Role Overview:

The Global Real Estate Transaction Manager is responsible for real estate transactions across a nine million square foot global portfolio of owned and leased assets comprising 140 locations in North and South America, Asia Pacific, India and Europe, Middle East and Africa. The position will have a focus on Transactions in the Americas Region, will report to the Global Head of Real Estate Strategy & Transactions and work with the broader Global Real Estate & Location Strategy team to execute real estate transactions that best align business and corporate priorities, while improving performance, enhancing value and increasing efficiency.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for all activities supporting acquisition and disposal of the real estate portfolio and space needs across business units, geographies and regions
• Uses extensive industry experience to propose effective solutions to optimize the real estate portfolio while ensuring business needs are met and critical dates are evaluated
• Develops and fosters well-established relationships with global and regional leaders to effectively communicate and execute the agreed real estate strategies
• Advises senior business managers and partners along with functional leaders to successfully execute commercially sound real estate transactions
• Partners with key finance and accounting personnel on annual budgeting, capital planning and all financial impacts of regional real estate strategies and transactions
• In the course of the transaction execution, partners with key functional colleagues in design and construction, engineering, facilities management and corporate services and ensures an appropriate level of awareness among senior management throughout the organization
• Recognized within the business and across the industry as a leader who drives value-added real estate solutions and meets all compliance and regulatory requirements; well versed in the real estate brokerage business
• Responsible for day to day management of outsourced real estate transactions partners

Qualifications and Key Attributes:

• BA required; Masters, MBA or other advanced degree preferred
• 10+ years in the commercial real estate business as a corporate real estate professional or real estate asset manager
• Seasoned transactions management experience
• Proved skills in contract review and lease/purchase and sale negotiations
• Solid understanding of financial and accounting impacts; high level of business acumen
• Strong verbal and written communication and presentation skills
• Excellent negotiating, analytical, communication, collaboration, organizational/planning and process skills
• Outstanding client service skills and team leadership
• Advanced computer skills (MS Office, including Excel, Word, Power Point and Outlook)