Senior Real Estate Portfolio Manager

About Kirkland & Ellis

At Kirkland & Ellis, we are united in our ambition and drive to move forward. We share core values that help us achieve excellence: collaboration, talent empowerment, service, inclusion, respect and gratitude. Our people are our greatest asset, and we invest in the brightest talent and encourage a diversity of perspectives and strengths to create dynamic teams that operate at the pinnacle of their field. Our talented professionals show up every day knowing they will engage in meaningful work, continuous learning and professional development.
 
As one of the world’s leading law firms, we serve a broad range of clients with market-leading practices in private equity, M&A and other complex corporate transactions; investment fund formation and alternative asset management; restructurings; high-stakes commercial and intellectual property litigation; and government, regulatory and internal investigations. We handle the most complicated and sophisticated legal matters because we don’t just meet industry standards, we create them. We bring innovation and entrepreneurialism to every engagement and, as a result, have long-standing client relationships with leading global corporations and financial sponsors. With 6,500 employees (including more than 3,500 lawyers) operating from 21 offices across the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, we are one of the largest law firms in the world and a top financial performer.

Essential Job Functions

The Senior Real Estate Portfolio Manager will work across the breadth of locations and activities throughout the Firm’s real estate portfolio, defining and overseeing programs and processes for all real estate functions.  This role will also work closely with senior level leaders, from both local and firmwide functions, and personnel from offices throughout the Kirkland portfolio, as well as with functional area leaders, including but not limited to Finance. This individual will be responsible for the day-to-day transactional management of KE office portfolio and tasked with developing and tracking Real Estate metrics including space usage.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS (This list is not exhaustive and may be supplemented and changed as necessary.)

• Work on special projects and play an integral part in improving systems, processes, and creating efficiencies to enhance the Real Estate management processes for the firm
• Support site searches and pre-lease analysis with the ability to provide detailed data points to develop the business case for the overall recommended solutions
• Engage with Firmwide Procurement on vendor management and strategy
• Evolve and maintain the Real Estate & Construction playbook
• Must have exceptional ability to translate data into meaning
• Responsible for the coordination and development of the pre-lease and design processes, and driving the evolving workplace design and standards in order to:
  • Analzye space use and support decisions of future requirements
  • Create solutions to respond to high-growth and high-fluctuation throughout the year
  • Incorporate workplace software and seamless technology into design standards
• Manage and lead improved workplace experience solutions, such as Smart Building in collaboration with other functional areas
• Create and utilize pre- and post-occupancy metrics and analysis to continuously evolve the workplace design
• Oversee ongoing lease maintenance, audits and general billing
• Oversee ongoing updates and integration of IWMS (Integrated Workplace Management Software)
• Attention to detail and ability to work under strict deadlines, and to drive initiatives proactively  
• Develop and/or lead change management efforts across all phases of projects and initiatives to drive the Firm’s culture of continuous improvement.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 10 years of experience in developing and leading program / workplace services
• Ability to be flexible and pivot processes quickly
• Act with a growth mindset
• Corporate Real Estate portfolio-related experience required; knowledge of the lifecycle of an office project is necessary
• Familiarity with reading and interpreting corporate leases
• Demonstrated ability and willingness to perform multi-functional tasks and deal effectively with a wide range of individuals and work in a team environment
• Self-motivated, team player, strong work ethic who takes ownership of position
• Ability to comprehend, analyze, and interpret complex documents and excellent problem-solving skills; requires advanced analytical skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills, both written and verbal
• Excellent administrative, organizational and time management skills
• Ability to initiate process improvements
• Proven change management skills.

Technologies/Software

• High proficiency in MS Office Suite
• High proficiency in data analysis
• Knowledge of real estate software tools, such as IWMS and spatial scheduling platforms

WORK ENVIRONMENT

This job operates in a professional office environment.

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