Sr. Manager, EMEA Transactions, GREF Global Strategy, Transactions

3 weeks ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Amazon UK Services Ltd. Full time

As a member of the Global Real Estate & Facilities (GREF) team overseeing corporate office space - this position will lead transaction management activities within the EMEA portfolio.

This role combines transaction management, portfolio strategy, project management skills, and team leadership including vendor team management.

We seek a highly experienced leader who demonstrates proven success in a high-volume real estate organization delivering a large volume of simultaneous, complex transactions under demanding timelines.


The successful candidate must operate as a trusted advisor to business leaders, and partner to Finance, HR, and other functional areas.

They must demonstrate the ability to establish and maintain relationships with integrated vendor partners.

They must be comfortable operating on both the strategic and tactical levels, simultaneously acting as an internal ambassador, educator, analyst, solutions architect, and implementer.


The ideal candidate is an experienced, vibrant, and engaging professional who is customer obsessed and will excel within an entrepreneurial culture - they have an ownership mentality, providing expertise, vision, leadership, and exceptional communication skills.

They will own transaction strategy and execution for their respective portfolio. They will dive deep, actively negotiate, and maintain intimate knowledge of each transaction in their remit.

They will draft and present monthly real estate spend requests demonstrating deep knowledge of both the specific transaction and how it fits into the overall strategy.

They should also be a truly authentic leader, balancing the need for effective delivery with the need to be accessible and build relationships, develop talent and demonstrate self-awareness and overall emotional intelligence.

This position will include regular travel throughout the EMEA portfolio.

Key job responsibilities

  • Manage high volume deal flow and negotiate high-value and complex leases/build-to-suits, yield on cost structures, and purchase/sale transactions under demanding timeframes.
  • Directly manage brokerage and integrated vendor partners to draft and negotiate Requests for Proposals (RFP), Letters of Intent (LOI), Leases, Subleases, Purchase and Sale Agreements (PSA), and License Agreements from inception to execution.
  • Work with internal and external legal counsel in preparing all documentation relating to any transaction, including RFP's, Letters of Intent, Lease Agreements, Amendments, etc.
  • Prepare and present high-level presentations, proposals, and analysis summaries to senior business and finance leaders for review and approval, including spend approval documentation for each transaction.
  • Support strategic portfolio planning in drafting papers and leverage complex financial models to guide business decisions and influence multiple business groups.
  • Work with vendor partners and GREF Finance, generate comparative financial analysis including lease cash flows, lease vs. buy analysis, P&L underwriting, building valuations, etc., and direct analysts' qualitative and quantitative analysis relevant to each deal and the overall portfolio.
  • Closely collaborate with Amazon operations, lease administration, legal, finance, treasury, FP&A, economic development, transportation, strategic planning, and design and construction groups to deliver highly successful projects.
  • Develop and maintain strong relationships with internal business partners (CFO, Finance, Divisional and Business Unit Heads).
  • Effectively communicate expectations, requirements and status of deals to key business partners - both internal and external.
  • Ensure all active and known deals are captured in annual operating plans with respect to capex and opex.
  • Create, innovate and implement a relevant system of metrics to plan, manage, measure and evaluate performance pertaining to the transaction process.
  • Continue to build a culture of speed, flexibility and frugality with all business partners.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

London, GBR

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