Airport Leasing Specialist 3 (PCN 252594)

State of Alaska•Anchorage International Airport, AK

8d•Onsite

About The Position

This position oversees the administration, negotiation, and enforcement of complex airport concession agreements to ensure compliance with State statutes, Department regulations, Alaska International Airport System directives, airport policies and procedures, and Federal Aviation Administration requirements. Responsibilities include managing the research and processing of lease applications, presenting recommendations to the Lease Application Review Committee, and overseeing concession agreements through all stages of compliance monitoring, including notifications of provisional compliance, default conditions, methods of cure, and special payment arrangements. The position negotiates and reviews concession agreements, amendments, assignments, and related contractual documents while ensuring alignment with Airport Master Plan objectives, lease guidelines, rental structures, and management directives. The position serves as the Airport’s primary liaison with concession tenants and provides leadership in resolving complex contractual, operational, and tenant-relations issues. Duties include representing the concession leasing section in difficult contract disputes involving the State and tenants, disputes among tenants, and controversial matters involving terminal use, financial considerations, safety concerns, or political implications. The incumbent provides technical expertise in the preparation and review of concession leasing documents, including insurance requirements, interprets statutes and regulations for implementation into leasing processes, and offers guidance on agreements prepared by other Airport sections to ensure clear and enforceable contract language. This role also provides project management, fiscal oversight, and litigation support for Airport concession operations. Responsibilities include reviewing terminal and construction plans, building permits, and tenant improvement projects; negotiating and managing tenant relocations; and serving as the leasing team leader in the development and implementation of Tenant Design Standards and Sign Criteria. The position manages concession space utilization data and prepares reports for financial and operational planning purposes. In addition, the incumbent works closely with attorneys, governmental agencies, surveyors, appraisers, and the public to address complex issues such as bankruptcies, environmental concerns, and contract defaults, while maintaining liaison with the Attorney General’s Office, coordinating evidence gathering and contract history investigations, and providing testimony or expert interpretation during legal proceedings as necessary.

Requirements

Progressively responsible professional experience in developing, negotiating, and administering leases and/or related legal agreements for airport property, commercial or industrial property.
Competencies in Compliance Inspection: Knowledge of the guidelines, regulations, and procedures associated with compliance inquiries, including the application of compliance rules and criteria and ability to make appropriate decisions and issue citations, fines, or orders.
Competencies in Contracting/Procurement: Knowledge of various types of contracts, techniques, or requirements (for example, Federal Acquisitions Regulations) for contracting or procurement, and contract negotiation and administration.
Competencies in Real Estate: Knowledge of real estate principles, practices, markets, and values.
Competency in Reading: Understands and interprets written material, including technical material, rules, regulations, instructions, reports, charts, graphs, or tables; applies what is learned from written material to specific situations.
Competency in Reasoning: Identifies rules, principles, or relationships that explain facts, data, or other information; analyzes information and makes correct inferences or draws accurate conclusions.
Competency in Interpersonal Skills: Shows understanding, friendliness, courtesy, tact, empathy, concern, and politeness to others; develops and maintains effective relationships with others; may include effectively dealing with individuals who are difficult, hostile, or distressed; relates well to people from varied backgrounds and different situations; is sensitive to cultural diversity, race, gender, disabilities, and other individual differences.
Competency in Writing: Recognizes or uses correct English grammar, punctuation, and spelling; communicates information (for example, facts, ideas, or messages) in a brief, clear, and organized manner; produces written information, which may include technical material, that is appropriate for the intended audience.
Competency in Organizational Awareness: Knows the organization's mission and functions, and how its social, political, and technological systems work and operates effectively within them; this includes the programs, policies, procedures, rules, and regulations of the organization.
Must be eligible for an airport identification badge in accordance with Transportation Security Administration (TSA) regulations (49 CFR 1542) which requires fingerprinting and a criminal background check.
Must pass a fingerprint-based criminal history record check as well as a comprehensive background investigation, along with a Transportation Security Administration Security Threat Assessment.

Nice To Haves

Experience with airport property, commercial or industrial property leases and legal agreements.

Responsibilities

Oversees the administration, negotiation, and enforcement of complex airport concession agreements.
Manages the research and processing of lease applications.
Presents recommendations to the Lease Application Review Committee.
Oversees concession agreements through all stages of compliance monitoring.
Negotiates and reviews concession agreements, amendments, assignments, and related contractual documents.
Serves as the Airport’s primary liaison with concession tenants.
Provides leadership in resolving complex contractual, operational, and tenant-relations issues.
Represents the concession leasing section in difficult contract disputes.
Provides technical expertise in the preparation and review of concession leasing documents.
Interprets statutes and regulations for implementation into leasing processes.
Offers guidance on agreements prepared by other Airport sections.
Provides project management, fiscal oversight, and litigation support for Airport concession operations.
Reviews terminal and construction plans, building permits, and tenant improvement projects.
Negotiates and manages tenant relocations.
Serves as the leasing team leader in the development and implementation of Tenant Design Standards and Sign Criteria.
Manages concession space utilization data and prepares reports for financial and operational planning purposes.
Works closely with attorneys, governmental agencies, surveyors, appraisers, and the public to address complex issues.
Maintains liaison with the Attorney General’s Office.
Coordinates evidence gathering and contract history investigations.
Provides testimony or expert interpretation during legal proceedings as necessary.