Senior Transaction Manager

Senior Transaction Manager

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We are seeking a Senior Transaction Manager to join a JLL team responsible for executing a large volume and variety of real estate transactions that create enterprise value for one of JLL's largest global technology clients — a Fortune 100 technology company — in partnership with the client's internal real estate team. The position is required to be based in San Francisco, CA or New York, NY with some travel required to support site selection activities, face-to-face negotiations and client / team interactions on a periodic basis.

Location:

This role will be in San Francisco, CA or New York, NY; option for remote based on experience.

What this job involves:

You will join a high performing, multi-disciplinary team to deliver Transaction Management solutions to one of JLL's largest global technology clients. This client is known for pairing enormous scale with a fast-moving, founder-style culture — an ownership mentality, a healthy disregard for the impossible, and an unrelenting focus on the people who use its products. JLL's team is expected to operate with the same energy, transparency, and bias for action.

Overseeing a portfolio of sites, this position calls for a highly energetic leader with excellent communication, portfolio management and client relationship management skills. Comfortable in working towards achieving performance targets, you will be responsible to deliver a range of real estate transaction solutions to a client seeking both the consistency and innovation that come from a closely-integrated partnership with JLL.

Critical responsibilities include (but not limited to):

• Transaction Program Management
• Manage a dynamic and complex deal pipeline for a client operating at scale and speed, negotiating high-value, large-scale and complex lease transactions with precision and quality
• Directly manage broker vendor partners to draft and negotiate Requests for Proposals (RFP), Letters of Intent (LOI), Leases, Subleases, Purchase and Sale Agreements (PSA), and License Agreements from inception to execution.
• Ensure all due diligence and approval requirements are completed for each transaction ( e.g. Tax, Risk, Accounting, Corporate Security, EHS, Anti-Corruption, etc.)
• Draft business case / corporate approval documentation, working with the client's finance team to develop financial analysis for all operating expense ( opex ) and capital expense (capex) investments prior to commitments and manage to deadlines.
• Work with internal and external legal counsel in preparing, negotiating and executing all documentation relating to any transaction
• Support in preparation of monthly, quarterly and semi-annual business reports including highs, lows, process improvements, help needed and lessons learned; develop additional ad-hoc reports as requested by client
• Coach and develop direct reports, including Transaction Managers, to reach their full potential
• Supervise the execution of transactions by the team, ensuring quality and consistency of output
• Hold accountability for the quality of the team's transaction output, due diligence and reporting on overall transaction progress

Raising the Bar

• Regularly liaise with other peers to share best practices, and other key delivery partners from JLL and other service providers delivering integration, data integrity, and project and facilities management
• Leverage JLL research team, bringing research insights, analytics and innovative ideas to regional client leadership
• Leverage, invent and simplify best practices, including the continuous improvement of process, tools and templates
• "See around corners" to mitigate anticipated risks/take advantage of opportunities
• Proactively identify process inefficiencies, formulate and execute on implementation plans, followed by tracking and demonstrating results

Client/Stakeholder Management

• Responsible for effective transaction management service delivery to meet contractual obligations of JLL
• Develop and maintain a detailed…