Director, Standards and Governance

Position Summary

The Director, GFRE Standards and Governance establishes and leads the governance, policy, standards, compliance, and performance management framework for the Global Facilities & Real Estate organization. This role ensures consistent execution, enterprise accountability, regulatory compliance, operational excellence, and scalable business processes across the global facilities portfolio. The position serves as the enterprise authority for facilities and real estate governance and provides leadership for policy development, standard operating procedures, key performance indicators, compliance monitoring, risk management, and continuous improvement. Through disciplined governance, reporting, and accountability mechanisms, this leader enables a scalable Center of Excellence that supports growth, risk reduction, operational performance, and executive transparency.

Remote Central US based position. Candidates residing near a STERIS manufacturing location are highly preferred.

Domestic and international travel required as business needs dictate.

What You’ll do as a Director, GFRE Standards and Governance

• Develops and maintains the enterprise governance framework for Global Facilities & Real Estate, including decision-making authorities, approval processes, accountability structures, RACI models, governance councils, steering committees, and operational review forums. (15%)
• Develops, implements, and maintains global facilities and real estate policies, standards, standard operating procedures, work instructions, and technical requirements to drive consistent execution across manufacturing, distribution, laboratory, and office facilities. (15%)
• Leads enterprise compliance and risk management programs for facilities and real estate operations; partners with Legal, Environmental Health and Safety, Quality, Security, Internal Audit, and other functions to identify, monitor, and mitigate business risks. (15%)
• Develops and governs performance measurement systems, enterprise key performance indicators, dashboards, scorecards, benchmarking programs, reporting standards, and executive-level performance reviews. (15%)
• Leads operational excellence and continuous improvement initiatives across the GFRE organization; standardizes best practices, simplifies processes, establishes maturity models, and improves execution discipline. (10%)
• Establishes governance frameworks for facilities and real estate capital projects, including project controls, reporting requirements, stage-gate processes, approval structures, risk management, and performance monitoring. (10%)
• Establishes data, systems, and reporting governance for facility management systems, project management systems, real estate databases, master data requirements, data ownership, dashboard standards, and digital transformation support. (10%)
• Drives organizational accountability, stakeholder alignent, global standards deployment, governance training, cross-functional engagement, executive communication, and leadership development within the GFRE organization. (10%)

The Experience, Skills, and Abilities Needed

Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Facilities Management, Real Estate, Construction Management, Operations, Quality, Compliance, or related field.
• Minimum 10 years of progressive experience in facilities and real estate operations, governance, standards development, compliance, operational excellence, performance management, project governance, or related global facilities leadership.
• Experience developing governance frameworks, policies, standards, SOPs, RACI models, KPIs, dashboards, compliance monitoring programs, risk assessments, performance reviews, project governance processes, and enterprise reporting systems.

Preferred:

• Master’s Degree or advanced coursework in business, engineering, operations, governance, compliance, facilities management, quality systems, or related discipline preferred.
• Professional certification preferred, such as Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Facility Manager (CFM), Lean Six Sigma, quality/compliance credential, governance/risk credential, or similar facilities, operations, or process improvement certification.
• Experience in a global manufacturing, distribution, laboratory, healthcare, life sciences, regulated, or multi-site operating environment preferred.

Other:

• Ability to define decision rights, approval processes, accountability models, RACI structures, governance councils, and operating rhythms.
• Ability to develop global policies, standards, technical requirements, SOPs, work instructions, and standard deployment practices.
• Strong capability in compliance monitoring, risk assessment, corrective action tracking, audit readiness, and cross-functional risk mitigation.
• Ability to establish KPIs, dashboards, scorecards, benchmarking processes, executive reporting, and performance review mechanisms.
• Ability to standardize best practices, simplify processes, establish maturity models, and drive continuous improvement across global operations.
• Ability to advise senior leaders, align stakeholders, communicate governance priorities, and influence outcomes in a matrixed global environment.

What STERIS Offers

We value our employees and are committed to providing a comprehensive benefits package that supports your health, well-being, and financial future.

Here is a brief overview of what we offer:

• Market competitive pay
• Extensive paid time off and (9) added holidays
• Excellent healthcare, dental, and vision benefits
• Long/short term disability coverage
• 401(K) with company match
• Maternity and parental leave
• Additional add on benefits/discounts for programs such as pet insurance
• Tuition reimbursement and continued educational programs
• Excellent opportunities for advancement in a stable long-term career