Senior Real Estate Manager - Workplace

Company Description

LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We’re also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that’s built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed.

Join us to transform the way the world works.

Job Description

At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team.  

This role will be based in Mountain View, San Francisco Bay Area. 

Join us as a Senior Real Estate Manager and help shape the future of our global workplace! We're looking for a strategic thinker and deal-maker who thrives at the intersection of real estate, data, and innovation. In this role, you’ll lead a portfolio of complex regional and global transactions, guiding deals from ideation to execution, and influencing decisions that support LinkedIn’s evolving workplace and workforce strategy. From crafting acquisition agreements and managing negotiations, to unlocking insights from our data and partnering with legal, finance, and workplace leaders, you’ll play a key role in building the spaces where our teams do their best work. If you love turning real estate data into smart strategy, and navigating fast-paced, high-stakes environments with confidence and creativity, this role is for you. 

• Manage a medium to high complexity portfolio of regional and/or global real estate activities by evaluating, selecting, developing, and managing real estate transactions. 
• Drive the development, negotiation, documentation, and approval of complex acquisition agreements, business cases, and deal summaries. 
• Collaborate with legal teams and ensure contracts are created with LinkedIn's best interest; lead team members to ensure on-time delivery and contract completion. 
• Develop and own multi-year regional strategies and participate in the development and execution of global strategies with senior Real Estate and Workplace stakeholders. 
• Provide input in partnership with the Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), Accounting team, and the supplier on budget and validate final numbers. 
• Evaluate processes and recommend, create, and implement innovative solutions to drive operational efficiency.
• Drive alignment with strategic plans based on reporting information (e.g., market reports) at a regional level, identify trends, and provide strategic recommendations. 
• Coordinate with and serve as a technical expert among internal teams and support updates to portfolio strategies, workplace programs, and related projects. 
• Utilize business intelligence and data to positively influence senior stakeholders. 

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications  

• Minimum of 10+ years of experience in corporate real estate or a directly related field; OR a Bachelor’s degree in business management, real estate, finance, project management, or a related field with at least 8+ years of relevant experience; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Preferred Qualifications  

• 4+ years of project and/or program management experience.  
• 4+ years of experience with financial modeling. 
• 4+ years of experience working in the technology industry.  
• 4+ years of experience working in a large, multinational corporation. 

Suggested Skills:  

• Corporate Real Estate Transactions 
• Cross-Team Collaboration 
• Project Management 
• Portfolio Management 
• Data Analysis 

LinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range for this role is $134,000 to $220,000. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific office location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor.     

The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans. For more information, visit https://careers.linkedin.com/benefits. 

Additional Information

Equal Opportunity Statement 

We seek candidates with a wide range of perspe