Commercial Real Estate Transaction Manager

Socket.dev; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Socket.dev is seeking a Commercial Real Estate Transaction Manager to drive sites from initial interest to signed leases or purchase agreements. You will unblock deals, coordinate with Legal, Finance, Technical, and broker teams, and produce concise deal summaries for the Investment Committee.

You will lead the diligence process, coordinate with construction, legal, and finance teams, and develop detailed investment memos. This role emphasizes speed, accuracy, and cross-team collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in Real Estate, Finance, Business, or related field.
• 7+ years of experience with at least 3+ years in commercial real estate transactions or real estate private equity.
• Demonstrated experience managing transactions from LOI to execution.
• Strong proficiency in Excel or Google Sheets for financial modeling.
• Authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship and reside in Phoenix, AZ, Las Vegas, NV or Miami, FL.
• Travel up to 20%.

Responsibilities

• Pipeline & Transaction Management: manage a high volume of active real estate transactions, track dates, and ensure site requirements are met.
• Negotiation Support: outline key LOI terms and work with legal to redline leases and related contracts.
• Deal Closing: manage closing checklist and clear contingencies before execution.
• Cross-Functional Due Diligence: coordinate with legal, finance, and project delivery teams to validate site buildability and power.
• Investment Analysis & Reporting: synthesize data into IC memos and run pro formas for viability, maintain data in the real estate database.

Skills

Analytical skills

Excel/Sheets

Deal execution

LOI to execution

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Real Estate, Finance, Business, or related field

Tools

Google Sheets

Job description

Commercial Real Estate Transaction Manager

Role Summary

We are seeking an analytical and action-oriented Commercial Real Estate Transaction Manager to be the "engine room" of our infrastructure acquisition team. In this role, you will take identified sites and drive them from initial interest to a signed lease or purchase agreement.

You will not just track deals; you will actively unblock them. You will serve as the central node connecting Legal, Finance, Technical and external broker teams, aggregating their inputs into clear, actionable Deal Summaries for our Investment Committee. Your goal is to maximize pipeline velocity while minimizing risk.

Key Responsibilities

1. Pipeline & Transaction Management

• Funnel Velocity: Manage a high volume of active real estate transactions simultaneously, ensuring sites meet our location, technical and cost requirements, track critical dates and hold stakeholders accountable to timelines.

• Negotiation Support: Outline key terms for Letters of Intent (LOIs). Partner with legal counsel to redline leases and related contracts, ensuring commercial terms align with company targets.

• Deal Closing: Manage the closing checklist, ensuring all contingencies (zoning, title, survey, environmental) are cleared prior to execution.

2. Cross-Functional Due Diligence

• The "Quarterback": Act as the central point of contact during the diligence period. You are responsible for pulling in the right experts at the right time.

  • Construction & Utilities: Coordinate with the project delivery teams of external partners to validate site buildability and power availability (MW capacity).

  • Legal: Coordinate with internal and external counsel to advance zoning, land use, and permitting reviews.

  • Finance: Collaborate to ensure deal economics fit within our CAPEX and OPEX models.

3. Investment Analysis & Reporting

• Deal Summaries: Synthesize complex data—financial models, site layouts, risk assessments, and legal constraints—into concise Investment Committee (IC) Memos that drive "Go/No-Go" decisions.

• Financial Modeling: Run pro formas and sensitivity analyses to test deal viability under different scenarios (e.g., changing utility rates, construction cost variances).

• Database Management: Maintain the "Single Source of Truth" in our real estate database (e.g., Google Sheets, Asana), ensuring all deal data is accurate and up to date.

Qualifications

Required:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Real Estate, Finance, Business, or a related field.

• Experience: 7+ years of experience with a minimum of 3+ years of direct experience in commercial real estate transactions, development, or real estate private equity

• The "Closer" Mindset: Demonstrated experience managing transactions from LOI to execution. You understand the mechanics of a real estate deal.

• Analytical Skills: Strong proficiency in Excel or Google Sheets (financial modeling)

• Must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship AND reside in Miami, FL, Las Vegas, NV or Phoenix, AZ

• Travel up to 20%

Preferred:

• Experience with infrastructure or industrial assets (e.g., data centers, solar farms, logistics, or EV charging).

• Understanding of municipal zoning and land-use entitlements.

• Familiarity with commercial or industrial real estate leases

Success Attributes

• Structured Thinker: You can take a messy email thread involving a lawyer, an engineer, and a landlord, and turn it into a clear list of action items.

• Bias for Action: You don't wait for permission to follow up, remove blockers and rally cross-team efforts..

• Risk Radar: You have an eye for detail and can spot "deal killers" (like a restrictive easement or a bad indemnity clause) early in the process.

• Collaborative: You understand that getting a deal done requires building consensus across multiple internal teams with competing priorities.