Global Real Estate Lead

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in commercial real estate, managing a million square foot portfolio across global regions (U.S., EMEA, and APAC)
• At least 7 years of experience leading, coaching, and uniting global teams in ambiguous and consensus driven decision making environments
• Strong collaboration and problem-solving skills, and a history of aligning internal strategic partners
• Strong technical skills (automations, messaging platforms, project management tools)
• Proven track record managing complex fit-out projects end-to-end
• Demonstrated success negotiating commercial lease terms and managing large project budgets across multiple markets
• Deep understanding of global commercial real estate markets, ideally within the financial industry
• Proficiency in construction and design project management
• Experience working with senior stakeholders in fast-paced, high-accountability environments
• Comprehensive knowledge of MEP engineering, security, and networking systems
• Ability to operate autonomously across time zones while driving consensus-driven decisions to resolution
• Willingness and ability to travel internationally
• deep expertise managing commercial office projects end-to-end across a global portfolio, ideally spanning across the U.S., EMEA, and APAC regions
• strong attention to detail, excellent project management and problem-solving skills, a flexible and empathetic approach to leadership, and a willingness to take on complex challenges with curiosity
• experience in commercial real estate, leasing strategy, and construction project experience across multiple regions and jurisdictions

About the role

Responsibilities

• Inspire, mentor, and elevate a global team of real estate experts
• Foster a culture of inclusivity, performance excellence, collaboration, and strong communication across the team and business stakeholders
• Lead market research to identify short and long-term real estate opportunities across U.S., EMEA, and APAC markets that align with business objectives and local cultural norms
• Develop and execute leasing strategy across regions; negotiate leases, maximizing tenant concessions
• Forecast and update project budgets, including capital and operational expenditure
• Assess and manage a global network of brokers, architects, contractors, landlords, and other real estate partners
• Partner with internal stakeholders to define goals, socialize ideas, and drive decisions throughout the project journey
• Oversee the project management and design of office fit-outs from concept through occupancy and optimize layouts for employee productivity and experience
• Direct the planning of structural work, critical MEP, IT, Security, and connectivity infrastructure, FF&E, permitting, etc. for every project
• Ensure strong record tracking, including critical lease dates, space utilization and performance; handle insurance and local regulatory compliance due diligence
• Establish and maintain consistent real estate standards and processes globally while adapting to regional market and regulatory differences
• Travel internationally as needed to lead site selection, project delivery, and stakeholder collaboration across U.S., EMEA, and APAC offices

What you'll get

• $200k–$300k base salary
• discretionary performance-based bonuses
• a competitive benefits package

Skills

automations · messaging platforms · project management tools · MEP engineering · construction and design project management