Workplace Manager

This position is with Manifest Global , which also includes trailblazer brands such as Cialfo, Explore, BridgeU, FlowAI, Kaaiser and Edugo. What This Role Is Manifest's Delhi presence has outgrown the space built for it. Teams are already working past the office's comfortable capacity, spread across multiple locations that were never meant to be a permanent arrangement. None of this is a crisis, it's what happens when a company grows faster than its physical footprint, and it's exactly the moment where the right person in this role stops being optional. Delhi isn't just another office in Manifest's portfolio. It's the seat of leadership presence for the India operation, the hub where teams across functions actually sit together, and the place counselors, schools, partners, and colleagues from other Manifest markets walk into when they want to know who Manifest really is. Every one of those visits is a moment where the space either backs up what Manifest says about itself or quietly undercuts it. This role owns that experience end to end: the daily rhythm of the office, the moment a global colleague or client walks through the door, and the active work of consolidating fragmented locations into something coherent as the team grows into it. You lead the team that makes all of this happen, not just the space itself. You own making Manifest's Delhi offices feel like the front door to the company, for the people who work there every day and the people who visit once and need to leave convinced. What Makes This Role Different Most workplace roles ask you to maintain something that's already finished, on a schedule that rarely changes. This one hands you a real, funded expansion still being decided, a team to build and lead, and a visitor experience that has to hold up for people who are seeing Manifest for the first time, sometimes from another country entirely. Few workplace hires get to shape all three at once, while the daily operation never stops running underneath them. This isn't a nine-to-six role, and it shouldn't be sold as one. Things break outside office hours, visitors arrive on tight schedules, and a consolidation project doesn't pause for the weekend. The person who thrives here is energized by being the one who's reachable, not someone counting down to being off the clock. What You Own Day-to-Day Office Experience Own how it feels to walk into a Manifest office in Delhi every day, and set the standard for what's stocked, maintained, and fixed before someone has to ask Be the first call when something breaks or goes wrong, in or out of standard hours, and be fast enough that people trust you'll handle it Own workplace safety and compliance as a baseline that never slips, even as the space itself keeps changing Visitor, Client, and Global Colleague Experience Own the experience of every external visitor and every colleague from another Manifest market who walks through the Delhi office, from the first message about their visit to the moment they leave Design a hosting standard that makes Delhi feel like a genuine front door to Manifest, not a stop on someone's itinerary Anticipate what a visiting counselor, client, or global teammate needs before they have to ask for it Team Leadership Hire, coach, and lead the office personnel team responsible for keeping Delhi running, and hold them to the same standard of speed and care you bring yourself Build a team that can be trusted to make good calls without escalating everything to you, while still knowing exactly when something does need you Create the kind of team culture where being hands-on and responsive is a shared standard, not just your personal habit The Expansion and Consolidation Project Own the workplace side of consolidating fragmented office locations into a coherent, unified space as the India team grows Partner directly on space planning, layout, and build-out decisions as a real voice in shaping them, not as someone informed after the fact Manage the disruption of a live office project without letting daily operations or visitor experience feel the difference Vendor, Budget, and Cross-Functional Partnership Own vendor relationships and negotiate contracts that protect Manifest's interests as the footprint grows Manage the workplace budget with real financial discipline, treating it as a resource to use well, not just spend Be the connective tissue between Talent, IT, Finance, and brand leaders who all depend on the workplace working, bringing data an