EMEA Office Manager

Are you ready to power the World's connections? Are you ready to power the World's connections? Kong is looking for an EMEA Office Manager to oversee day-to-day office operations, office spaces, and employee experience throughout the EMEA region. This role will work closely with Procurement, IT, local employees to manage process, policy, office requirements, vendor management, and fostering a positive workplace culture.

What you'll be doing:

• Office Operations & Administration:
• Oversee and guide EMEA employees on all administrative and operational policy and procedures.
• Lead and develop a distributed team of office coordinators, workplace associates, or front desk staff.
• Act as the central point of contact for all workplace-related issues across departments and regions.
• Assist Procurement in EMEA with localized events, programs, etc.
• Assist People Team in maintaining local workplace health and safety standards across offices.
• Assist as emergency response lead and coordinate fire drills, first aid kits, and safety training globally.
• Facilities Management:
• Partner with IT to ensure offices are equipped with the appropriate AV, networking, and collaboration tools.
• Administer access controls, badging systems, and visitor management solutions.
• Lead space planning, seating charts, and occupancy management, ensuring effective hybrid work models.
• Workplace Experience & Collaboration
• Champion a world-class employee experience by fostering a welcoming, inclusive, and productive office environment.
• Coordinate in-office events, onboarding logistics, team gatherings, and culture-building initiatives.
• Oversee snacks, catering, wellness, and sustainability programs where applicable.

What you'll bring:

• Experience in a fast-paced, scaling tech or multinational company.
• Proficiency in tools like Google Workspace, Slack, Zoom, and Gable.
• Excellent organizational, communication, and project management skills.
• Familiarity with global labor laws, lease management, and vendor contract negotiation.
• This role may be hybrid or fully remote, but frequent travel (Estimated 25%) may be required to support key office locations.
• Will involve occasional after-hours coordination with regional teams.

About Kong: Kong is THE cloud native API platform with the fastest, most adopted API gateway in the world (over 300m downloads!). As the innovation leader of cloud API technologies, Kong is on a mission to enable companies around the world to become "API-first" and securely accelerate AI adoption. Kong helps organizations globally - from startups to Fortune 500 enterprises - unleash developer productivity, build securely and accelerate to market. 83% of web traffic today is API calls! APIs are the connective tissue of the cloud and the underlying technology that allows software to talk and interact with one another. Therefore, we believe that APIs act as the nervous system of the cloud. Our audacious mission is to build the nervous system that will safely and reliably connect all of humankind! For more information about Kong, please visit konghq.com or follow @thekonginc on Twitter. We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.