Real Estate Manager (East Region)

Joe & the Juice / United States • New York, NY

4d • Onsite

About The Position

JOE & THE JUICE is seeking a highly motivated, commercially minded Real Estate Manager to join its U.S. Retail Real Estate team. Based in the New York City office, the role will identify, source, negotiate, and support the development of new locations, primarily across the Eastern U.S. The role helps shape real estate growth strategy, identify high-potential sites, lead landlord negotiations, and coordinate with internal and external partners to take new stores from opportunity through opening. Current Eastern U.S. markets include New York, Washington, D.C., Chicago, South Florida, Central Florida, and parts of Texas. The position also supports broader U.S. initiatives involving market strategy, site development, portfolio optimization, airport opportunities, and site approval and business case materials. Regular travel across U.S. markets is required, typically for one to four days at a time.

JOE & THE JUICE is a people-centric, fast-growing food and beverage company founded in Copenhagen in 2002. The company emphasizes Positive Attitude, Inclusion, Social Ties, and Growth, and describes opportunities for employees to learn and develop through its Moneyball career path. The company reports more than 540 stores across 25 countries and an ambition to grow to 1,000 stores by 2028.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of commercial real estate experience.
• Experience identifying and negotiating new locations for a national or regional retail, restaurant, hospitality, or consumer brand, or experience with a leading commercial real estate brokerage such as CBRE, JLL, or Newmark.
• Demonstrated success sourcing, negotiating, and completing real estate transactions.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher.
• Strong understanding of site selection, LOI negotiation, lease processes, and retail development.
• Excellent stakeholder-management skills and ability to build relationships across departments and organizational levels.
• Strong commercial judgment and ability to balance growth opportunities with financial and operational considerations.
• Professional, confident communication skills for engaging landlords, brokers, executives, and internal partners.
• Comfort working with financial models, market data, and typical business software, including Microsoft Office.
• Highly organized, with ability to manage multiple deals, markets, and priorities simultaneously.
• Self-directed, with ability to drive projects and transactions to completion with limited day-to-day guidance.
• Ability and willingness to travel regularly across U.S. markets.

Responsibilities

• Help define and refine real estate growth strategy across Eastern U.S. markets.
• Analyze markets and identify promising trade areas and locations with external brokerage teams.
• Assess potential sites using internal performance data, macroeconomic insights, demographic information, and socioeconomic data.
• Develop market-level recommendations that support the broader U.S. growth strategy.
• Source and evaluate potential new store locations.
• Lead landlord negotiations from initial letter of intent through execution of the final lease.
• Work with external brokers, landlords, developers, and other real estate partners.
• Drive deals forward while maintaining internal alignment and track and communicate milestones through store opening.
• Develop new-store business cases with internal stakeholders, including the CAPEX team, and present site opportunities to internal decision makers.
• Partner with Finance, Operations, Construction, Design, Legal, and other functions throughout site development.
• Ensure relevant stakeholders understand timelines, risks, financial considerations, and next steps.
• Participate in site surveys, work-letter negotiations, and design development.
• Support permitting applications and new-store construction, help resolve roadblocks, and maintain development timelines.
• Support projects from site approval through opening and transition into operations.
• Develop pitches, proposals, and bids for new U.S. airport locations with brokerage and internal teams.
• Support real estate strategy and site development in additional U.S. markets and contribute to special projects.
• Build and maintain relationships with landlords and key real estate partners.
• Support optimization of the existing store portfolio and identify portfolio opportunities and risks.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level