Global Head of Real Estate

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Reporting into our Chief Investment Officer and working closely with our Management Team, the Global Head of Real Estate will be responsible for overseeing our portfolio across multiple continents. S/he will manage Knotel’s footprint toward profitable growth, working with the world’s leading owners and brokers on deal structuring and portfolio optimization in a post-COVID age. 

The successful candidate will be at the forefront of a market accelerating toward flexibility, and have a hand in reshaping it around customer needs as never before. As such, we are looking for people who are progressive and opportunistic, experienced in management agreements and customer-led transactions that advance the industry toward serviced partnerships and away from long leases.

What You’ll Do

  • Manage Knotel’s real estate portfolio toward profitable growth across markets, with a focus on owner partnerships
  • Oversee underwriting standards and portfolio optimization strategies to rebalance assets and liabilities 
  • Drive management agreements and customer-led deals across the global portfolio 
  • Build and leverage senior relationships across REITs, developers, and private equity firms to spot opportunities emerging out of COVID
  • Lead the team responsible for setting the pace, priorities, and performance standards for Knotel’s portfolio mix
  • Synthesize data and best practices to update standards for site selection on a global scale, gas pedaling activity based on local conditions
  • Partner with Legal, Finance, Tech, Sales, and other cross functional teams to drive efficiency and accountability in deal activity
  • Create and prepare regular reports to review performance with the Management Team

Who You Are

You are a real estate deal person at heart. You’re excited by the industry’s movement toward flexibility and keen to leave your fingerprints on it. You’re comfortable in front of a room and inside an investment model, and are biased to lead teams from the front. You have an eye toward scale and are excited about the opportunity to work at an incredibly fast paced company. You also have the following:

  • 12+ years of experience in real estate deal transactions
  • Breadth of knowledge in end-to-end deal negotiation
  • Experience in revenue-sharing deals and joint ventures
  • Demonstrated ability to lead teams to high performance and manage complex negotiations
  • Quick, lateral thinking that allows you to operate in an agile high growth environment

About Knotel

Knotel is the world’s leading flexible workspace platform that matches, tailors and manages space for customers. Knotel caters to established and growing companies, giving them the freedom to focus on their business, culture, and people. With over 5 million square feet across 200 locations in four continents, Knotel is transforming commercial real estate and moving companies forward. 

Knotel was founded in 2016 to give businesses the flexibility and speed to scale on their own terms. All Knotel spaces are tailored to the needs of each individual company by an in-house team of architects, interior designers, and workplace strategists. For more information, please visit www.knotel.com.

Our Core Values

  • Fly your Flag - Don’t check your identity at the door. Bring it inside - we are better for it.
  • Don’t Look Away - Care for the details no one told you about. Make every space a home and give the gift of belonging.
  • Outcomes, Not Processes - Time is precious. Save it. Start with the goal and back out the journey
  • Get Uncomfortable - Innovation starts at the edge of the unknown. Embrace the adventure and sign up for the hairy challenges.
  • “Where is it Engraved…” - Question orthodoxy.
  • Share in the Victory Dance - No one summits alone. Leverage the best in others and offer the most in yourself.

Diversity & Inclusion at Knotel

At Knotel, we know that a diverse workforce fosters our individual and collective success. We are committed to building an inclusive culture where people of any race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), or any other basis protected by law can do their best work and fly their flag. This is all fueled by our employees, who drive the efforts and initiatives further outlined here

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