Space Planning Manager

CHAOS Industries is redefining modern defense with a multi-product portfolio that gives the ultimate advantage—domain dominance. The company's products are powered by Coherent Distributed Networks (CDN™), empowering warfighters, commercial air operators, and border protection teams to act faster, adapt rapidly, and stay ahead of evolving threats. 

CHAOS Industries was founded in 2022 and has raised a total of $1 billion in funding from leading investors, including 8VC, Accel, and Valor Equity Partners. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles, with offices in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, San Diego, and London. For more information, please visit www.chaosinc.com.

Role Overview:

We're looking for a Sr. Space Planning Manager to own how CHAOS plans, allocates, and uses space across a rapidly scaling, multi-site footprint of offices, labs, and manufacturing areas. You'll turn headcount forecasts, program needs, and utilization data into clear space plans, test fits, and standards, and give Real Estate, Facilities, and Workplace the numbers they need to decide when to add, reconfigure, or release space. This is a highly cross-functional role: you'll partner closely with Real Estate on capacity and site decisions, Facilities and Construction on layouts and buildouts, Workplace on employee experience, and EHS, Life Safety, Security, and IT on code, safety, and access requirements. You'll build the space planning standards, tools, and data that let us grow quickly without guesswork.

Responsibilities:

• Own space planning across the global portfolio: maintain accurate floor plans and occupancy data, and manage space allocation by team, program, and site.
• Forecast space needs against headcount, program, and manufacturing growth plans, and translate them into capacity plans that inform Real Estate's site and lease decisions.
• Develop test fits, stacking plans, and layouts for new and existing sites, including office, lab, light-manufacturing, and shared spaces, working with architects, engineers, and Construction.
• Define and maintain space standards, including workstation and neighborhood types, meeting-room ratios, seating and occupancy standards, and lab and manufacturing layout guidelines.
• Collect and analyze utilization data from badge, booking, and sensor systems and surveys, and recommend changes to improve efficiency and reduce cost per seat.
• Plan and coordinate moves, adds, and changes with Facilities and Workplace, including sequencing, communications, and scheduling to minimize disruption to teams.
• Partner with EHS, Life Safety & Fire, and Security early in layout planning to confirm code compliance, egress, occupancy limits, and access and segregation requirements for controlled areas.