Senior Lease Analyst

WSP; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 77,000 - 153,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Retirement savings

Paid time off & parental leave

Job summary

WSP Global Inc. seeks a strategic Senior Leasing Analyst to lead corporate real estate transactions across our portfolio.

Located primarily on the East Coast, candidates nationwide may be considered for this senior role with extensive experience in real estate strategy and negotiations. You will provide senior leadership with scenario analyses, model financial impact, and oversee the full lifecycle of real estate deals, including acquisitions, dispositions, renewals, and complex amendments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Real Estate, Finance, or related field.
• 5+ years of professional‑level experience in corporate real estate, leasing, or related strategic function.
• Demonstrated independent judgment in structuring or negotiating real estate transactions.
• Excellent negotiation, stakeholder management, and executive communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office; familiarity with CRE systems (Yardi, MRI) is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Develop forward‑looking real estate strategies 18–36 months ahead of lease expiries.
• Lead leasing, subleasing, and disposition activities aligned with corporate objectives.
• Direct brokerage partners and negotiate terms across office, industrial, land, parking, and warehouse types.
• Oversee transactions lifecycle including acquisitions, dispositions, renewals, and amendments.
• Govern governance, approvals, and workflows at a portfolio level with audits in mind.
• Provide leadership with data‑driven insights on deal structure, timing, and financial impact.
• Lead due diligence including financial modeling, valuations, and market analysis.
• Interface with landlords, brokers, and third‑party advisors for strategic negotiations.
• Advise on notices, renewals, terminations, and option exercise timing.
• Adjust strategies as business priorities shift; communicate complex issues to executives.

Skills

Storytelling

Analytical thinking

Financial modeling

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Executive communication

Prioritization

Multilingual (optional)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business/Real Estate/Finance

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Yardi

MRI

Job description

This Opportunity

We are seeking a strategic and solutions‑oriented Senior Leasing Analyst to lead corporate real estate transactions across our portfolio. We are ideally seeking candidates located on the East Coast, but are open to qualified candidates in other U.S. locations. This role exercises independent judgment and provides strategic guidance to senior leadership on real estate matters that influence long‑term business planning, financial outcomes, and operational performance.

Responsibilities

• Work with leadership to develop forward‑looking real estate strategies 18–36 months ahead of lease expiries, incorporating business needs, portfolio optimization, and financial implications.
• Lead and manage leasing, subleasing, and disposition activities, ensuring alignment with corporate objectives, risk parameters, and shareholder interests.
• Independently engage and direct brokerage partners, negotiating business terms and conditions across office, industrial, land, parking, and warehouse asset types.
• Oversee the full lifecycle of real estate transactions—including acquisitions, dispositions, renewals, and complex amendments—ensuring compliance with Delegation of Authority, legal standards, and strategic priorities.
• Govern documentation, approvals, and transaction workflows at a portfolio level, ensuring quality control, audit readiness, and adherence to corporate policies (not clerical document tracking).
• Provide senior leadership with expert recommendations, scenario analyses, and data‑driven insights related to deal structure, timing, risk, and financial impact.
• Lead due diligence activities, including financial modeling, valuation assessments, operational risk reviews, and market analysis.
• Serve as primary liaison with landlords, brokers, and third‑party advisors, representing the company in strategic negotiations and managing performance expectations.
• Oversee critical‑date governance, interpreting risk implications and advising on optimal timing for notices, renewals, terminations, and option exercises.
• Continuously evaluate shifting business priorities and market dynamics, adjusting strategies with minimal direction.
• Communicate complex issues concisely to executives, providing recommendations and identifying implications for business units and the broader portfolio.
• Travel as required to evaluate market conditions, negotiate transactions, and support stakeholder engagement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Real Estate, Finance, or related field (U.S. equivalent phrasing can be updated by Recruitment as noted).
• 5+ years of professional‑level experience in corporate real estate, leasing, transaction management, or a related strategic function.
• Demonstrated experience exercising independent judgment in structuring, negotiating, or evaluating real estate transactions.
• Strong storyteller with an ability to be succinct and convincing
• Strong analytical and financial modeling capabilities with the ability to interpret complex data to recommend strategic actions.
• Excellent negotiation, stakeholder management, and executive‑level communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite; familiarity with CRE systems (Yardi, MRI) is an asset.
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a dynamic, fast‑paced decision‑making environment.
• Professional real estate designations (e.g., MCR or in progress) are an asset.
• Multilingual ability in English, French, Spanish, or Portuguese is an asset.

WSP Benefits:

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

Compensation:

Expected Salary (all locations): $77,400-$152,600

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.

About Us

About WSP

WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.

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WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.

At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?

WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.

The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.