Real Estate Transaction Lead

3M HEALTHCARE; Warrington; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working options

Flexible hours and patterns

Job summary

3M HEALTHCARE is seeking an experienced real estate lead to drive end-to-end transactions across an international estate. You will own deals from initial requirement through to completion, ensuring commercial soundness and timely progression.

The role requires strong negotiation, due diligence, and governance capabilities, with proactive stakeholder engagement across finance, operations, and projects. Hybrid working and regional flexibility are available.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering commercial real estate transactions end to end.
• Strong understanding of lease structures, commercial terms, and due diligence.
• Confident engaging and influencing stakeholders across a complex environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of real estate transactions from initial requirement through to completion.
• Manage transaction timelines, risks, and dependencies, ensuring steady progression to completion.
• Support and execute lease negotiations to secure commercially favourable terms.
• Coordinate due diligence activities, including surveys, inspections, and risk assessments.
• Work with legal advisors to manage lease documentation and resolve transaction issues.
• Prepare and present clear, well supported business cases and recommendations for approval.
• Engage internal stakeholders across finance, operations, and projects to ensure alignment.
• Manage relationships with landlords, agents, and external advisors.
• Ensure transactions meet governance and approval requirements.
• Maintain accurate and well-structured transaction documentation.

Skills

Real estate transactions

Stakeholder engagement

Due diligence

Negotiation

Governance

Job description

About the Role

Lead the end-to-end delivery of real estate transactions across an international estate, including acquisitions, renewals, rent reviews, and disposals. You will take ownership of transactions from initial requirement through to completion, ensuring they are commercially sound, aligned to business needs, and progressed efficiently.

Why this role

• Responsibility for transactions across an international and operationally diverse estate
• Opportunity to take full ownership of deals, not just support delivery
• Role requires judgement, pace, and the ability to bring structure and control where needed
• Direct involvement in commercial decision making and negotiation outcomes

What you’ll be doing

• Lead the delivery of real estate transactions from initial requirement through to completion
• Manage transaction timelines, risks, and dependencies, ensuring steady progression to completion
• Support and execute lease negotiations to secure commercially favourable terms
• Coordinate due diligence activities, including surveys, inspections, and risk assessments
• Work with legal advisors to manage lease documentation and resolve transaction issues
• Prepare and present clear, well supported business cases and recommendations for approval
• Engage internal stakeholders across finance, operations, and projects to ensure alignment
• Manage relationships with landlords, agents, and external advisors
• Ensure transactions meet governance and approval requirements
• Maintain accurate and well-structured transaction documentation

Here’s What You’ll Need

• Experience delivering commercial real estate transactions end to end
• Strong understanding of lease structures, commercial terms, and due diligence
• Commercially aware, able to assess options and support sound decision making
• Confident engaging and influencing stakeholders across a complex environment
• Able to challenge inputs and assumptions where required
• Highly organised, able to manage multiple transactions without losing control of detail
• Proactive and delivery focused, able to maintain momentum and resolve issues early
• Strong attention to detail, producing clear and reliable outputs
• Identifies risks and gaps early and takes action to address them
• Operates with ownership and accountability through to completion

Benefits

• Competitive package to retain and attract the best talent
• Free single medical cover and digital GP service for UK employees
• Family‑friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes
• Reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships
• Work‑life balance and flexibility, including hybrid, part‑time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations

EEO Statement

We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role. We are a Disability Confident employer and will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. For reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please contact [e-mail].