[Hiring] Real Estate Transaction Manager @Lime

Role Description

Lime is hiring a Senior Associate, Real Estate - Americas to join our Real Estate team. In this role, you will report into the Senior Manager of Real Estate and will lead early-stage market identification, site selection, broker management, and landlord negotiations. Acting as a critical link between internal teams, you will build strategic pipeline forecasts, shortlist sites, and lead the full lifecycle of real estate transactions across the United States, Canada, and Latin America.

This position requires occasional travel to support business operations, which is considered an essential function of the role. Lime will provide reasonable accommodations as needed. This role is remote, with a preference for candidates located in the Eastern time zone.

What you’ll do:

• Drive the full lifecycle of real estate transactions for new site acquisitions, relocations, and renewals across target markets, directing commercial real estate brokers and leading direct negotiations with landlords, property owners, and developers.
• Negotiate Letters of Intent (LOIs), commercial terms, rent structures, tenant improvement (TI) allowances, and exit/termination provisions to maximize capital efficiency and operational agility.
• Build and maintain a real estate location forecast and pipeline across target growth markets by partnering with internal teams, pre-screening properties in key target expansion markets to ensure immediate execution upon market opportunities.
• Conduct market research, property analysis, and site tours, narrowing down site options to a curated shortlist of high-quality industrial locations per target market that balance operational needs with capital expenses and total occupancy costs.
• Ensure all candidate sites meet local municipal zoning laws, commercial use permits, supply chain/dock access needs, and strict electrical capacity requirements.
• Prepare business case and financial analysis in collaboration with local operations, assessing occupancy costs, capital investment, and site capacity using internal threshold parameters.

Key Success Factors (KPIs)

• Successfully negotiate and execute leases on schedule, eliminating market launch delays and double-rent overlaps.
• Successfully establish and update a rolling 12-month location forecast integrated with business growth plans.
• Shorten market entry timelines by having pre-screened site options ready prior to final market launches.
• Deliver site shortlists with zero major zoning, dock access, or electrical infrastructure surprises post-selection.
• Identify standard-compliant spaces that minimize required upfront leasehold improvements and avoid redundant overlap costs.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in commercial real estate, corporate real estate site selection, industrial brokerage, or site acquisition.
• Strong financial and legal/lease acumen; experienced in evaluating occupancy cost, capital investment and reviewing lease documents.
• Exceptional communication skills with a proven track record of collaborating with cross-functional partners (Ops, Finance, Legal, Local Authorities) and managing third-party brokers.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple site selection workstreams concurrently across diverse geographic markets.
• Ability to travel up to 40%.

Benefits

• A choice of medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Company-paid life and disability insurance and company-funded mental health benefits.
• 401(k) plan with both pre-tax and Roth options, and access to a Health Savings Account (HSA) with a monthly company contribution.
• Paid parental leave for birthing and non-birthing parents, plus fertility and family-forming benefits.
• Unlimited vacation, paid leaves, and 10 company holidays.
• Complimentary use of Lime vehicles in participating cities, a monthly phone allowance, dedicated learning and development days, and access to perks including One Medical, Wellhub, and Headspace.