Real Estate Transaction Manager

Who we areAbout Stripe

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone’s reach while doing the most important work of your career.

About the team

The Stripe Workplace team creates and operates inspiring, comfortable, and innovative spaces that bring Stripe’s culture and values to life and provide a foundation for achieving our mission. In this role, you will be part of the small (but mighty!) team that determines and executes on our real estate strategy worldwide. We expect you to be ambitious, collaborative, adaptable, and have a positive attitude. This role reports to the Head of Real Estate Strategy, based in Chicago.

What you’ll doResponsibilities

• Spearhead efforts to understand headcount growth by business unit by location, predict and identify where and when we will have an imbalance of space, and proactively drive solutions that balance local needs with what is best for Stripe
• Gather & evaluate real estate market & portfolio scenarios, staying up to date on market changes and researching market, companies, landlords, & potential subtenants 
• Prepare, recommend and implement geo-specific real estate strategies from business case to site selection through lease execution. Develop needs assessments and market analyses, propose deal structure, and drive negotiation of leases, serviced office agreements, and sublease agreements
• Liaise with Mobility, Tax, Regulatory, Employment Legal, Finance, Accounting and other cross-functional teams on the impacts of real estate on business operations
• Create written analyses, documents and presentations including but not limited to: project initiation documentation, market reports, RFPs, proposal comparison spreadsheets, letters of intent 
• Perform detailed document review of all lease documents in partnership with internal and external Legal

Who you are

We’re looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.

Minimum requirements

• 8+ years experience on a Workplace or Real Estate team with 5+ years experience directly leading complex office space deal negotiations and lease transactions, preferably at a high-growth company
• Must have experience with both domestic and international real estate deals in excess of 50k sqf per deal and both serviced office and direct leases
• Superior negotiation and leasing skills, with understanding of legal complexities (JD not required)
• Strong analytical skills, and comfort with modeling lease financials 
• Excellent written communication skills, able to progress projects asynchronously across timezones through written channels and to deliver compelling written business cases, pitches and memos for an executive audience
• Experience in project management to deliver on time and under budget - ability to multitask, prioritize, and manage deadlines with autonomy
• The ability and willingness to travel for work as needed, including to international destinations, and to work across time zones as is necessary to support projects in EMEA and APAC

Preferred qualifications

• Strategic thinker who excels at finding creative solutions to short and long term questions, and writing clear and compelling business cases
• The ability to maintain high performance while managing multiple projects under tight timelines, and a “roll up your sleeves” mindset to get any job done
• Ability to ask the right questions and to use sound business judgment