IFM Contract Relationship Lead

About the Position

IFM Contract Relationship Lead

Join Ericsson as an IFM Contract Relationship Lead in Plano, TX, managing strategic supplier partnerships and enhancing collaboration across IFM, Sustainability, and Technology.

Responsibilities

• Own and govern the Central RE relationship and Global Services Agreement with the IFM supplier, ensuring strategic alignment and continuous improvement across regions.
• Drive the Account Development Plan, engage in market analysis with suppliers, and identify new contractual opportunities.
• Contribute to Real Estate thought leadership and develop best practice processes, strategies, and procedures.
• Support commercial negotiations ensuring adherence to governance and compliance throughout.
• Maintain key statistics, updates, and collateral in relevant knowledge repositories.
• Support commercial model development, including pricing and resourcing.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders, including senior leadership, to gather input and ensure alignment on strategies and messaging.
• Conduct regular IFM contract reviews to assess effectiveness, share insights, and identify improvement opportunities across the organization.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant field.
• At least 5 years of IFM bids or solutions IFM contract experience, including outsourced bundled, integrated, or vested contracts, preferably across multiple countries.
• Proven negotiation, stakeholder, and supplier management skills.
• Strong project management skills, including task prioritization, deadline management, and delivering results under pressure.
• Ability to work effectively with diverse teams and internal partners across multiple countries.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with attention to detail.
• Strategic mindset with analytical thinking skills and ability to develop effective value propositions.
• Deep understanding of real estate processes, models, and strategies.
• Strong change and improvement management skills with adaptability and continuous improvement focus.
• Excellent influencing abilities and facilitation skills.
• Self-starter capable of working independently while contributing as a cooperative team member.
• Emotional intelligence and ability to adapt style to the situation.

We Offer

• Competitive salary range: $138,400 – $181,650 (dependent on various factors including location and experience).
• Short-Term Variable Compensation Plan: Opportunity for an annual bonus based on business performance and individual performance.
• Comprehensive health benefits: Subsidized medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Financial security: 401(k) plan with 4% company match, immediate vesting, and company-paid life and disability insurance.
• Generous time off: Minimum of 15 days of accrued vacation, up to 3 personal days per year, 11 annual holidays, 8 hours of volunteer time, and 80 hours of sick time annually.
• Paid maternity and parental leave: Up to 16 weeks of paid maternity leave and 6 weeks of parental or adoption leave at 100% of pay.

About the Company

At Ericsson, you’ll have an outstanding opportunity. The chance to use your skills and imagination to push the boundaries of what’s possible. To build solutions never seen before to some of the world’s toughest problems. You’ll be challenged, but you won’t be alone. You’ll be joining a team of diverse innovators, all driven to go beyond the status quo to craft what comes next.

Ericsson uses a merit-based hiring approach that values people with different experiences, perspectives, and skillsets. We truly believe this approach drives innovation, which is essential for our future growth. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and realize their full potential as part of our Ericsson team. Ericsson is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer.

Locations: Plano, TX | Austin, TX | Houston, TX

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Hybrid Position: Yes, with the expectation to work onsite 3 days a week.

Date Posted: 2026-08-12T19:18:51

Job ID: 783837