Transaction Manager

Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 73,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) matching

Medical, Dental & Vision Care

Paid parental leave

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (JLL) seeks a senior Transaction Manager to support high-growth technology and AI tenants in office and R&D environments. You will coordinate resources, draft LOIs, perform financial analysis and leverage AI tools to deliver outcomes for a fast-moving portfolio.

You will act as a proactive team enabler within an integrated JLL and client team, ensuring governance, timely decisions and executive-ready reporting while sustaining high client satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• 7+ years of corporate real estate transaction management, brokerage or related experience.
• Experience with lease transactions and portfolio initiatives across office and R&D environments.
• Ability to operate in a fast-paced, high-growth environment with competing priorities and tight timelines.
• Strong understanding of transaction economics and financial implications of real estate decisions.
• Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills with executive-ready recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted, responsive partner to the client and the broader JLL account team.
• Provide strategic transaction and occupancy support guiding portfolio review and analysis.
• Prepare for and participate in recurring client, project and leadership meetings; document decisions and follow-up actions.
• Drive transaction management workflows, playbooks and governance for speed and accuracy.
• Deliver concise, executive-ready reporting and presentations on portfolio activity and milestones.
• Support full transaction life cycle across lease, sublease, renewal, relocation, and related activities.

Skills

Transaction management

Financial analysis

Client service

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Job description

JLL empowers you to shape a brighter way. Our people at JLL are shaping the future of real estate for a better world by combining world class services, advisory and technology for our clients. We are committed to hiring the best, most talented people and empowering them to thrive, grow meaningful careers and to find a place where they belong. Whether you’ve got deep experience in commercial real estate, skilled trades or technology, or you’re looking to apply your relevant experience to a new industry, join our team as we help shape a brighter way forward.

What this job involves

• Our Transaction Management team helps clients strategize, evaluate and execute real estate transactions that advance their business objectives.
• This Transaction Manager supports the JLL team focusing on high-growth technology and AI tenants whose portfolios focused on office and R&D environments.
• Embedded within an integrated JLL and client team, the Transaction Manager will keep the team aligned on ongoing client portfolios, transactions updates (internal and external), draft and revise LOIs, run financial analysis and use AI tools to support and deliver to clients.
• The role is a proactive team enabler, not solely an individual transaction executor.
• The Transaction Manager coordinates resources, develops decision-ready materials, maintains process rigor and anticipates needs across a fast-moving portfolio.
• Success requires sound judgment amid ambiguity, comfort with competing priorities and compressed timelines, and the ability to build trust through responsive, precise and forward-looking client service.

Manage Client Relationships and Support the Account Team

• Serve as a trusted, responsive partner to the client and the broader JLL account team, helping align real estate activity with evolving business priorities.
• Provide strategic transaction and occupancy support guide client through existing portfolio review and analysis.
• Prepare for and participate in recurring client, project and leadership meetings; document decisions, owners and follow-up actions.
• Drive the transaction management workflows, playbooks and governance so the team can move quickly without sacrificing accuracy, consistency or compliance.
• Deliver concise, executive-ready reporting and presentations that communicate portfolio activity, recommendations, financial implications, milestones, dependencies and decisions required.

Portfolio Strategy and Transaction Delivery

• Support the account team across the full transaction life cycle, bringing structure, judgment and a high level of proficiency to complex, high-velocity assignments.
• Manage and help the team deliver a high volume of lease, sublease, expansion, renewal, relocation, contraction and termination transactions while following JLL and client processes and standards.
• Support site selection and market searches, interact with local brokerage resources, evaluate alternatives, issue requests for proposals, negotiate letters of intent and business terms, and coordinate documentation through execution.
• Develop comparative financial analyses, cash-flow and occupancy-cost scenarios, and clear summaries of economic and non-financial trade-offs to support strategy, approvals and decision-making.
• Maintain accurate schedules, trackers and transaction systems; monitor milestones, critical dates, risks, interdependencies and approvals, escalating issues early and driving actions to closure.
• Synthesize market intelligence, including availability, asking and effective rents, concessions, sublease conditions and competitive activity; coordinate maps, dashboards and specialized site data such as talent access, infrastructure, power, utilities or permitting when relevant.
• Coordinate seamlessly with client stakeholders and JLL specialists across brokerage, occupancy planning, project and development services, workplace strategy, finance, legal, tax, technology and other functions; confirm commission invoices and transaction records are accurate and current.

An ideal candidate would have the following qualifications

• Required Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• 7+ years of corporate real estate transaction management, brokerage or related experience; experience supporting large, sophisticated occupiers is preferred.
• Demonstrated experience with lease transactions and portfolio initiatives across office and R&D environments.
• Proven ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, high-growth environment, manage ambiguity and competing priorities, and deliver quality work under compressed timelines.
• Strong understanding of transaction economics and the financial and accounting implications of real estate decisions.
• Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills, including the ability to distill complex information into clear, executive-ready recommendations.
• Strong analytical, organization, planning and process-management skills, with exceptional attention to detail and follow-through.
• Ability to interpret market intelligence, financial analysis and portfolio data and communicate the implications to varied audiences.
• Proactive client-service mindset with sound judgment, curiosity, responsiveness and a bias for action.
• Proven ability to collaborate across JLL, client and cross-functional teams, influence without direct authority and contribute to shared team outcomes.

This position does not provide visa sponsorship. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Expected compensation for this position: 73,000.00 – 90,000.00 USD per year Final compensation packages are determined by various considerations including but not limited to candidate qualifications, location, market conditions, and internal considerations.

Location: Remote –San Francisco, CA

Personalized benefits that support personal well-being and growth: JLL recognizes the impact that the workplace can have on your wellness, so we offer a supportive culture and comprehensive benefits package that prioritizes mental, physical and emotional health. Some of these benefits include: 401(k) plan with matching company contributions Comprehensive Medical, Dental & Vision Care Paid parental leave at 100% of salary Paid Time Off and Company Holidays Early access to earned wages through Daily Pay

Benefits

• 401(k) plan with matching company contributions
• Comprehensive Medical, Dental & Vision Care
• Paid parental leave at 100% of salary
• Paid Time Off and Company Holidays
• Early access to earned wages through Daily Pay

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