Sr. Transaction Manager

Cushman & Wakefield•St. Louis, MO

3d•$89,250 - $105,000

About The Position

The Sr. Transaction Manager oversees transaction management delivery for complex real estate portfolios, ensuring transactions are executed from initiation through completion with financial discipline, stakeholder coordination, and service quality. The 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 is dedicated to one or more client accounts and collaborates with peers and the account team to support clients’ strategic real estate visions. The role reflects the team philosophy “Client First, Insight Always, Execution Excellence,” with an emphasis on innovation, collaboration, and measurable impact.

Responsibilities

Lead transaction service delivery across assigned client portfolios, aligning transactions with client goals, account priorities, and real estate objectives.
Collaborate with internal and external brokerage professionals to develop transaction strategies and negotiate business terms for renewals, acquisitions, dispositions, lease restructures, and other owned and leased real estate transactions.
Lead negotiations of Letters of Intent, 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 and resources to meet client needs.
Determine client requirements, communicate project parameters, coordinate legal reviews, 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 cases, reports, data, financial analyses, action plans, occupancy cost savings analyses, 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, participate in client and C&W business reviews, and lead client meetings to align stakeholders, communicate progress, and advance 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 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 to transaction team members and others 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.