# Director, Global Design & Construction

**Company:** [Cloudflare](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/cloudflare)
**Location:** Austin, TX, San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Hardware Engineering
**Salary:** $223k – $307k/yr
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** Interior Design, Construction Management, AI Workflows, Automation, Generative Design, Capex Budgeting, Financial Forecasting, Predictive Modeling, Mep Systems, Architectural Design, Av/It, Data Collection, Project Management, Leed, PMP
**Posted:** 2026-08-26

> Leads Cloudflare’s global workplace design and construction portfolio, owning physical execution, CapEx governance, workplace experimentation, and AI-enabled project workflows. Requires 10–12+ years of experience, global portfolio leadership, technical building knowledge, and an architecture, project management, interior design, or engineering degree.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end design and construction of Cloudflare’s global corporate offices and physical environments.
- Direct architects, general contractors, artists, furniture dealers, and other delivery partners to create functional spaces that reflect local culture and Cloudflare’s identity.
- Develop and implement AI-first, automated workflows across vendor onboarding, contracting, cost estimation, budget and project tracking, risk identification, and quality control.
- Establish qualitative and quantitative workplace data-collection methods, including utilization tracking and employee feedback loops, to inform workspace strategy.
- Use post-occupancy metrics and data insights to evolve design standards, physical footprints, and a generative-design-supported kit of parts for global serviced offices.
- Collaborate with Real Estate and FP&A on predictive modeling for site selection, due diligence, project cash flows, financial reporting, and risk mitigation.
- Own the global CapEx budget, including multi-year forecasting, cost-variance reporting, and executive capital reporting.
- Align Physical Security, IT, Legal, Workplace, executive stakeholders, and external partners through a unified project pipeline and data layer.
- Establish commissioning and handover protocols for completed construction projects.
- Govern the global project pipeline across international hubs and time zones, including large-scale tenant improvements exceeding 100,000 square feet.
- Ensure construction activities comply with local laws and sustainable, high-performance building standards.

## Requirements
- 10–12+ years leading interior design and complex construction project management, preferably within high-growth technology companies or global enterprises.
- Experience directing a global corporate office portfolio exceeding 250,000 square feet.
- Knowledge of MEP systems, architectural principles, AV/IT, and automated building systems.
- Excellent leadership, communication, collaboration, and executive-influencing skills across multiple time zones.
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Architecture, Project Management, Interior Design, Engineering, or a related field.
- Willingness to work in-office approximately three days per week and travel globally.

## Nice-to-Haves
- LEED, WELL, or PMP certification.
- Experience with AI-enhanced workflows, generative design platforms, or AI-assisted operational models for legacy portfolios.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Bay Area hires: estimated annual salary of $223,000–$307,000.
- Eligible to participate in the company equity plan.
- Benefits may include medical, dental, vision, flexible spending, commuter spending, fertility and family-forming support, mental health support, travel medical insurance, disability, life and accident insurance, 401(k), employee stock participation, flexible paid time off, and leave programs.

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