Regional Strategy & Transaction Manager - Vice President

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm in London seeks a Regional Strategy & Transaction Manager - Vice President to shape and execute real estate strategies across EMEA. This role involves collaborating with diverse stakeholders, managing the end-to-end transaction process, and ensuring alignment with strategic objectives. Ideal candidates have extensive experience in real estate transactions, strong planning skills, and effective leadership abilities. This position offers a pivotal opportunity to impact real estate transactions within a dynamic team.

Qualifications

• Extensive work experience as a real estate transaction manager in a multinational company or consultancy.
• Strong real estate market knowledge in multiple countries across Asia Pacific.
• Effective leadership, communication, and collaborative skills.

Responsibilities

• Prepare real estate strategic plans with the Regional Strategy & Transaction head.
• Manage the RFP process for transactions and select real estate consultants.
• Conduct lease/purchase contract negotiations and manage documentation.

Skills

Real estate transaction management

Planning skills

Leadership skills

Financial understanding

Communication skills

Education

University Graduate

Job description

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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.

Job 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

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills

• 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

About Us

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.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

About the Team

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.