Now Hiring - Corporate Real Estate Partner in Reston, VA

Job ID: [please apply online]

Location: RESTON, VA, US

Date Posted: 2023-07-24

Category: Facilities

Subcategory: Leasing

Schedule: Full-time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: Yes, 25 % of the Time

Minimum Clearance Required: None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Potential for Remote Work: No

Description

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Build, strengthen, and sustain relationships with the Sector/BU customer as well as with CRE&F and IE functional teams to enable cross organizational success and ensure a favorable customer experience.
• Develop and execute cost effective real estate solutions that align with business and company objectives including parameters for growth, optimization, hybrid work, infrastructure and space needs, size, location, timing, lease terms, contract requirements, financial commitments, and risk.
• Manage the transaction project process end-to-end, including strategic development, requirements gathering, project planning, expectation managing, coordinating market surveys and site visits, creating business case justifications, developing options and financial analysis, lease negotiations, document review, approvals, and reporting.
• Quickly respond to project requests and real estate inquiries and synthesize business needs into real estate requirements. Provide information relative to market conditions, anticipated costs, transaction viability and expected timelines.
• Proactively manage the real estate portfolio and critical lease dates to ensure actions are executed in a timely manner, optimization is accounted for, authorizations are approved and reports are updated.
• Effectively communicate (both verbal and in writing) project updates and concerns to management.
• Collaborate with the Finance team on the financial planning and budgeting process including the review annual rent and operating expense adjustments for conformance with lease provisions and developing 1, 3 and 5 year plans for sites within the portfolio.
• Identify opportunistic lease extensions, renewals, and terminations for review with executive management and tenant.
• Address Facility, IT and/or Security matters when they arise and lead collaborative efforts with those functions as well as the BU customer to bring concerns to a resolution.
• Resolve major occupancy issues with landlord.

Qualifications

Requirements:

• Bachelors and 10+ years of related experience; Masters and 8+ experience; or PhD or JD and 5+ years of experience.
• 7+ years' experience in real estate transaction management while supporting a large, dynamic corporate environment.
• Proficiency in developing real estate financial analysis, discounted cash flows and project budgeting.
• Excellent negotiation and strong customer relationship management skills.
• Proficient in PowerPoint, Excel and other Microsoft Applications.
• Must be a US Citizen