Regional Strategy & Transaction Manager - Vice President

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial services firm is looking for a Regional Strategy & Transaction Manager - Vice President. This role involves shaping and executing real estate strategies across EMEA, working closely with various stakeholders, and managing impactful transactions. Candidates should have extensive experience in real estate management, strong financial understanding, and effective leadership skills. This is an exceptional opportunity to contribute significantly to strategic real estate planning and drive valuable outcomes.

Qualifications

• Extensive work experience as a real estate transaction manager.
• Strong real estate market knowledge across Asia Pacific and EMEA.
• Solid experience in principal real estate consultancy.

Responsibilities

• Prepare real estate strategic plans with the Regional Strategy & Transaction head.
• Manage the RFP process for real estate transactions.
• Negotiate lease/purchase contracts with internal and external stakeholders.

Skills

Real estate market knowledge

Planning skills

Leadership

Communication

Collaborative skills

Understanding of financials

Education

University Graduate

Job description

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 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 the various internal functional groups; finance, D and C, real estate consultants, LOBs, etc as appropriate in ensuring a holistic strategic plan
• Manage the RFP process for assigned transactions, selection of real estate consultancy; brokers and agents to support a real estate strategic plan and support a transactional requirement in an incentivized manner for the best interest of the Bank
• Manage the building selection/RFP process for securing a location, due diligence, including coordination with the agent and the negotiations with developers/landlords
• Provide analytics and program management, coordinate closely with the business underwriting team on the financial modeling of the real estate strategy, evaluation of transaction options, etc
• Manage the lease/purchase contract negotiations and documentation process in conjunction with the real estate consultant and legal counsel (internal and external)
• Manage the lease reporting per regional and global requirements and in flagging 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 RE initiatives
• Act as champion for key real estate occupancy metrics; cost/sf, vacancy, etc
• Provide support in the competitive landscape analysis e.g. portfolio pricing/positioning, etc stack vs 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
• Solid work experience as a real estate transaction manager in a major multinational company
• Strong real estate market knowledge & experience across EMEA