Senior Real Estate Manager

POP MART (09992.HK), founded in 2010, is a leading global company in the trend culture and entertainment industry. Centered around IP, POP MART has built a comprehensive platform for creative incubation and IP operation, empowering global creators while delivering exciting products, services, and immersive entertainment experiences to consumers.

POP MART identifies and nurtures emerging artists and designers worldwide, creating popular character IPs through a well-established IP development and operation system. Its portfolio includes iconic IPs such as MOLLY, SKULL PANDA, DIMOO, THE MONSTERS, and Hirono. By launching art toys and derivative products based on these IPs, POP MART continues to lead trends in consumer culture. As of the end of first half of 2025, POP MART operates over 550 physical stores and more than 2,500 Robo Shops across the world.

Through multiple cross-border e-commerce platforms, the company has reached audiences in over 90 countries and regions, bringing joy to young consumers around the world.

Senior Manager, Real Estate

Location: Culver City, CA or New York, NY
Work Arrangement: On-site, 5 days per week
Department: Real Estate

Salary : $130,000 - $160,000

POP MART is seeking an experienced and execution-driven Senior Manager, Real Estate to support the continued expansion of our retail footprint across the United States.

As POP MART rapidly grows its U.S. presence, this role will be responsible for turning our market expansion strategy into a strong pipeline of high-quality retail locations. You will lead site selection and evaluation, drive lease negotiations, manage transactions through execution, and partner cross-functionally to ensure new stores successfully move from initial opportunity through opening.

The ideal candidate brings deep knowledge of U.S. retail real estate, strong relationships with landlords, developers, and brokers, and a proven ability to manage a high-volume pipeline of transactions in a fast-moving growth environment.

This is a highly visible opportunity to directly influence where and how POP MART grows across the U.S.

We follow an office policy with an expectation of five days per week working onsite. Being together in person helps us collaborate, stay connected, and build a strong team culture. At POP MART, we foster a high-trust environment and trust our employees to make decisions that support both the team and the business.

• Lead end-to-end site identification and evaluation for new POP MART retail locations across priority U.S. markets.
• Develop and maintain a strong pipeline of prospective locations that supports the company’s short- and long-term expansion plans.
• Conduct comprehensive market and site assessments, including field visits, trade area analysis, traffic patterns, demographics, competitive positioning, co-tenancy, and overall market potential.
• Identify opportunities across top-performing malls, lifestyle centers, high streets, tourist destinations, and major business districts.
• Prepare and present site packages, financial considerations, market insights, and go/no-go recommendations to leadership and key stakeholders.
• Monitor market activity and proactively identify emerging opportunities that could support POP MART’s continued U.S. growth.

• Lead LOI and lease negotiations for new retail locations, renewals, amendments, relocations, and other real estate transactions.
• Negotiate favorable economic and operational terms while balancing financial objectives, operational requirements, and speed to market.
• Partner closely with Legal throughout lease review and execution to ensure transactions move forward accurately and efficiently.
• Maintain visibility into deal progress, financial terms, critical dates, approvals, and outstanding issues across the real estate pipeline.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with landlords, developers, brokers, property managers, and other real estate partners.
• Leverage industry relationships and market knowledge to identify both marketed and off-market opportunities.

• Manage multiple active deals simultaneously across different stages of the real estate lifecycle.
• Maintain accurate and current pipeline reporting, ensuring leadership has visibility into deal status, risks, timelines, and upcoming decisions.
• Proactively identify potential delays, deal risks, and roadblocks and drive solutions with the…