Real Estate Transaction Manager
About The Position
Lime is hiring a Senior Associate, Real Estate - Americas to lead early-stage market identification, site selection, broker management, and landlord negotiations. Reporting to the Senior Manager of Real Estate, this role is a critical link between internal teams and leads real estate transactions across the United States, Canada, and Latin America. The position focuses on building strategic pipeline forecasts, shortlisting sites, and managing the full lifecycle of real estate transactions as Lime scales. The successful candidate will help design and implement systems that support speed, quality, and efficiency in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. The role is remote, with a preference for candidates in the Eastern time zone, and requires occasional travel to support business operations.
Requirements
- At least 4 years of experience in commercial real estate, corporate real estate site selection, industrial brokerage, or site acquisition.
- Strong financial and legal/lease acumen, including experience evaluating occupancy costs and capital investment and reviewing lease documents.
- Exceptional communication skills and a track record of collaborating with cross-functional partners, including Operations, Finance, Legal, and local authorities.
- Experience managing third-party brokers.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple site-selection workstreams concurrently across diverse geographic markets.
- Ability to travel up to 40%.
Responsibilities
- Drive the full lifecycle of real estate transactions for new site acquisitions, relocations, and renewals across target markets.
- Direct commercial real estate brokers and lead negotiations with landlords, property owners, and developers.
- Negotiate Letters of Intent, commercial terms, rent structures, tenant improvement allowances, and exit or termination provisions.
- Build and maintain a real estate location forecast and pipeline across target growth markets in partnership with internal teams.
- Pre-screen properties in key expansion markets to prepare for execution when market opportunities arise.
- Conduct market research, property analysis, and site tours; narrow options to a shortlist of high-quality industrial locations in each target market.
- Ensure candidate sites meet municipal zoning laws, commercial use permit requirements, supply chain and dock access needs, and electrical capacity requirements.
- Prepare business cases and financial analyses with local operations, assessing occupancy costs, capital investment, and site capacity against internal thresholds.
- Negotiate and execute leases on schedule to avoid market launch delays and overlapping rent costs.
- Maintain a rolling 12-month location forecast integrated with business growth plans.
- Prepare pre-screened site options ahead of final market launches to shorten market entry timelines.
- Identify standard-compliant spaces that minimize upfront leasehold improvements and avoid redundant overlap costs.
Benefits
- Choice of medical, dental, and vision plans.
- Company-paid life and disability insurance.
- Company-funded mental health benefits.
- 401(k) plan with pre-tax and Roth options.
- Health Savings Account with a monthly company contribution.
- Paid parental leave for birthing and non-birthing parents.
- Fertility and family-forming benefits.
- Unlimited vacation, paid leaves, and 10 company holidays.
- Complimentary use of Lime vehicles in participating cities.
- Monthly phone allowance.
- Dedicated learning and development days.
- Access to One Medical, Wellhub, and Headspace.
- Potential discretionary annual performance bonus opportunities and equity, subject to applicable plan terms and eligibility requirements.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
