hospitality-led mindset to workplace delivery, creating responsive, thoughtful, high-quality experiences for employees, leaders, visitors, and partners. Set India’s real estate and workplace strategy, translating business and workforce priorities into portfolio plans, space optimization, investment choices, and executive-ready recommendations. Partner with senior business and site leaders to anticipate growth, workforce, cultural, operational, and regulatory needs and convert them into workplace solutions that improve productivity, collaboration, talent experience, and resilience. Establish strong governance through clear KPIs, SLAs, reporting rhythms, accountability, and recovery plans for service providers and internal delivery teams. Own India operating and capital budgets, optimize total workplace cost, and build compelling business cases that balance financial return, employee experience, risk, and long-term value. Provide strategic oversight of construction, fit-out, renovation, consolidation, expansion and facilities related issues Build, coach, and develop India CREWS team and partner ecosystem, fostering an inclusive, positive environment where people take ownership, collaborate, and thrive. Represent HP Inc. with landlords, developers, service partners, consultants, and senior governmental or regulatory representatives where required. Drive EHS, security, procurement, financial, sustainability, and statutory compliance across the India portfolio. Ensure disciplined follow-through on issues, escalations, and service gaps, with clear ownership, urgency, transparency, and closure. Foster collaboration, ownership, continuous improvement, and One HP problem-solving across regional, global, and local teams. Lead India’s employee transportation program, ensuring compliance, service reliability, and adoption of innovative, industry-standard technologies. Education & Experience Bachelor’s degree required in Business Administration, Engineering, Architecture, Real Estate, Facilities Management, or a related discipline; equivalent demonstrated experience will be considered. Graduate degree, MBA, or postgraduate qualification preferred. Typically 12+ years of progressive experience in facilities services, corporate real estate, workplace operations, portfolio management, or related fields. Experience leading large, complex, multi-site operations in India, pr