What are we looking for?

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s preferred

• 5+ years’ commercial real estate experience (corporate side preferred) with emphasis on strategic portfolio management, transaction management, and occupancy planning.

• Lease/contract negotiation skills and contract management experience

• Demonstrated experience managing the performance of 3rd party providers through use of KPI’s and other governance methods

• Proven vision, leadership, and critical thinking skills to prioritize evolving initiatives in a fast-paced environment; ability to translate ideas and capabilities into effective initiatives that exceed customer expectations

• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and within in a matrixed organization, partnering with leaders of other functions to achieve results.

• Ability to develop and maintain effective relationships with a broad group of stakeholders to foster trust and influence key decisions

• Exceptional communication skills: ability to create and present compelling recommendations that influence business decisions.

• Skillful negotiator in difficult and nuanced situations and able to sell ideas persuasively; ability to be direct but diplomatic

• Ability to orchestrate systemic change – initiate, support, and manage change within the organization, taking steps to remove barriers or to accelerate its pace

• Demonstrated experience with real estate-related systems, databases and technologies

• Strong process management skills, ability to contribute to continuous improvement of real estate processes and playbooks

• Strong comprehension of real estate financial modeling and principles

What will be your key responsibilities?

• Develop and execute comprehensive portfolio strategies for properties within the region that supports Mars’ future-of-work standards while ensuring an efficient and optimized portfolio

• Lead all real estate transactions in the region including new leases and renewals, acquisitions, dispositions, renovations, and space reconfigurations by leveraging 3rd party partnerships

• Cultivate working relationships with regional business unit leaders to ensure that real estate initiatives support business objectives and that business units understand and support real estate objectives.

• Develop and present compelling real estate recommendations to internal customers and business leaders to help drive decisions that support overall business objectives

• Manage 3rd party service providers to ensure successful delivery of corporate real estate services (transaction support, lease abstraction & administration, project management, portfolio strategy support, site selection, and similar services) and industry leading best practices through relationship management and performance management tools such as supplier KPI’s.

• Drive implementation of REFM objectives, policies & standards to improve monitoring of workplace utilization, service performance, and overall real estate operating costs, reducing overall real estate total cost of occupancy and regularly report out on team KPI’s and metrics

• Ensure compliance to real estate governance, processes and playbooks for the region including the involvement of relevant stakeholders and presenting to business leadership as needed.

• Own landlord relationships and be the primary liaison to landlords within your portfolio

• Contribute to real estate-related technology developments for the REFM team