Regional Strategy & Transaction Manager - Vice President

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial services firm is seeking a Regional Strategy & Transaction Manager - Vice President. This role involves shaping and executing real estate strategies across EMEA, managing transactions and coordinating with various stakeholders. Candidates must have extensive experience in real estate transaction management and strong market knowledge in Asia Pacific and EMEA. Leadership and collaboration skills are essential for success in this position.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience as a real estate transaction manager in a multinational company or consultancy.
• Strong market knowledge across Asia Pacific and EMEA.
• Very good planning skills and understanding of financials.

Responsibilities

• Prepare real estate strategic plans and coordinate with internal functional groups.
• Manage RFP process and selection of real estate consultancies.
• Conduct building selection and manage lease negotiations.
• Provide analytical support for financial modeling.

Skills

Real estate transaction management

Planning

Financial understanding

Leadership

Communication

Education

University graduate

Job description

Overview

Join our team as a Regional Strategy & Transaction Manager - Vice President, where you will play a critical role in shaping and executing real estate strategies across EMEA. This position offers a unique opportunity to collaborate with diverse stakeholders and drive impactful real estate transactions. As a Regional Strategy & Transaction Manager - Vice President in the Global Real Estate team, you will support the Regional Strategy & Transaction Head in formulating strategic real estate plans and executing leasing, purchasing, and disposal transactions. You will coordinate with internal and external partners to manage the end-to-end transaction process, ensuring alignment with JPMorgan Chase's strategic objectives.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Regional Strategy & Transaction head in preparing the real estate strategic plans. Coordinate closely with internal functional groups (finance, D&C, real estate consultants, LOBs, etc.) to ensure a holistic strategic plan.
• Manage the RFP process for assigned transactions, selection of real estate consultancies; brokers and agents to support a real estate strategic plan and support a transactional requirement in an incentivized manner for the bank's best interests.
• Manage the building selection/RFP process for securing a location, due diligence, including coordination with the agent and negotiations with developers/landlords.
• Provide analytics and program management; coordinate with the business underwriting team on financial modeling of the real estate strategy and evaluation of transaction options.
• Manage the lease/purchase contract negotiations and documentation process in conjunction with the real estate consultant and legal counsel (internal and external).
• Manage lease reporting per regional and global requirements and flag upcoming lease expiries in a timely manner. Ensure that all leases are renewed in a timely manner.
• Provide support as a Program Manager in the implementation of key real estate initiatives.
• Act as champion for key real estate occupancy metrics (cost/sf, vacancy, etc.).
• Provide support in competitive landscape analysis (e.g., portfolio pricing/positioning) relative to market.

Qualifications

• Extensive work experience as a real estate transaction manager in a major multinational company, or in a principal real estate consultancy company.
• University Graduate.
• Strong real estate market knowledge in multiple countries across Asia Pacific.
• Very good planning skills.
• Good understanding of financials.
• Effective leadership, communication and collaborative skills.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Solid work experience as a real estate transaction manager in a major multinational company.
• Strong real estate market knowledge & experience across EMEA.

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives. Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we're setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.