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Occupancy Planner (6 month contract)

San Mateo, CA United States

Who We Are

Verkada is transforming how organizations protect their people and places with an integrated, AI-powered platform. A leader in cloud physical security, Verkada helps organizations strengthen safety and efficiency through one connected software platform that includes solutions for video security, access control, air quality sensors, alarms, intercoms, and visitor management.

Over 30,000 organizations worldwide, including more than 100 companies in the Fortune 500, trust Verkada as their physical security layer for easier management, intelligent control, and scalable deployments. Founded in 2016, Verkada has expanded rapidly with 15 offices and 2,200+ full-time employees.

About Verkada

At Verkada, we’re rethinking what it means to be physically safe. We build cloud-based security solutions that integrate hardware and software to protect people and places—seamlessly and at scale. Today, we offer seven product lines—including video security, access control, environmental sensors, alarms, visitor and mailroom management, and intercoms—all unified on a single cloud platform. Our systems are built for simplicity, real-time insight, and rapid response. Founded in 2016, Verkada has raised over $360M in funding and grown to more than 2,600 full-time employees across 18 offices globally. We support 20,000+ customers in over 70 countries, including 43 of the Fortune 500.

About the Role

As an Occupancy Planner, you’ll support space planning efforts and day-to-day occupancy strategy across our global office portfolio. You’ll collaborate closely with Real Estate, Workplace, IT, and business stakeholders to ensure space data accuracy, develop move scenarios, and contribute to long-term headcount and capacity planning. You’ll also play a key role in supporting major restacks and internal moves, while helping track headcount forecasts and space performance over time.

This is a 6-month contract role designed to support a fast-paced, high-growth workplace strategy team, with opportunities to contribute meaningfully across space planning and related initiatives.

What You'll Do

  • Analyze and report on space and occupancy trends using headcount forecasts, organizational changes, and business requirements to inform space strategy and utilization decisions
  • Develop space assessments, block plans, and conceptual layouts that support current operations and future growth across multi-building campuses and diverse teams
  • Partner with business leaders, executive admins, and cross-functional stakeholders to evaluate seating strategies, team adjacencies, conference room usage, and overall occupancy needs, proposing proactive solutions where needed
  • Maintain accurate spatial data and standards by managing the space planning system, participating in building audits, and coordinating adherence to space ratios, room classifications, and office standards
  • Collaborate with Workplace, Moves, and Design & Construction teams to support move planning, reconfigurations, and campus-wide relocations, ensuring alignment on space strategy
  • Produce detailed plans, diagrams, and visual materials using CAD and visualization tools to clearly communicate proposed layouts and scenarios
  • Support change management and executive communication for high-visibility initiatives, including workplace standards, agile environments, and site-wide moves

What You Bring

  • BA/BS in Architecture, Interior Architecture, or related field—or equivalent experience in space planning
  • 2+ years of experience in workplace strategy, occupancy planning, and space utilization
  • Proficiency in Google Workspace, especially Google Sheets (advanced data manipulation and analysis)
  • Experience with CAFM systems, preferably OfficeSpace
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills; proven ability to build cross-functional relationships and work collaboratively
  • Excellent organizational and planning skills; ability to manage multiple projects and shifting priorities
  • Familiarity with ADA guidelines and building codes

Additional Information

  • You must be independently authorized to work in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this role, at this time.

Pay Disclosure

At Verkada, we want to attract and retain the best employees, and compensate them in a way that appropriately and fairly values their individual contribution to the company. With that in mind, we carefully consider a number of factors to determine the appropriate starting pay for an employee, including their primary work location and an assessment of a candidate’s skills and experience, as well as market demands and internal parity. This estimate can vary based on the factors described above, so the actual starting base pay may be above or below this range. Base pay is also just one component of Verkada’s total rewards package. A Verkada employee may be eligible for additional forms of compensation, depending on their role, including sales incentives, discretionary bonuses, and/or equity in the company in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).

Estimated Hourly Pay Range

$30 - $40 USD

Verkada Is An Equal Opportunity Employer

As an equal opportunity employer, Verkada is committed to providing employment opportunities to all individuals. All applicants for positions at Verkada will be treated without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

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