Snap Inc. is a camera company. We believe that reinventing the camera represents our greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Our products empower people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together.

The People & Places team enables Snap’s continued success by hiring great people, helping them grow, rewarding them, and building healthy and productive workplaces. The People & Places Team is composed of Talent, Total Rewards, IDEA, Data & Analytics, People & Recruiting Operations, Council, Employee Relations, and Workplace Services. Together, they collaborate with the business to reinforce our values of Kind, Smart, and Creative across our global offices, every day. This team empowers everyone at Snap to do their best work, be themselves, and feel part of a cohesive, global community.

We’re looking for a Head of Transactions and Project Management to join our People & Places Team!

What you’ll do:

• Manage critical dates reports, touring properties, collaborate with our Legal team to negotiate lease terms, and meeting with business units to understand their space and growth needs

• Manage the outsourced construction and project management team while implementing and overseeing a global PJM program for our variable third party project managers to follow.

• Develop a thoughtful and comprehensive workplace, lease, and space planning strategy based on short and long-term business needs to provide operational excellence and a productive workplace for our employees.

• Meet regularly with business partners to understand real estate needs by team and by location.

• Develop and communicate clear business cases for the analysis, review, and approval of real estate projects. 

• Collaborate on all capital expenditures for the construction and alterations of owned and leased properties. 

• Collaborate with the finance team to report on financial performance, validate and control vendor costs. Confirm all CAM charges are correct for both leased and subleased properties. 

• Draft and create a large variety of analyses and relevant documents, including but not limited to: project initiation, market comparable reports, Requests for Proposals (RFPs), proposal comparison packages and letters of intent.

• Resolve landlord and tenant disputes.

• Inspire, empower and support the variable PM teams to ensure on schedule and on budget delivery of projects.

• Responsible for working with partners on programming their spaces, selecting in region Architects and General Contractors.

• Work closely with internal partners, ITDE, Security & EHS.

• Ensure the work environment (including project sites) are safe, secure, and compliant.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Strong background in customer service and promoting a positive employee experience. 

• Extreme attention to detail and with the ability to anticipate, prioritize, and adapt to changing workload situations.

• Experience in space and real estate planning, utilization optimization, and facilities management in a growing organization

• Able to prepare reports and presentations for both transactions and projects.

• Strong project management skills including budgeting, planning, reporting and presenting slide decks, performing timeline management, implementing and executing projects.

• Previous experiencing leading procurement efforts, site acquisition, due diligence, and negotiations while handling multi-million dollar budgets

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with high attention to detail

• Global experience with complex real estate transactions and subleases.

• Is comfortable with analyzing and making business recommendations on real estate trends and portfolio conditions.

• Ability to think strategically and execute upon a strategic vision by utilizing demographic, economic and RE market data to make required recommendations.

• Has previous experience with organizing and resolving legal and financial matters related to real estate activities and modifying contracts in partnership with cross-functional partners.

• Experience collaborating cross-functionally at all levels of a company

• Participated in complete portfolio optimization. 

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, facility/property management, Real Estate or related field, or equivalent years of experience. 7+ years running distributed real estate portfolios, including corporate campus or relevant field

• 5+ years experience leading and/or growing a team

Preferred qualifications:

• Commercial Real Estate License, Real Estate Appraiser License, LEED Accreditation

At Snap, we believe that having a team of diverse backgrounds and voices working together will enable us to create innovative products that improve the way people live and communicate. Snap is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. EOE, including disability/vets. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please don’t be shy and contact us at [email protected].

Our Benefits: Snap Inc. is its own community, so we’ve got your back! We do our best to make sure you and your loved ones have everything you need to be happy and healthy, on your own terms. Our benefits are built around your needs and include paid maternity & paternity leave, comprehensive medical coverage, emotional and mental health support programs, and compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long-term success!