Staff Real Estate Specialist

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Staff Real Estate Specialist to join our team. It is preferred that the chosen candidate will be local to Dulles, VA or Los Angeles, CA, with the ability to go on site as needed, but for the right candidate this role can be fully virtual.

The Corporate Real Estate organization seeks a dynamic result proven professional with multi-disciplinary real estate and contracts skills. This position will be located either in our Los Angeles or Northern Virginia locations, remote work may be considered. The selected individual will have the day-to-day responsibility to plan and execute the activities and negotiations of the assigned teams or projects. The focus is on delivering favorable financial and contract outcomes while supporting business requirements.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Plan and execute real estate projects for Northrop Grumman’s worldwide real estate portfolio, including commercial and industrial leasing, real property acquisitions and dispositions. Requires a strong interest in detailed contract negotiation and documentation, particularly leases, appraisals, title insurance issues, site surveys, environmental site assessments, and other due diligence materials arising in real estate transactions.
• The selected candidate will be a strong people leader with excellent listening skills, strong written and verbal communication skills, and a proven track record of working in a collaborative environment.
• Work with inhouse and outside legal counsel, facilities, business management, and externa brokers to outline business goals, prepare and analyze real estate transactions documentation, recommend business terms. Experience with real estate market studies, valuation and financial analysis, scenario modeling.
• Active engagement in continuous process improvement efforts (Lean, Six Sigma or similar) leading to a world class corporate real estate function.

Basic Qualifications - to be considered for this position, you must minimally meet the knowledge, skills, and abilities listed below:

• Bachelor’s degree in real estate, business, economics, engineering, business law or related discipline with at least 15 years commercial and industrial real estate contract negotiation experience OR Master's degree in real estate, business, economics, engineering, business law or related discipline with at least 13 years commercial and industrial real estate contract negotiation experience

Preferred Qualifications - candidates with these desired skills will be given preferential consideration:

• IBM Tririga real estate database skills
• Formal training in negotiation skills
• MBA or JD Law with 8 years detailed real estate lease contract negotiation experience.
• Local to Dulles, VA or Los Angeles, CA
• Background in real estate financial/investment analysis, market studies, scenario modeling, real property valuation

This position reports to Dulles, VA, USA, however, this position can also be worked from Los Angeles, CA, CA, USA.

The health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. The company encourages employees to remain up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations. U.S. Northrop Grumman employees may be required, in the future, to be vaccinated or have an approved disability/medical or religious accommodation, pursuant to future court decisions and/or government action on the currently stayed federal contractor vaccine mandate under Executive Order 14042 https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/.

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.