Transaction Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Act as a reliable and responsive partner to both the client and the wider JLL account team.

• Offer strategic support for transactions and occupancy, including portfolio assessment and analysis.

• Prepare for and attend regular client, project, and leadership meetings; document decisions, responsibilities, and follow-up actions.

• Lead the management of transaction workflows, playbooks, and governance procedures.

• Provide executive-level reporting and presentations that detail portfolio activities, recommendations, financial impacts, milestones, dependencies, and necessary decisions.

• Assist in managing the complete transaction life cycle for complex, high-velocity projects.

• Oversee and facilitate lease, sublease, expansion, renewal, relocation, contraction, and termination transactions.

• Aid in site selection and market searches; assess options; issue requests for proposals; negotiate letters of intent and business terms; and coordinate documentation until execution.

• Create comparative financial analyses, cash-flow and occupancy-cost scenarios, and summaries of economic and non-financial trade-offs.

• Keep schedules, trackers, and transaction systems up to date; monitor milestones, deadlines, risks, interdependencies, and approvals; escalate issues and ensure actions are completed.

• Integrate market intelligence and manage maps, dashboards, and specialized site data.

• Collaborate with client stakeholders and JLL experts in brokerage, occupancy planning, project and development services, workplace strategy, finance, legal, tax, and technology.

• Ensure commission invoices and transaction records are accurate and up to date.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or a relevant combination of education and experience.

• Over 7 years of experience in corporate real estate transaction management, brokerage, or a related field.

• Experience working with large, sophisticated occupiers is advantageous.

• Proven experience with lease transactions and portfolio initiatives in office and R&D settings.

• Capability to work effectively in a dynamic, high-growth environment, manage ambiguity and competing priorities, and deliver quality results within tight deadlines.

• Strong understanding of transaction economics and the financial and accounting implications of real estate decisions.

• Excellent skills in written and verbal communication, as well as presenting information.

• Strong analytical, organizational, planning, and process management skills, with a keen attention to detail and follow-through.

• Ability to interpret market intelligence, financial analyses, and portfolio data, and convey implications to diverse audiences.

• Proactive client-service orientation with sound judgment, curiosity, responsiveness, and a strong bias for action.

• Ability to work collaboratively across JLL, client teams, and cross-functional teams, influencing without direct authority and contributing to collective team outcomes.

• Candidates must have authorization to work in the United States without the need for sponsorship.

• This position does not offer visa sponsorship.

🏝️ Benefits

• 401(k) plan with matching contributions from the company.

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental & Vision coverage.

• Paid parental leave at 100% of salary.

• Paid Time Off and Company Holidays.

• Early access to earned wages through Daily Pay.

• A supportive culture and a comprehensive benefits package focused on mental, physical, and emotional well-being.