Head: Leasing & Coverage

Nedbank

Sandton

On-site

ZAR 1,600,000 - 2,400,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

Nedbank seeks a senior leader to drive enterprise leasing strategy and governance for its corporate real estate portfolio in South Africa. You will align occupancy plans with business priorities, manage landlord engagements and direct portfolio planning to optimise cost, flexibility and long-term value.

Responsibilities include setting decision standards, overseeing complex negotiations, and ensuring robust analysis supports recommendations.

Qualifications

10–12 years of property management experience.
5 years in a managerial/leadership role.
Strong governance, risk and controls understanding.
Experience with leasing strategy, renewals, and landlord engagement.

Responsibilities

Define leasing strategy and governance for the corporate real estate portfolio.
Set renewal, relocation, acquisition and exit principles.
Oversee material property transactions with clear decision standards.
Identify opportunities to reduce cost and improve portfolio value.
Lead cross-functional alignment with Legal, Finance, Procurement and Operations.
Provide senior decision support on portfolio-wide matters.

Skills

Property Management

Governance

Negotiation

Strategic Planning

Project Management

Risk & Compliance

Reporting & MI

Stakeholder Management

Business Acumen

Decision Making

Leadership

Networking

People Management

Strategic Influence

Asset Management

Education

Honours Degree (NQF 8)

Bachelor’s Degree (Property/Real Estate/Finance/Law/Business)

Job description

Requisition Details and Talent Acquisition Contact

Cluster: Group Finance - CRE LEASING AND COVERAGE

Job Family

Administration, Operations and Facilities

Property, Property Development and Construction

Manage Function

Job Purpose

To lead enterprise leasing strategy and transaction governance for the corporate real estate portfolio, ensuring occupancy commitments are commercially sound, timely and aligned to business and property strategy. The role integrates market intelligence, negotiation, lease risk and portfolio planning to optimise cost, flexibility and long-term value. The role sets the functional direction, governance framework, performance standards and investment priorities, integrates material risks and dependencies across the portfolio, and provides senior decision support on matters with enterprise or portfolio-wide impact.

Job Responsibilities

Leasing Strategy & Portfolio Direction

Define the leasing strategy and governance framework for the corporate real estate portfolio in line with business footprint and financial priorities.
Set principles for renewals, relocations, acquisitions, exits and landlord engagement based on portfolio strategy and market evidence.
Prioritise material leasing decisions according to business need, cost, flexibility, risk and long-term portfolio value.
Integrate leasing strategy with workplace, facilities, project, finance and location-planning decisions.

Transaction Governance & Decision Quality

Establish decision standards, delegated authorities and review gates for material property transactions and lease commitments.
Oversee complex negotiations and ensure options, trade-offs and contractual implications are transparent to decision-makers.
Ensure transaction recommendations are supported by robust commercial, operational and legal analysis.
Intervene on material disputes, exceptions or transactions with elevated financial, operational or reputational risk.

Lease Portfolio Performance

Oversee lease expiries, critical dates, occupancy commitments and commercial obligations across the portfolio.
Drive proactive renewal and exit planning to reduce avoidable cost, holdover risk and lost negotiation leverage.
Use portfolio and market data to identify consolidation, renegotiation and flexibility opportunities.
Ensure lease information is accurate enough to support budgeting, facilities delivery and property decisions.
Maintain current understanding of property-market conditions, rental benchmarks and occupier trends relevant to the portfolio.
Ensure commercial analysis reflects total occupancy cost, incentives, escalation, flexibility and lifecycle implications.
Identify material lease, landlord, concentration and location risks and
ensure appropriate treatment.
Strengthen use of analytics and scenario modelling while retaining
accountable commercial judgement.

Leadership & Stakeholder Alignment

Lead the leasing capability and clarify accountability across strategy,
specialist negotiation and lease administration activities.
Build effective partnerships with Legal, Finance, Procurement, Property,
Workplace, Facilities and business stakeholders.
Develop specialist capability in negotiation, market analysis, contract
interpretation and portfolio decision support.
Report material transaction pipeline, portfolio exposure and decision
requirements to senior governance forums.

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

Professional Qualifications/Honour’s Degree

Preferred Qualification

Relevant Honours degree or equivalent NQF level 8 qualification in property, real estate, finance, law, business or a related field.

Preferred Certifications

Relevant Professional Body, Estates Agents' Board Registration preferred : South African Property Owners Association (SAPOA) and South African Shopping Centre Association (SASCA)

Minimum Experience Level