Work hard, have fun, make history. That's what we do every day at Amazon. As a key leader within Amazon's Global Real Estate & Facilities (GREF) team, the Senior Manager over AMER’s Portfolio Strategy & Transactions will provide strategic insight into the new and existing office spaces within the AMER region by developing and maintaining knowledge of the existing portfolio, occupancy planning approach, and AMER market trends. The Senior Manager will collaborate closely with various stakeholders and other regional leads (EMEA and APAC) to drive the global portfolio strategy. This role will act as a player/coach by leading key major transactions individually, and overseeing a team of internal and external staff to deliver strategies and transactions across the region.
The Senior Manager will be expected to align real estate strategy to business needs in partnership with key GREF Stakeholders and maintain a customer centric approach. The role will oversee a team of Portfolio/ Workplace Strategists and work closely with Operations leaders (e.g., Portfolio Managers and Finance), regional Occupancy Leads, and Transactions Managers. The Senior Manager focuses on maximizing financial performance at the asset and market level, and identifies and executes opportunities to increase efficiencies. The role is responsible for achieving the highest portfolio value through successful implementation of property acquisition, disposition, lease and financial restructuring activities at the strategic-level, while proactively mitigating risk.

The optimal candidate is an experienced, vibrant, and engaging professional who will excel within an entrepreneurial culture – providing vision, leadership, and communication – not afraid to dive deep into details and take ownership. They should also understand the nuance of being approachable, while at the same time consultative– providing direction/recommendations and fostering transparent relationships. The candidate must be able to balance frugality with creativity in offering solutions and approach problem-solving with an emphasis on root cause. An ideal candidate is able to navigate high level of ambiguity and demonstrate a bias for action, taking calculated risks in a fast-paced environment.


Key job responsibilities
• Conducts market and sub-market analysis, demographics, and supply & demand research to create informed, data-driven strategies.
• Identifies and leads strategic implementation of program approaches and methods that maximize the financial and operational return for assigned real estate portfolio.
• Develops and executes individual space strategies for each asset in assigned portfolio in partnership with regional team (e.g., Occupancy Planning) and global transactions team in order to execute leases that focus on creating and generating the maximum value for Amazon.
• Maintains and manages data within the asset management database with emphasis on reviewing and managing performance metrics that will guide future strategies.
• Maintains active involvement in the real estate, legal, and financial fields that relate to business, including industry networking and continuing education groups, to collect and align to best practices and industry leading processes.
• Communicates asset strategy with internal stakeholders across the enterprise and coordinates with other departments.
• Conducts ad-hoc analyses and reporting, as requested.