Senior General Manager (Education Leasing)

Job description

Preferred candidate profile • 10+ years of progressive experience in educational institution Leasing (school/college/universities) or alternate real estate acquisition/disposition. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: • Develop and execute comprehensive real estate acquisition and leasing strategies across the alternate assets and education vertical. • Proactively discover and secure running schools, colleges, and universities available for lease or sale. • Partner directly with landowners to identify, negotiate, and acquire suitable land parcels for new educational developments. • Initiate and manage high-value Built-to-Suit opportunities by connecting private landowners with educational institutional clients. • Act concurrently as both landlord/seller agent and tenant/buyer agent, expert-level negotiating business terms for land, office, and commercial properties. • Review, analyze, and interpret complex financial analysis templates, including cash flow projections, NPV, and IRR analyses to back client decisions. • Lead negotiation processes through field brokers, and directly manage complex leases, lease amendments, and timely renewals. • Cultivate deep corporate relationships across diverse educational formats (domestic/international schools, coaching institutes) to map and solve their space requirements. • Lead, coach, and manage a mix of direct and matrix reports, overseeing functional area planning, performance appraisals, and resource optimization