Real Estate Transaction & Leasing Senior Manager, Americas

Responsibilities
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok has global offices including Los Angeles, Mountain View, New York, Austin, London, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Singapore, Jakarta, São Paulo, Seoul and Tokyo.
Why Join Us
At TikTok, our people are humble, intelligent, compassionate and creative. We create to inspire - for you, for us, and for more than 1 billion users on our platform. We lead with curiosity and aim for the highest, never shying away from taking calculated risks and embracing ambiguity as it comes. Here, the opportunities are limitless for those who dare to pursue bold ideas that exist just beyond the boundary of possibility. Join us and make an impact happen with a career at TikTok.
Real Estate and Facilities (RE&F), a division of the Corporate Services department, was established in June 2015. Since then, RE&F has grown alongside our organization, managing a vast global footprint. Our meticulous management model encompasses the entire real estate lifecycle, from space planning and transaction management to project management, facilities management, and office EHS. With a passion for innovation and a commitment to excellence, we strive to create inspiring spaces that foster collaboration and unleash the full potential of our teams.
As the Transaction & Leasing Senior Manager, you will be responsible for end to end property management process. You will manage the activities of our brokerage vendor partners to ensure the timely delivery of real estate and coordinate activities with other leads within the Global Real Estate Team (e.g. Design & Build, Facility Management) and internal partner teams to integrate participants into an overall delivery process.
The ideal candidate will be experienced with scaling, coordinating multiple complex office expansions and transitional projects in a fast-growth environment. To be successful in this role, you will have had significant previous experience in similar roles and a track record of efficient execution.
Responsibilities:

• Manage portfolio operating costs and capital expenditures within budget; looking for leading practices that optimize cost. Responsible for accuracy in the annual budgeting process as well as ongoing expense and headcount forecasting
• Provide executive summaries and communications to senior leadership on the state of the portfolio and forward-looking plans by locations
• Manage the entire lifecycle of real estate activities from confirming business needs, developing site selection criteria, managing market studies and tour activities, analyzing capital requirements, developing business case development, to coordinating approval processes inclusive
• Develop programs, processes, dashboards and KPIs to ensure the real estate portfolio supports the performance of the business
• Direct real estate strategic analysis, reporting, forecasting, industry trend alignment including capacity assessment, space planning, and capital requirements. Create business cases for the entirety of workplace needs including lease obligations and build-out capital requirements
• Innovate thought leadership solutions to address challenges, opportunities, gaps, standardization, optimization, efficiencies and customization
• Lead related projects as assigned across the region(s).
• Direct the real estate transaction & leasing strategy and alignment at a global and regional level with methodology on future state transaction & leasing needs across the Americas portfolio to support day-to-day management, expansion, consolidation, shifts to temporary / remote work and return to office plans in partnership
• Manage regional properties and ensure compliance with local, state, and federal requirements. Negotiate contracts and lease terms with all third parties. Ensure monthly reporting and rent payments are made on time

Qualifications

• Strong skill set in the following areas: negotiations, written and verbal communication, financial modeling, budgeting and management
• 30-40% domestic/international travel
• Strong financial and analytical skills required
• Strong people skills and the ability to influence stakeholders, build robust stakeholder relationships and managing differing viewpoints and priorities
• Experienced in overseeing tenant improvement projects and familiarity with construction practices preferred
• Flexible and able to work in a fast-paced, dynamic and matrixed organization within a flat structure
• Proven track of corporate real estate management, corporate and commercial transaction experience, preferably in a large corporation
• Strong people management skills, with experience leading diverse and remote teams across geographies
• Skilled in negotiating multi-million dollar, complex real estate agreements across the North/South/Latin Americas Region

TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.
TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at [email protected].
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Job Information
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $80960 - $207000 annually.
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Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.
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At ByteDance/TikTok our benefits are designed to convey company culture and values, to create an efficient and inspiring work environment, and to support ByteDancers to give their best in both work and life. We offer the following benefits to eligible employees:
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We cover 100% premium coverage for employee medical insurance, approximately 75% premium coverage for dependents and offer a Health Savings Account(HSA) with a company match. As well as Dental, Vision, Short/Long term Disability, Basic Life, Voluntary Life and AD&D insurance plans. In addition to Flexible Spending Account(FSA) Options like Health Care, Limited Purpose and Dependent Care.
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Our time off and leave plans are: 10 paid holidays per year plus 17 days of Paid Personal Time Off(PPTO) (prorated upon hire and increased by tenure) and 10 paid sick days per year as well as 12 weeks of paid Parental leave and 8 weeks of paid Supplemental Disability.
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We also provide generous benefits like mental and emotional health benefits through our EAP and Lyra. A 401K company match, gym and cellphone service reimbursements. The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.