Transaction Manager

JLL•San Francisco, CA

2d•Remote

About The Position

Our Transaction Management team helps clients strategize, evaluate and execute real estate transactions that advance their business objectives. This Transaction Manager supports the JLL team focusing on high-growth technology and AI tenants whose portfolios focused on office and R&D environments. Embedded within an integrated JLL and client team, the Transaction Manager will keep the team aligned on ongoing client portfolios, transactions updates (internal and external), draft and revise LOIs, run financial analysis and use AI tools to support and deliver to clients. The role is a proactive team enabler, not solely an individual transaction executor. The Transaction Manager coordinates resources, develops decision-ready materials, maintains process rigor and anticipates needs across a fast-moving portfolio. Success requires sound judgment amid ambiguity, comfort with competing priorities and compressed timelines, and the ability to build trust through responsive, precise and forward-looking client service. Manage Client Relationships and Support the Account Team Serve as a trusted, responsive partner to the client and the broader JLL account team, helping align real estate activity with evolving business priorities. Provide strategic transaction and occupancy support guide client through existing portfolio review and analysis. Prepare for and participate in recurring client, project and leadership meetings; document decisions, owners and follow-up actions. Drive the transaction management workflows, playbooks and governance so the team can move quickly without sacrificing accuracy, consistency or compliance. Deliver concise, executive-ready reporting and presentations that communicate portfolio activity, recommendations, financial implications, milestones, dependencies and decisions required. Portfolio Strategy and Transaction Delivery Support the account team across the full transaction life cycle, bringing structure, judgment and a high level of proficiency to complex, high-velocity assignments. Manage and help the team deliver a high volume of lease, sublease, expansion, renewal, relocation, contraction and termination transactions while following JLL and client processes and standards. Support site selection and market searches, interact with local brokerage resources, evaluate alternatives, issue requests for proposals, negotiate letters of intent and business terms, and coordinate documentation through execution. Develop comparative financial analyses, cash-flow and occupancy-cost scenarios, and clear summaries of economic and non-financial trade-offs to support strategy, approvals and decision-making. Maintain accurate schedules, trackers and transaction systems; monitor milestones, critical dates, risks, interdependencies and approvals, escalating issues early and driving actions to closure. Synthesize market intelligence, including availability, asking and effective rents, concessions, sublease conditions and competitive activity; coordinate maps, dashboards and specialized site data such as talent access, infrastructure, power, utilities or permitting when relevant. Coordinate seamlessly with client stakeholders and JLL specialists across brokerage, occupancy planning, project and development services, workplace strategy, finance, legal, tax, technology and other functions; confirm commission invoices and transaction records are accurate and current.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
7+ years of corporate real estate transaction management, brokerage or related experience; experience supporting large, sophisticated occupiers is preferred.
Demonstrated experience with lease transactions and portfolio initiatives across office and R&D environments.
Proven ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, high-growth environment, manage ambiguity and competing priorities, and deliver quality work under compressed timelines.
Strong understanding of transaction economics and the financial and accounting implications of real estate decisions.
Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills, including the ability to distill complex information into clear, executive-ready recommendations.
Strong analytical, organization, planning and process-management skills, with exceptional attention to detail and follow-through.
Ability to interpret market intelligence, financial analysis and portfolio data and communicate the implications to varied audiences.
Proactive client-service mindset with sound judgment, curiosity, responsiveness and a bias for action.
Proven ability to collaborate across JLL, client and cross-functional teams, influence without direct authority and contribute to shared team outcomes.
Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

experience supporting large, sophisticated occupiers is preferred.

Responsibilities

Manage Client Relationships and Support the Account Team
Serve as a trusted, responsive partner to the client and the broader JLL account team, helping align real estate activity with evolving business priorities.
Provide strategic transaction and occupancy support guide client through existing portfolio review and analysis.
Prepare for and participate in recurring client, project and leadership meetings; document decisions, owners and follow-up actions.
Drive the transaction management workflows, playbooks and governance so the team can move quickly without sacrificing accuracy, consistency or compliance.
Deliver concise, executive-ready reporting and presentations that communicate portfolio activity, recommendations, financial implications, milestones, dependencies and decisions required.
Support the account team across the full transaction life cycle, bringing structure, judgment and a high level of proficiency to complex, high-velocity assignments.
Manage and help the team deliver a high volume of lease, sublease, expansion, renewal, relocation, contraction and termination transactions while following JLL and client processes and standards.
Support site selection and market searches, interact with local brokerage resources, evaluate alternatives, issue requests for proposals, negotiate letters of intent and business terms, and coordinate documentation through execution.
Develop comparative financial analyses, cash-flow and occupancy-cost scenarios, and clear summaries of economic and non-financial trade-offs to support strategy, approvals and decision-making.
Maintain accurate schedules, trackers and transaction systems; monitor milestones, critical dates, risks, interdependencies and approvals, escalating issues early and driving actions to closure.
Synthesize market intelligence, including availability, asking and effective rents, concessions, sublease conditions and competitive activity; coordinate maps, dashboards and specialized site data such as talent access, infrastructure, power, utilities or permitting when relevant.
Coordinate seamlessly with client stakeholders and JLL specialists across brokerage, occupancy planning, project and development services, workplace strategy, finance, legal, tax, technology and other functions; confirm commission invoices and transaction records are accurate and current.