Global Estates Manager

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Job Description

Global Estates Manager

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. CRG is Thermo Fisher’s clinical research division using research and development to deliver life-changing therapies. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.

Summarized Purpose:

We have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and experienced estates manager who will oversee the CRG real estate lease portfolio, which encompasses predominantly office and laboratory facilities across a global footprint. The estates manager will manage and maintain the leasing process for the portfolio, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and efficient operations related to the lease lifecycle. Working closely to support the Estates leadership on strategic planning to help ensure the alignment of the real estate footprint with overall business goals.

Key roles and responsibilities

Strategy and finance

• Portfolio management: Support a diverse portfolio of properties, across multiple locations & countries; anticipating and responding to the company's strategic portfolio plans.
• Market analysis: Work with real estate partners to conduct market research to identify trends, analyze market demand, and spot opportunities for the company's real estate holdings.
• Lease Documentation and Management: Preparing, reviewing, and maintaining lease agreements, amendments, and related documents.
• Negotiations: Support negotiations for leases, purchases, and sales of corporate properties.
• Critical Date Tracking: Monitoring key lease dates like rent escalations, renewals, and expirations.
• Financial Management: Support accurate lease accounting, rent payments, security deposits, and other financial aspects of the lease.
• Communication and Coordination: Liaising with stakeholders, landlords, contractors and other stakeholders to resolve lease-related issues.
• Compliance: Ensuring adherence to lease terms, real estate laws, and regulations.

Workplace and sustainability

• Workplace innovation: Work to support the Estates leadership to develop workplace strategies that enhance employee productivity, collaboration, and satisfaction and improve employee health, safety, and security.
• Sustainability initiatives: Support sustainability efforts related to the company's real estate portfolio,

Skills and qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in real estate, finance legal, or related field
• Min 3-5 years of relevant work experience, preferably within a global organization in a similar highly regulated environment.
• Strong understanding of valuation, feasibility studies, and financial modelling.
• Excellent negotiation and stakeholder management skills.
• Strategic thinker with the ability to work independently.
• Exceptional attention to detail and strong organization skills
• Ability to synthesize data into actionable results; experience with advanced analytics a plus

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Highly effective organization, negotiation, coordination, and presentation skills.
• Must have a continuous improvement mindset.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong communicator with excellent interpersonal skills able to communicate effectively at all levels.