Associate Director, Global Real Estate

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The Associate Director of Global Real Estate will lead the strategy & transactions for end-to-end real estate lifecycle activities across the portfolio (strategy, acquisitions/dispositions, M&A integrations, lease management, and optimization). This person partners with senior business and regional leaders to align and support real estate decisions with enterprise priorities across Commercial, Manufacturing & Supply Chain, R&D, Drug Development, and related Corporate Functions.

Major Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

Portfolio Strategy & Optimization

• Lead global portfolio planning and optimization aligned to business strategy and operating model changes.

• Assess portfolio performance; recommend actions to improve capital efficiency, reduce risk, and lower total occupancy cost.

• Support global site/location strategy decisions across Commercial, Manufacturing & Supply Chain, R&D, and Development.

Transactions, M&A, and Divestitures

• Execute global transactions end to end: acquisitions, dispositions, new/renewal leases, restructure, and exits for assigned sites.

• Support M&A via diligence, integration planning, portfolio rationalization, and post-close execution, as required.

• Drive strategic reviews and lead complex divestitures (office, campus, industrial, specialized) balancing financial outcomes, continuity, and risk.

• Drive green leasing considerations partnering with EHSS, Sustainability and industry best practices.

Lease Management & Lifecycle Execution

• Lead lease strategy and negotiations (extensions, amendments, terminations) and ensure legal/financial compliance.

• Partner with Legal, Finance, EHSS, Tax, and regional Capital, Facilities, IT and Workplace/Operations teams on transaction structure and approvals.

• Maintain governance, controls, and documentation across the portfolio and transaction lifecycle.

• Manage lease administration activities, rent roll, options, escalations, key dates alerts, audits, property tax reviews and other lease administration operations.

• Drive sublease activities and offset recovery and monetization of assets.

Stakeholder Leadership & Influence

• Serve as a trusted advisor to regional and functional leaders, influence decisions across competing priorities.

• Align stakeholders (Commercial, Operations, R&D, Finance, Legal, ESG, Workplace Services) on integrated solutions.

• Present clear, data-driven options and related financials to senior leaders, including trade-offs, risks, and financial impact.

Financial & Business Impact

• Partner with segment Finance to deliver value via cost reduction, capital optimization, balance-sheet efficiency, and long-term portfolio performance.

• Build business cases, financial models, and investment analyses to support executive decisions.

• Ensure strategies deliver measurable P&L benefit while enabling growth and resilience.

• Work with Technical Accounting to ensure financial considerations are comprehensive in lease strategy and actions, including write-offs, netbook value, asset history and inventory, and P&L impact timing.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

• Minimum education of a bachelor’s degree in real estate, business, finance, urban planning or similar area of study is required.

• Minimum of seven (7) years of experience in corp