Real Estate Portfolio Manager - commercial real estate fields, Corporate Real Estate

Position: Real Estate Portfolio Manager - commercial real estate fields, including Corporate Real Estate,[...]

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This role is responsible for delivering the highest quality real estate services to the assigned portfolio of properties and businesses. The Regional Real Estate Manager will lead location and portfolio strategies, transaction management, and portfolio management (including owning the total cost of occupancy and other KPIs) across a primarily North American portfolio while also supporting locations to a lesser degree in Europe.

The expectation is for the Manager to build, manage, and maintain strong partnerships with the business leadership, corporate teams, and outsourced partners. In addition, the role will partner with the larger REFM team, including other Regional Managers, the Lease Administration & Governance Manager, and the Facility Services Management team. As an effective relationship manager, the ideal candidate will bring a stakeholder engagement approach that effectively partners with internal clients and supporting functional stakeholders to achieve desired results.

The ideal candidate is an inspiring leader with a strong track record of developing and implementing portfolio strategies by influencing key stakeholders and leveraging outsourced providers, with an emphasis on governance, process management, and data analytics.

What are we looking for?

• Bachelor s degree required;
  Master s preferred
• 5+ years experience in related commercial real estate fields, including Corporate Real Estate, transaction management, portfolio management.
• Experience with the preparation and implementation of short- and long-term capital and operating budgets
• Lease/contract negotiation skills and contract management experience
• Demonstrated experience managing the performance of 3rd party providers through use of KPI s and other governance methods
• Experience with people leadership in a corporate real estate setting is preferred
• Proven vision, leadership, and critical thinking skills to prioritize evolving initiatives in a fast-paced environment; ability to translate ideas and capabilities into effective initiatives that exceed customer expectations
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and within in a matrixed organization, partnering with leaders of other functions to achieve results.
• Ability to develop and maintain effective relationships with a broad group of stakeholders to foster trust and influence key decisions
• Exceptional communication skills: ability to create an atmosphere in which timely information flows smoothly through the organization
• Skillful negotiator in difficult and nuanced situations and able to sell ideas persuasively; ability to be direct but diplomatic
• Ability to orchestrate systemic change initiate, support, and manage change within the organization, taking steps to remove barriers or to accelerate its pace
• Demonstrated experience with real estate-related systems, databases and technologies
• Strong process management skills, ability to contribute to continuous improvement of real estate processes and playbooks

Required Experience:

Negotiating Commercial leases on behalf of corporations, managing corporate real estate portfolios (laboratory preferred, but retail or office could be relevant). Demonstrated ability to drive portfolio efficiencies and generate savings. Great communication and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Experience:

Individuals that have worked for medium-to-large corporations managing their real estate portfolios or for a service provider acting as a transaction manager over a client s portfolio. Experience managing laboratory leases would be a big plus. Again, demonstrated ability to deliver savings across a portfolio. Experience managing international leases would be a plus as well (Europe).What will be your key responsibilities?

• Develop and execute comprehensive portfolio strategies for properties within the scope that supports standards while ensuring an efficient and optimized portfolio
• Cultivate working relationships with regional business unit leaders to ensure that real estate initiatives support business objectives and that business units understand and support real estate objectives.
• Manage 3rd party…