Director of Real Estate

Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute a real estate strategy to support organizational growth, market expansion, relocations, and portfolio optimization.
• Identify, evaluate, and secure new site opportunities through market research, networking, and business development efforts.
• Build and maintain a pipeline of prospective real estate opportunities.
• Partner with executive leadership and cross-functional teams to prioritize expansion initiatives and market strategies.
• Lead commercial real estate transactions, including site selection, lease negotiations, renewals, relocations, restructures, and dispositions.
• Negotiate favorable lease terms and agreements that align with business and financial objectives.
• Manage relationships with landlords, brokers, developers, attorneys, and other external partners.
• Analyze financial performance of proposed transactions, including occupancy costs, return on investment, and long-term value.
• Oversee development projects from site selection through design, construction, and operational turnover.
• Establish project budgets, schedules, and milestones while ensuring projects remain on time and within budget.
• Collaborate with architects, engineers, contractors, and internal stakeholders to ensure successful project execution.
• Evaluate existing locations and recommend strategies to optimize portfolio performance.
• Support facility planning and real estate due diligence for growth initiatives.
• Develop scalable processes, reporting tools, and best practices to improve the efficiency of the real estate function.
• Monitor project pipelines, capital expenditures, timelines, and key performance indicators.
• Manage external consultants, brokerage partners, contractors, and vendors.
• Provide strategic real estate guidance and recommendations to executive leadership.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Real Estate, Finance, Business, Construction Management, or a related field preferred.
• 8+ years of experience in commercial real estate, corporate real estate, development, or a related discipline.
• Proven experience managing the full commercial real estate lifecycle, including site selection, lease negotiations, transaction management, and portfolio optimization.
• Demonstrated success leading multi-site expansion and development initiatives.
• Experience overseeing construction and development projects from planning through completion.
• Strong financial and analytical skills with the ability to evaluate investment opportunities and project performance.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced, growth-oriented environment.
• Experience developing scalable processes, reporting, and operational best practices.
• Experience supporting multi-location organizations in industries such as healthcare, retail, hospitality, or restaurant operations is preferred.
• Experience working within a high-growth organization is a plus.
• Excellent leadership, communication, negotiation, project management, and relationship-building skills.