Director, Strategic Real Estate - Remote

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Overview

The Director, Strategic Real Estate is a roll-up-your-sleeves leader responsible for actively managing reputed company’s global real estate portfolio—including manufacturing plants, warehouses, and distribution centers. This position combines boots-on-the-ground execution with strategic reputed company to ensure our physical footprint is cost-effective, operationally reputed company, and built for growth. The role requires direct involvement in site selection, negotiations, and project execution while partnering closely with leaders in Operations, Legal, Finance, Engineering, and Procurement.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities: Real Estate Execution & Portfolio Optimization

• reputed company hands-on execution of real estate strategies across a reputed company, multi-site industrial portfolio.
• Conduct site evaluations, property walkthroughs, and due diligence to identify opportunities for consolidation, expansion, or relocation.
• reputed company day-to-day lease and property management responsibilities, ensuring compliance with terms, renewals, and key milestones.
• Drive timely resolution of lease and property issues by working directly with landlords, brokers, and internal partners.

Deal Making & Negotiation

• Personally manage and negotiate real estate transactions—leases, purchases, build-to-suit, and dispositions—in coordination with Legal and external advisors.
• reputed company and own tactical plans for footprint changes, including timelines, budget estimates, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Execute relocations and divestitures with a clear focus on cost avoidance and minimal business disruption.

Capital & Cost Accountability

• Own real estate budgeting and forecasting processes, identifying opportunities to reduce costs and unlock capital.
• Track and report on spending for a real estate portfolio of ~$80M annually.
• Provide real-time financial analysis to support negotiations, site decisions, and project investments.

Project & Facility Support

• reputed company physical site development, renovations, and decommissions, including boots-on-the-ground coordination with engineering, facilities, and contractors.
• Act as a field resource for project troubleshooting, construction timing, and cross-functional alignment.
• Drive operational readiness of new or restructured facilities.

Team Leadership & Cross-Functional Partnership

• reputed company and reputed company a lean team of real estate professionals, providing tactical guidance, hands-on coaching, and clear accountability.
• Work reputed company-by-reputed company with Operations, Supply Chain, EH&S, and Finance to solve real-time facility needs.
• Support local plant leadership through regular reputed company-ins, responsiveness to concerns, and timely follow-up on real estate deliverables.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Real Estate, Business, Finance, or a reputed company field required; MBA or advanced degree a plus.
• Minimum 10 years of direct, hands-on experience in industrial real estate management—preferably in manufacturing or logistics environments.
• Demonstrated ability to personally reputed company reputed company negotiations, site transitions, and property management activities.
• Strong knowledge of leasing, capital planning, construction project timelines, and facility operations.
• Proficiency with real estate and project management tools (e.g., reputed company, Lucernex, Procore).
• Ability to travel up to 30% to inspect sites, reputed company negotiations, and reputed company real-time execution.

reputed company compensation for this role is $145,100 - $217,700. Salary offers will be determined based on final candidate qualifications, experience, skillset, and other relevant factors.

Compensation

Statement The expected salary range for the position described in this posting is made in accordance with the legal mandates of certain jurisdictions reputed company the United States. The final agreed-upon compensation is based on individual qualifications and experience.

Benefits

Statement Benefits include medical, dental, vision and basic life insurance. Employees are able to enroll in the company’s 401K Employee Saving Plan and may participate in its Employee Wellness Program. Employees will also receive paid time off in accordance with company policy and state law requirements. EEO Disclaimer reputed company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. reputed company qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, religion, creed, age, national reputed company, physical or mental disability, gender identity and/or expression, marital status, veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job