Real Estate Transaction Manager

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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.

Lime is at an exciting inflection point as we scale rapidly toward our next stage of growth. As we grow our category leadership, we are transitioning to a more structured, high-performing organization and need someone who thrives in this evolution. The ideal candidate has experience scaling teams, products, or processes in a fast-paced, high-growth environment and can balance execution with strategy. In this role, you will help design and implement systems that enable us to move quickly while maintaining quality and efficiency. This is a unique opportunity to make a significant impact as we build the foundation for long-term success.

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.

About you:

• Experience: 4+ years of experience in commercial real estate, corporate real estate site selection, industrial brokerage, or site acquisition.

• Analytical Skills: Strong financial and legal/lease acumen; experienced in evaluating occupancy cost, capital investment and reviewing lease documents.

• Stakeholder Management: Exceptional communication skills with a proven track record of collaborating with cross-functional partners (Ops, Finance, Legal, Local Authorities) and managing third-party brokers.

• Agility: 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%

U.S. Based Position - What We Offer:

Comprehensive Health & Wellness: A choice of medical, dental, and vision plans. We also provide company-paid life and disability insurance and company-funded mental health benefits.

Financial & Retirement Planning: 401(k) plan with both pre-tax and Roth options, and access to a Health Savings Account (HSA) with a monthly company contribution.

Family & Fertility Support: Paid parental leave for birthing and non-birthing parents, plus fertility and family-forming benefits.

Paid Time Off: Unlimited vacation, paid leaves, and 10 company holidays.

Unique Lime Perks: 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.

The base salary range listed reflects what Lime reasonably expects to offer for this role, with the final base salary determined by objective factors such as the candidate’s location and relevant skills and experience. Depending on the position, the total compensation package may also include discretionary annual performance bonus opportunities and equity, subject to applicable plan terms and eligibility requirements.

Lime considers all qualified applicants for employment, including those with arrest or conviction records, in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act, and all other applicable federal, state, and local laws.

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If you want to make an impact, Lime is the place for you. Not sure if you meet all the qualifications? If this role excites you we encourage you to apply. Explore all opportunities on our career page.

Lime is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe different perspectives help us grow and achieve more. That’s why we’re dedicated to building and developing a team that reflects a wider range of backgrounds, abilities, identities, and experiences. If you require a reasonable accommodation during the application or hiring process, please email recruiting-operations@li.me for assistance.