Sr. Transaction Manager

Cushman & Wakefield•Atlanta, GA

About The Position

As the Sr. Transaction Manager, you will oversee transaction management delivery for complex real estate portfolios, ensuring transactions are executed from initiation through completion with strong financial discipline, stakeholder coordination, and service quality. This role provides portfolio-level transaction oversight, strategic planning support, process leadership, and guidance to transaction team members while helping clients achieve their real estate objectives. As a member of Cushman & Wakefield’s Portfolio Advisory Group, the Sr. Transaction Manager will be dedicated to one or more of Cushman & Wakefield’s most dynamic client accounts. In this role, you will collaborate closely with peers and the account team to support a client's strategic real estate vision. The Sr. Transaction Manager will embody our team philosophy “Client First, Insight Always, Execution Excellence”, ensuring every deliverable reflects the team’s commitment to innovation, collaboration, and measurable impact.

Requirements

Strong financial discipline
Stakeholder coordination
Service quality
Portfolio-level transaction oversight
Strategic planning support
Process leadership
Guidance to transaction team members
Client real estate objectives
Collaboration with peers and account team
Support client's strategic real estate vision
Team philosophy “Client First, Insight Always, Execution Excellence”
Commitment to innovation, collaboration, and measurable impact
Experience with renewals, acquisitions, dispositions, lease restructures, and other owned and leased real estate transactions
Negotiation of Letters of Intent (LOIs), lease agreements, amendments, and other transaction documents
Field broker selection processes
Coordination of transaction teams
Determining client requirements
Communicating project parameters
Coordinating legal review activities
Resolving transaction-related issues
Supporting client site visits and market tours
Development of strategic real estate plans
Transaction-informed advisory support
Identifying occupancy cost savings opportunities
Supporting expansion, contraction, renewal, relocation, disposition, and portfolio optimization strategies
Business case development
Client and C&W management presentations
Client/C&W business reviews
Facilitating client meetings
Financial analysis and accounting concepts
Budgeting activities
Client rebate accounts
Transaction revenue tracking
Accuracy of financial data, transaction reports, client materials, and performance-related deliverables
Development, implementation, and continuous improvement of standardized processes, account playbooks, standard forms, procedures, and performance measurements
Management of key documentation, client communications, reporting workflows, and transaction governance practices
Leveraging AI-enabled and technology-driven solutions
Supervision and guidance for transaction team members
Support data accuracy and consistent transaction reporting
Ensuring applicable state real estate standards and account-level transaction requirements are met

Responsibilities

Lead transaction service delivery across assigned client portfolios, ensuring alignment with client goals, account priorities, and real estate objectives.
Collaborate with internal and external brokerage professionals to develop transaction strategies and ensure effective negotiation of business terms for renewals, acquisitions, dispositions, lease restructures, and other owned and leased real estate transactions.
Lead negotiation of Letters of Intent (LOIs), lease agreements, amendments, and other transaction documents in collaboration with brokerage professionals, legal partners, and client stakeholders.
Manage field broker selection processes and coordinate transaction teams to align resources with client needs.
Determine client requirements, communicate project parameters, coordinate legal review activities, resolve transaction-related issues, and support client site visits and market tours.
Lead development of strategic real estate plans and provide transaction-informed advisory support to clients.
Identify occupancy cost savings opportunities and support expansion, contraction, renewal, relocation, disposition, and portfolio optimization strategies.
Produce and support business case development, including reports, data, financial analyses, action plans, occupancy cost savings, and value-add analyses.
Collaborate with client stakeholders, internal contributors, brokerage professionals, portfolio administration, and account partners to support transaction and portfolio outcomes.
Present transaction activity to client and C&W management and participate in client/C&W business reviews.
Lead and facilitate client meetings to align stakeholders, communicate progress, and advance transaction decisions.
Prepare, review, interpret, and apply financial analysis and accounting concepts to support transaction strategies and client recommendations.
Manage budgeting activities, client rebate accounts, and transaction revenue tracking.
Ensure accuracy of financial data, transaction reports, client materials, and performance-related deliverables.
Develop, implement, and continuously improve standardized processes, account playbooks, standard forms, procedures, and performance measurements.
Manage key documentation, client communications, reporting workflows, and transaction governance practices to improve efficiency and consistency.
Leverage AI-enabled and technology-driven solutions to improve transaction execution, reporting quality, analysis, workflow efficiency, and client outcomes.
Provide supervision and guidance for transaction team members and other team members supporting transaction activity for the client relationship.
Collaborate with portfolio administration teams to support data accuracy and consistent transaction reporting.
Ensure applicable state real estate standards and account-level transaction requirements are met.