Real Estate Strategy Manager, Americas
About The Position
The Real Estate Strategy Manager, Americas, is part of Siemens Real Estate’s global SRE Portfolio & Strategy Location Strategy team. Based in the Atlanta, Georgia area, the manager develops fact-based location and portfolio strategies for Siemens across the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, and South America. The role connects local and regional market and regulatory insights with global portfolio objectives and prepares transparent decision proposals for senior management. It works closely with Siemens businesses, country and regional SRE teams, internal expert functions, and external advisors across the Americas and internationally. Siemens Real Estate manages the company’s global real estate portfolio, including 8.7 million square meters of office and production space across around 1,400 locations. It designs, plans, builds, and operates properties and provides associated services, combining real estate lifecycle expertise with technical capabilities to support the transformation of the world of work and sustainable growth.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Architecture or Civil Engineering with a focus or interest in Real Estate, Urban Planning, or a comparable field.
- At least 5 years of relevant experience in Corporate Real Estate, real estate strategy, portfolio management, location advisory, or management consulting.
- At least 5 years of experience with exposure to regional and international projects or clients.
- At least 5 years of experience with commercial real estate markets in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, and South America, with experience across office, industrial, manufacturing, R&D, or logistics locations.
- At least 5 years of experience evaluating owned and leased real estate, site selection alternatives, lease-versus-own scenarios, incentives, zoning and entitlement requirements, infrastructure availability, environmental risks, and development feasibility.
- At least 5 years of experience managing real estate strategy or customer projects, particularly location concepts, portfolio optimization, site selection, feasibility studies, or strategic option comparisons.
- At least 5 years of experience in real estate market analysis, financial and cash flow modelling, valuation principles, business cases, and scenario and risk analysis.
- At least 5 years of experience working with data and digital tools, with confidence using AI-enabled applications and analytical methods to improve strategic real estate work.
- Proficiency in Microsoft 365 and collaboration platforms.
- Fluency in spoken, written, and read English.
- Ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to 20–30% of the time.
- Authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship now or in the future.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Power BI, SharePoint, SAP, data platforms, or comparable tools.
- Entrepreneurial approach; ability to work independently and collaboratively, structure complex topics, challenge assumptions, and turn analysis into practical, understandable recommendations.
- Confidence managing senior stakeholders and external advisors in a culturally diverse, international environment.
- Fluency in Spanish and/or Portuguese.
- Strong communication and presentation skills.
Responsibilities
- Develop business- and portfolio-driven real estate strategies for Siemens locations across the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, and South America, and contribute regional perspectives to global portfolio and location strategy initiatives.
- Lead preparation of location concepts, strategy papers, feasibility and pre-development studies, site selection assessments, master plans, and management decision proposals.
- Structure and evaluate strategic real estate options, including consolidation, relocation, acquisition, leasing, redevelopment, sale and leaseback, and disposal scenarios, considering business, customer, financial, sustainability, and real estate perspectives.
- Analyze portfolio, location, infrastructure, demographic, workforce, and real estate market data across office, industrial, R&D, logistics, and emerging asset classes, and turn findings into clear recommendations.
- Assess country-specific market and regulatory conditions, including land and lease structures, zoning and development parameters, infrastructure plans, approval requirements, and location risks, in cooperation with local experts.
- Manage interdisciplinary strategy projects and coordinate Siemens business, SRE, finance, legal, sustainability, operations, and external stakeholders across the Americas and internationally.
- Manage and challenge external International Property Consultants, brokers, valuers, and other advisors, ensuring quality market intelligence, assumptions, benchmarks, and deliverables.
- Apply artificial intelligence and advanced analytics to improve market research, portfolio transparency, scenario development, option comparisons, risk identification, and decision documents while following governance, data protection, and confidentiality requirements.
- Develop reusable standards, templates, data-driven methods, and best practices for Location Strategy and support knowledge transfer across the Americas and the global team.
- Prepare concise, management-ready presentations and communicate complex analyses and recommendations clearly to senior stakeholders.
Benefits
- Siemens offers a variety of health and wellness benefits; details are available through the company’s benefits website.
- Annual incentive target of 10% of base salary.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
