Director, Real Estate

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Willscot is seeking a Director of Real Estate who will provide strategic leadership and operational oversight of the organization’s portfolio of owned and leased properties within the assigned territory. This role is responsible to assist in developing and leading the company’s multi-year real estate strategy and execution across new development, renewals, relocations, and portfolio optimization in alignment with corporate financial and operational objectives including site selection and portfolio management, lease negotiations, renewals, property valuations, P&L optimizations, property assessments, and other real estate related issues.

This position requires an analytical, strategic and proactive candidate who can balance long-term real estate planning with practical, cost-effective solutions.

Project Support

• Partnering with cross-functional teams to forecast space needs based on business projections and market opportunities.
• Develop and execute comprehensive corporate real estate strategies aligned with operational requirements and financial objectives.
• Source opportunities, analyze existing and potential new locations, determine market requirements, build business models with financial sensitivities, provide feasibility options and business justifications, identify risks, and recommend the best options that align with the overall organizational strategy.
• Proactively manage the real estate portfolio by tracking and reporting on upcoming lease events, critical project milestone dates, and other initiatives that require real estate involvement to deliver.
• Continuously evaluate market conditions, operational performance, and portfolio trends to revise strategy and provide data-driven recommendations to senior leadership.
• Oversee all real estate transactions within assigned territory including lease negotiations, acquisitions, renewals, dispositions and M&A due diligence.
• Serve as a senior escalation point for deal, landlord, operations and execution challenges, providing guidance and decision-making support to the team.
• Negotiate favorable lease agreements, amendments, purchase contracts, and other real estate documentation.
• Ensure compliance with zoning laws, regulatory requirements, and environmental considerations.
• Lead the entire real estate life cycle of the portfolio including site identification, layout design, entitlements, capital expense budgeting, lease execution, landlord delivery, tenant improvements, lease administration and surrendering the premises at end of term.
• Demonstrate strong financial aptitude in evaluating real estate opportunities and portfolio decisions including partnering with finance team to evaluate ROIs, New Facility Justifications, and Lease vs. Own analyses.
• Ensure real estate strategies and projects are fully integrated and compliant with zoning laws, regulatory requirements, environmental considerations and enterprise objectives.
• Support field leadership…