Role - Facilities and Operations Manager

We are seeking a highly skilled and proactive Facilities Lead to oversee and manage all aspects of facilities operations for our offices in India, primarily based out of Hyderabad. This role will be responsible for ensuring the smooth functioning, safety, efficiency, and compliance of all physical office infrastructure, supporting a workforce of approximately 600 employees.

The ideal candidate must have experience working in a multinational corporate environment, with proven leadership in facility management, vendor coordination, space planning, and workplace services.

Key Responsibilities:

Space Optimization and Infrastructure Planning:

• Lead the strategic planning and execution of workspace layouts, ensuring optimal space utilization across offices or campuses in line with evolving business needs, growth plans, and local compliance requirements.

Team Leadership and Operational Oversight:

• Manage and mentor a multidisciplinary facilities team (maintenance, housekeeping, security, and support services), driving performance, service excellence, and adherence to SLAs across locations.

C-Suite Engagement and Strategic Alignment:

• Act as a key liaison with senior leadership, understanding and translating C-suite priorities into actionable facility strategies that support organizational goals and executive-level expectations.

Facilities Operations Management

• Oversee day-to-day operations of India office (primarily Hyderabad).
• Ensure proper functioning of all facilities-related services including HVAC, electrical, plumbing, cleaning, security, and maintenance.
• Maintain a safe, clean, and efficient working environment.

Vendor & Contract Management

• Manage third-party vendors and service providers including housekeeping, security, catering, maintenance, and AMC partners.
• Ensure service-level agreements (SLAs) are met and conduct regular performance reviews.

Health, Safety & Compliance

• Ensure all facilities operate in compliance with Indian statutory regulations (e.g., fire safety, labor laws, building codes), while incorporating sustainable practices and business continuity measures.

Budget & Cost Management

• Prepare and manage the annual facilities budget.
• Identify cost-saving opportunities and implement energy-efficient practices.

Employee Experience

• Act as a key point of contact for facilities-related queries and complaints.
• Foster a positive employee workplace experience through responsive service and well-maintained infrastructure.

Sustainability & ESG Initiatives

• Implement sustainability initiatives across facilities (waste management, energy efficiency, etc.).
• Support corporate social responsibility (CSR) and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals.

Qualifications & Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Facilities Management, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 7+ years of relevant experience in facilities or workplace management, preferably in an MNC environment.
• Experience managing mid-size office operations (300–600 headcount).
• Strong knowledge of local regulatory and statutory compliance (Hyderabad/Telangana, India).
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and people management skills.
• Proficiency in MS Office, facilities management software/tools, and basic budgeting.
• Ability to work independently, multitask, and manage multiple stakeholders.

Brief team/department description:

WPS R&D team at Azurity wish to extend their support to all the Azurity working locations (technical & non-technical) with respect to safety management to keep safety and sustainability as high as possible.  This will help the Azurity teams to reach their 2026 safety and sustainability goals.

Principle Responsibilities:

• Create and implement Global EHS Policies and Procedure to ensure compliance with local (country specific) governing bodies.
• Risk Assessment: Conduct regular safety audits and inspections to identify potential hazards and recommend corrective actions. 
• Training and Communication: Design and deliver training programs for employees on safety procedures and regulatory requirements. 
• Incident Investigation: Investigate workplace accidents and near misses to determine root causes and implement preventive measures.
• Emergency Preparedness: Develop and execute emergency response plans and coordinate regular drills to prepare for potential incidents. 
• Regulatory Liaison: Act as the primary contact for regulatory agencies, managing all required reporting and correspondence.
• Communicate with local authorities like PCB with respect to CFE/CFO/environment statement as per guidelines.
• Experience in local regulatory submissions.
• Documentation: Maintain accurate records of incidents, inspections, and compliance reports for internal and external review.
• Experience in Effluent management & Waste Management.
• Good Knowledge of MSDS and hazard waste management handling.
• Spill and Release management.
• Extending Mandatory training in EHS & ESG to all Azurity employees periodically.
• Monitoring and evaluation of EHS systems / policies at CMO’s and all other offices of Azurity Pharmaceuticals.
• Educate / periodical Job specific training to Azurity employees.
• Experience in handling potent molecules & their OEL categories.
• Since this position supports all Azurity offices and laboratories globally, the candidate must have strong hands‑on experience in establishing and enhancing EHS/ESG systems across diverse environments.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• Bachelor's degree / post graduate degree in environmental engineering.
• Diploma or equivalent in workplace safety is added advantage
• 10 to 15 years’ experience.
• Good Communication & language skills
• Management skills
• Trouble shooting with respect EHS

Overview:   The Staff Software Engineer L5 works with all service aspects of high throughput and multi-tenant services, has the ability to design components carefully, properly handle errors, write clean and well-factored code with good tests and good maintainability. 

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Design distributed systems that are resilient and secure at scale from inception;
• Raise the engineering bar on scale, resiliency, security fundamentals via technical leadership and engineering excellence;
• Discover, review, and influence new and evolving design, architecture, and standards for building and delivering unique services and solutions;
• Investigate, design, and implement best-in-industry, innovative technologies that will expand Inovalon’s infrastructure through robust, scalable, adrenaline-fueled solutions;
• Champion the enterprise infrastructure vision and strategy;
• Be the expert in service reliability and sustainability;
• Develop and execute designs for complex systems backed by excellence, confidence, and thorough engineering analysis;
• Develop, gather, and leverage metrics to manage the server fleet and complex computing systems to drive automation, improvement, and performance;
• Take ownership of ensuring detailed design, analysis, testing, and optimization;
• Set direction/goals for the team regarding project impact, product quality and engineering efficiency;
• Lead major initiatives, projects, teams, rollouts and phased releases;
• Provide mentorship onboarding new team members and enabling successful ramp up;
• Collaborate with other engineers, services across Inovalon, and external customers to understand requirements, have tight feedback loop that is data driven;
• Adhere to all confidentiality, HIPAA, regulatory, and other such policies, procedures, and requirements as outlined within Employer’s Operating Policies and Procedures in all ways and at all times with respect to any aspect of the data handled or services rendered in the scope of work.
• Maintain compliance with Inovalon’s policies, procedures and mission statement, and fulfill those responsibilities and/or duties that may be reasonably provided by Inovalon for the purpose of achieving operational and financial success.
• On Call Policy: Participate in an on-call rotation to support critical issues, including outside standard business hours (evenings, weekends, and holidays), ensuring timely response and resolution as per defined SLAs.

Job Requirements:

• Minimum 15 years of plus experience with Unix management, complex computing platforms, and/or cutting-edge technologies involving virtualization, distribution, and high performance computing;
• Strives to achieve excellence backed by strong architectural, system design, and automation experience;
• Technology experience required; Hive, Hbase, Sqoop, Ranger, NIFI - Other technologies good to have; Spark, Phoenix, Spring Batch, Accumulo, Falcon, Atlas;
• Experience engineering solutions on one of the major Hadoop distributions - Java scripting and application support experience strongly desired;
• Experience with virtualization technologies required and driven to solve difficult problems with scalable, elegant, and maintainable solutions;
• Expert and creative troubleshooter – unrelenting, persistent, confident;
• A penchant for thinking outside the box to solve complex and interesting problems;
• Extensive knowledge of existing industry standards, technologies, and infrastructure operations;
• Ability to manage stressful situations with calm, courtesy, and confidence;
• Experience building and shipping high quality work and achieving high reliability; and
• Experience improving stability through thoughtful code reviews, appropriate testing, proper rollout, monitoring, and proactive changes.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or Information Technology

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

• Sedentary work (i.e. sitting for long periods of time).
• Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force.
• Subject to inside environmental conditions.
• Travel for this position will include less than 10% locally usually for training purposes.

Overview:   The Staff Software Engineer L5 works with all service aspects of high throughput and multi-tenant services, has the ability to design components carefully, properly handle errors, write clean and well-factored code with good tests and good maintainability. 

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Design distributed systems that are resilient and secure at scale from inception;
• Raise the engineering bar on scale, resiliency, security fundamentals via technical leadership and engineering excellence;
• Discover, review, and influence new and evolving design, architecture, and standards for building and delivering unique services and solutions;
• Investigate, design, and implement best-in-industry, innovative technologies that will expand Inovalon’s infrastructure through robust, scalable, adrenaline-fueled solutions;
• Champion the enterprise infrastructure vision and strategy;
• Be the expert in service reliability and sustainability;
• Develop and execute designs for complex systems backed by excellence, confidence, and thorough engineering analysis;
• Develop, gather, and leverage metrics to manage the server fleet and complex computing systems to drive automation, improvement, and performance;
• Take ownership of ensuring detailed design, analysis, testing, and optimization;
• Set direction/goals for the team regarding project impact, product quality and engineering efficiency;
• Lead major initiatives, projects, teams, rollouts and phased releases;
• Provide mentorship onboarding new team members and enabling successful ramp up;
• Collaborate with other engineers, services across Inovalon, and external customers to understand requirements, have tight feedback loop that is data driven;
• Adhere to all confidentiality, HIPAA, regulatory, and other such policies, procedures, and requirements as outlined within Employer’s Operating Policies and Procedures in all ways and at all times with respect to any aspect of the data handled or services rendered in the scope of work.
• Maintain compliance with Inovalon’s policies, procedures and mission statement, and fulfill those responsibilities and/or duties that may be reasonably provided by Inovalon for the purpose of achieving operational and financial success.
• On Call Policy: Participate in an on-call rotation to support critical issues, including outside standard business hours (evenings, weekends, and holidays), ensuring timely response and resolution as per defined SLAs.

Job Requirements:

• Minimum 15 years of plus experience with Unix management, complex computing platforms, and/or cutting-edge technologies involving virtualization, distribution, and high performance computing;
• Strives to achieve excellence backed by strong architectural, system design, and automation experience;
• Technology experience required; Hive, Hbase, Sqoop, Ranger, NIFI - Other technologies good to have; Spark, Phoenix, Spring Batch, Accumulo, Falcon, Atlas;
• Experience engineering solutions on one of the major Hadoop distributions - Java scripting and application support experience strongly desired;
• Experience with virtualization technologies required and driven to solve difficult problems with scalable, elegant, and maintainable solutions;
• Expert and creative troubleshooter – unrelenting, persistent, confident;
• A penchant for thinking outside the box to solve complex and interesting problems;
• Extensive knowledge of existing industry standards, technologies, and infrastructure operations;
• Ability to manage stressful situations with calm, courtesy, and confidence;
• Experience building and shipping high quality work and achieving high reliability; and
• Experience improving stability through thoughtful code reviews, appropriate testing, proper rollout, monitoring, and proactive changes.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or Information Technology

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

• Sedentary work (i.e. sitting for long periods of time).
• Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force.
• Subject to inside environmental conditions.
• Travel for this position will include less than 10% locally usually for training purposes.